Latest articles by Richard Edwards
The impossible job? How English football can learn to love the Director of Football
Brighton and Hove Albion With the role of the Director of Football taking another kicking this season, Richard Edwards speaks to a man looking to change perceptions at Brighton...
Friday Night Football further distorts the game's calendar
Premier League With Chelsea set to take on Liverpool in the second FNF, Richard Edwards examines the gradual shift away from 3pm kick-offs on a Saturday
30 years of play-offs madness: The 27 best moments from promotion showdowns
Football League Rejoice, it’s that time of year when the domestic game goes gaga! Richard Edwards honours the heroes, villains and, er, terriers from the Football League’s grand finale...
Remember when Chelsea really were rubbish? FFT recalls the class of '86
Chelsea Sure, the Blues have had it rough at the start of the season – but Richard Edwards remembers when it was a lot worse...
When Portsmouth’s 6.57 Crew tried to hijack the general election – and accidentally helped the Tories win
Action Replay Docker Hughes’s notorious firm were better known for causing chaos wherever they went in the 1980s, but made headlines of a different kind when their leader ran for office with a madcap manifesto
Houghton, Hodgson and the unlikely Swedish love affair
Malmö FF Malmo are preparing to take on Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday night, but back in the '70s a Swedish revolution was taking place via two of Croydon's brightest brains, writes Richard Edwards...
Football's weirdest contract clauses: sheep's nuts, space travel and more
Top 10 It was revealed over the weekend that Mario Balotelli would have pocketed an extra £1m per season at Liverpool if he'd avoided being sent off for violent conduct three times in a campaign. Richard Edwards uncovers more contractual oddities
Apples, bungalows and copper mines: England in Chile '62
World Cup 1962 England’s Chile 62 goalkeeper Alan Hodgkinson tells Richard Edwards about the Three Lions’ last World Cup in South America...
Howay the entertainers: Reliving Newcastle's 1995/96 title challenge, by the players
Newcastle United It’s 20 years since one of the Premier League’s most exciting teams faltered after leading by 12 points. The Magpies' main men from that era talk you through the key games of a thrilling season. You’ll LOVE it...
Should Spurs sack off the Europa League? FFT asks the ex-pros
Tottenham Hotspur Mauricio Pochettino's side have the chance to lift the Premier League trophy for the very first time, but still have European commitments and the FA Cup to contend with too. Do they stick or twist? Richard Edwards asked away...
Sean Dyche: 'My managerial education has probably cost more than a Masters'
Sean Dyche The Premier League's new Mr. Nice Guy has the unenviable task of keeping Burnley up this season, but tells Richard Edwards that being an underdog is what he does best...
Remembered: When Dundee United beat Barça in 1987… twice
Dundee United Almost 30 years on, Richard Edwards recalls the magical month when Jim McLean’s side saw off El Tel’s Spanish giants home and away en route to the UEFA Cup final. Celtic: take heart...
The worst five months in English football: Thatcher, fighting and fatalities in 1985
Action Replay If 1984 was a bad year for England, then 1985 was utterly disastrous – not least if you were a football fan. Richard Edwards remembers Maggie's meddling, an appalling May and the start of the supporter strikeback...
What to do when you’re relegated from the Premier League, according to those who’ve done it
Premier League With just two weeks of the campaign remaining, two of Newcastle, Sunderland and Norwich will soon join Aston Villa in the Championship. Richard Edwards finds out how to deal with the disappointment of demotion...
Watch out, Wenger: 6 bitter 'manager out' campaigns that eventually succeeded
Rafael Benítez The Arsenal chief is under significant pressure in north London, but Rich Edwards has picked out half a dozen bosses who had it worse
Magnusson: If I owned West Ham 100% it would've been different
Feature Interview With West Ham seemingly facing an uncertain few months ahead, Richard Edwards speaks to the man who was previously at the helm of the Upton Park club, Eggert Magnusson, to see where the Icelander feels he went wrong...
Woodcock on the regeneration of Germany - and what England can learn from it
Germany Former Arsenal, Forest and England striker turned Bundesliga star and TV expert explains what Germany did - and what England might consider...
CONCACAF helping the Americas take on the world
World Cup 2014 With teams from North and Central America performing better than expected at World Cup 2014, Richard Edwards looks into how and why the region's football teams are improving...
England's base camp blues: a brief history of bad decisions, boredom... and wedding DVDs
England As England jet off to Russia for their imminent Repino arrival, Richard Edwards regales the Three Lions' previous World Cup hideouts
Victor Moses: Talentspotter
Talentspotter Chelsea forward Victor Moses speaks to FourFourTwo back in December 2009, when he was a rising star for Crystal Palace.
Robbery, rioting and a brave Frenchman: Leeds' 1975 European Cup Final retold
Action Replay Forty years on from that infamous night at the Parc des Princes, Richard Edwards re-tells the tale of the Whites' infuriating final defeat against Bayern Munich...
Adam Johnson: Talentspotter
Talentspotter Sunderland wing wizard Adam Johnson talks to FourFourTwo about horror movies, Messi and Jessica Alba, back when he was a 20-year-old at Middlesbrough.
Stay up, Pompey: Why the misery could be about to worsen at Fratton Park
Portsmouth After 14 months in administration and an alarming slide from the Premier League to League Two in just five seasons, Portsmouth fans thought they'd seen it all...
