Richard Edwards
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What’s it like to always be on loan? Seven-club star Jon Obika tells FourFourTwo
By Richard Edwards published
Transfer news The former Tottenham trainee was farmed out to Yeovil (four times!), Millwall, Crystal Palace, Peterborough, Swindon, Charlton (twice) and Brighton over a five-year period
CONCACAF helping the Americas take on the world
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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...
Stay up, Pompey: Why the misery could be about to worsen at Fratton Park
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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...
The phone call that changed Liverpool: "I convinced people who weren't interested in football to buy the club"
By Richard Edwards published
Liverpool Joe Januszewski recalls the sales pitch that persuaded John Henry and FSG to mount a takeover that would change life forever at Anfield
Belgium's architect offers England structure for future
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Belgio "I'd love to help the English FA," says former national coach who set the Red Devils on the road to Brazil.
Robbery, rioting and a brave Frenchman: Leeds' 1975 European Cup Final retold
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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
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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.
Why the scrapping of the emergency loan window is bad news for every English club
By Richard Edwards published
Sam Allardyce FIFA have never been keen on a piece of legislation which Rich Edwards believes suited both the Premier League's elite and the fourth-division's minnows...
Victor Moses: Talentspotter
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Talentspotter Chelsea forward Victor Moses speaks to FourFourTwo back in December 2009, when he was a rising star for Crystal Palace.
Better luck next time? A history of post-tournament England inquests
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England England are back, and therefore so are the hollering headlines. Richard Edwards studies the back pages' back pages...
'Football attitudes lag behind cricket's,' says ex-Liverpool doc minding Aussie Ashes stars
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Liverpool Peter Brukner is currently patching up the Baggy Green cricketers doing battle against England, but before that he was rushing through Andy Carroll's Reds medical at the 11th hour...
Brian Little: New Aston Villa owners should stick with under-pressure Lambert
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Aston Villa Aston Villa are up for sale and, at the end of yet another frustrating season for the Premier League side, Richard Edwards picks the brain of the last Villa manager to win a trophy...
When Prosinecki came to Pompey: remembering the south coast's surprise superstar
By Richard Edwards published
FFT Cult Heroes The Croatian has been named as Portsmouth's greatest Cult Hero in FourFourTwo.com's search. Richard Edwards recalls the 1998 World Cup star's unexpected spell at Fratton Park...
10 of the weirdest football-related robberies (featuring unhappy 'Arry's invoice and more)
By Richard Edwards published
Richard Edwards recalls the game's oddest instances of thievery, including that time David Beckham's car ended up in the hands of Macedonia's interior minister
Top 10 raging chairmen: heard about the one who threatened to eat his players' testicles?
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Top 10 Often it's the men at the top who provide more entertainment than those on the pitch, as Richard Edwards explains...
10 ridiculous football trips from hell: metro mania, kit cock-ups and a very dodgy bus
By Richard Edwards published
Lists Humdrum pre-season tours and run-of-the-mill away days – what could possibly go wrong? Er, quite a lot actually...
10 managers who only ever had one job – and how it went
By Richard Edwards published
Lists The managerial merry-go-round is never far from claiming its latest victim – but often rewards the fallen gaffer again before too long. Here's 10 who failed to get back on the horse...
Andrew Surman: Talentspotter
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Talentspotter Norwich City midfielder Andrew Surman shares his hopes and dreams with FourFourTwo back in June 2007, when he was a 20-year-old with Southampton.
Should Europe's minnows be allowed to swim with the sharks?
By Richard Edwards last updated
Euro 2016 They're beaten, toyed with and seemingly humiliated on a yearly basis, but the whipping boys of European Championship qualifying aren't in the mood to give up, as Richard Edwards discovers...
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