Richard Edwards
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The impossible job? How English football can learn to love the Director of Football
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Howay the entertainers: Reliving Newcastle's 1995/96 title challenge, by the players
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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...
Henrik Larsson to Southend? Beware: 10 legends who suffered nightmares in lower-league dugouts
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Top 10 Champions League winner Larsson is a surprise candidate for the Shrimpers job. Yet going down the leagues to make your name as a manager isn't easy...
The last all-English Super Cup: remembering the country's most hated competition
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Retro Rich Edwards reflects on the despised Football League Super Cup that aimed to compensate for English clubs' European exile
Should Spurs sack off the Europa League? FFT asks the ex-pros
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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'
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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
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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
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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...
Hitzfeld: Losing to Manchester United in 1999 taught Bayern Munich how to win again
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Ottmar Hitzfeld Richard Edwards speaks to the man who ended 25 years of hurt with the Bavarian giants...
Houghton, Hodgson and the unlikely Swedish love affair
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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
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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