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Sampdoria: Football's Flagging Giants
By Daniele Verri published
LONG READ One of Europe's finest teams in the early 1990s, Sampdoria have just been relegated to the Italian third-tier Serie C for the first time - FFT travelled to Genoa to hear about a decline that has featured film directors, Andrea Pirlo and a pig's head in the post...

English players who won trophies abroad
By Ben Hayward published
After Harry Kane and Eric Dier picked up Bundesliga medals at Bayern Munich, a look at some of the English players who won trophies abroad...

‘Yes, Ronald Koeman should have been sent off against England in 1993, but David Platt also could have stayed on his feet – that’s never mentioned’ Former Three Lions star on playing in one of the country’s most infamous matches
By Chris Flanagan published
Ex-defender remembers a night in Rotterdam that ended England's World Cup hopes – and ultimately Graham Taylor's reign as boss

The best British players of the 90s
By Tom Hancock published
A look at Britain's top footballing talent from the final decade of the 20th century

England's Euro 2024 hold eerie similarities to one their most fondly-remembered tournament summers
By Steven Chicken published
Gareth Southgate's England at Euro 2024 have been oddly reminiscent of Bobby Robson's side at the 1990 World Cup

Ranked! The 10 greatest England goals of all time
By Ed McCambridge last updated
The greatest volleys, free-kicks and thunderbolts scored by the Three Lions

10 footballing greats who tried – and completely failed – at being player-managers
By Tom Seymour published
Lists Player-manager is a wonderful dream: in your mind, you’re Messi and Fergie all rolled into one. Except it doesn’t really work out like that, as Tom Seymour explains

Ranked! The 15 greatest British footballing exports EVER
By Huw Davies last updated
Lists From Barcelona to Real Madrid, Milan to Nagoya Grampus Eight, these Brits abroad achieved more acclaim than any others, writes Huw Davies
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