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- August 31
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- "There’s been serious mismanagement for a while now: it didn’t ever start making any more sense" Peter Crouch on the ‘disastrous’ decision Tottenham Hotspur made last season
- How to watch Aston Villa vs Arsenal for FREE: Live streams, TV channels and kick-off time as Unai Emery's side host Premier League champions
- "If you’d have told me Arsenal weren’t going to win the win the league again for such a long time, I’d have said you were mad" Ray Parlour on Arsenal’s 22-year wait for the Premier League
- "In football terms, he is a freak, and I mean that in the utmost respect – if he was in a book, you'd throw the book in the sea" Paul Merson on the Arsenal player stranger than fiction
- “I sat down with Frank Lampard and said his philosophy wouldn’t work to win anything: the way I’d play in your system won’t be good for you!” David Luiz on his frank discussion at Chelsea
- Quickfire Quiz 191: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 30
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- “The 1966 World Cup was never really on my radar, it was quite a surprise when I received a letter from the FA in December ‘65 saying I was picked for a game in February” Sir Geoff Hurst on ‘cutting it fine’ for the tournament that defined his career
- “There was interest from Italy, but Francis Lee was very determined. He flew to see me and convinced me that Manchester City was a place where I could be the main man” Georgi Kinkladze on turning down the opportunity to sign for AC Milan
- “My agent got me a move to Tottenham through his connections, it was just a different world. I was used to training on Wimbledon Common, clearing up all the dog s**t before we could start” Neil Sullivan describes how surreal his move to Spurs felt in 2000
- How to watch Manchester United vs Ipswich Town for FREE: Live streams, TV channels and match preview for Premier League clash at Old Trafford
- Leeds United vs Brentford free live stream: TV channels, kick-off time and broadcast details as both teams chase another Premier League win
- How to watch Sunderland vs Fulham: Live streams, TV channels and match preview as Black Cats host Cottagers in Premier League
- How to watch Chelsea vs Brighton: Live stream details, TV channels and kick-off time for Premier League clash
- Easter Island away, a drug lord in midfield, squirrel costumes, and 17 more bizarre stories from across the globe
- Pre-Match Poser no.42: Can you answer this elite-level football quiz question?
- August 29
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- “Harry Redknapp was right. Agents have had West Ham’s pants down over the years. The club have only acted when weakness is exposed” Tony Gale on where the Hammers have fallen short in the transfer window
- “If we’re having a stinker, I’m not going to scream and shout at the lads. Those days are gone” Matt Grimes on maturing as a leader at Coventry City
- How to watch Tottenham Hotspur vs Newcastle United: Free Streams & TV Channels as both sides bid for first Premier League win
- “Beating Fulham was one of the best nights of my career. I took my shirt off and threw myself onto the turf as if it were a swimming pool” Diego Forlan on his 2010 Europa League success
- Can I watch Bournemouth vs Everton on TV? Streaming info for 3pm Premier League clash today
- How to watch Coventry City vs Hull City: Live streams and TV channels as newly-promoted duo face off
- How Newcastle United boss Matthias Jaissle made his name as Asia's Brian Clough
- How to watch Middlesbrough vs West Bromwich Albion for FREE: live stream details for Championship clash
- How to watch Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest for FREE: Live stream details as both sides look for first win of Premier League 2026/27
- Victor Osimhen is an expensive risk Tottenham Hotspur should be taking this summer
- FourFourTwo's Weekend Crossword 68: Thrillers, Millers and stonecold killers
- August 28
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- How to watch Crystal Palace vs Manchester City for FREE: Live streams and TV channels for Friday Night Football in the Premier League
- How to watch Wrexham vs Birmingham City: live stream details as Hollywood meets NFL in Championship clash
- How to watch Bayern Munich vs VFB Stuttgart for FREE: live stream details for Bundesliga opening-day clash
- How to watch Bundesliga 2026/27: TV Guide, Free Streams & Key Dates
- Friday Football Quiz, episode 130: Can you get 20 correct answers?
- Quickfire Quiz 190: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- 'We broke every protocol going' Why former Millwall owner Theo Paphitis gave referee Jeff Winter 18-carat gift minutes before 2004 FA Cup Final vs Manchester United
- August 27
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- Champions League 2026/27 draw: Every league phase fixture
- How to watch Chelsea vs Luton Town: stream Carabao Cup 2nd round clash online from anywhere
- How to watch Champions League 2026/27 draw for FREE: Live stream details, pots, start time and key dates as league phase fixtures revealed
- 'Watching Kylian Mbappe score a World Cup final hat-trick, I can honestly say I didn’t care' Sir Geoff Hurst explains two reasons why he wasn’t upset to share his famous record in 2022
- Quiz! Can you answer 15 questions on Premier League in 2016-17?
- 'He is the cheapest route into this Arsenal defence' Best FPL Wildcard team for Gameweek 2 revealed
- Quickfire Quiz 189: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 26
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- 'I felt I was stagnating at Liverpool even though I loved the club - and Hamburg offered me four times the salary that I was on' Kevin Keegan on the upsides and downsides of his spell in Germany
- Quiz! Can you name every player ever to have scored a Premier League hat-trick?
- Quickfire Quiz 188: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 25
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- How to watch LASK vs Celtic: Live stream details for Champions League play-off round second leg
- How to watch Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United for FREE: Live streams and TV channels for Carabao Cup clash
- 'Unai Emery deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as the really elite managers - he's going to take things up another notch in the long term' Aston Villa boss gets backing from former striker amid sticky start to season
- Quiz! Can you answer 15 correct answers about the Premier League in 2006-07?
- Quickfire Quiz 187: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 24
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- Liverpool's midfield issue is clear and signing new wingers isn't going to solve it
- How to watch Fulham vs Chelsea for FREE: Live streams and TV channels for first Monday Night Football of the season
- HENRY WINTER: 'Ollie Watkins transfer stand-off is a nuanced issue but refusing to play for Aston Villa was wrong'
- Tottenham looked like strangers at Brentford — Roberto De Zerbi must find a solution
- Quiz! Can you name the first goalscorer of every Premier League season since 1992-93?
- “He was the cleverest player ever - he could be a soldier and he could be a general. He had no ego” Kevin Keegan on the best he ever played with and against
- August 23
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- How to watch Newcastle United vs Liverpool for FREE: Live streams and TV channels for Sunday's Premier League clash
- How to watch Brighton vs Aston Villa: Live stream details, TV channels and match preview for Premier League clash
- How to watch Manchester City vs Bournemouth for FREE: Live stream Premier League 2026/27 online from anywhere
- “While it was his first experience as a head coach, he wasn't anxious. He was a calm coach who gave us a lot of confidence" Andoni Iraola's journey to the Liverpool dugout
- Pre-Match Poser no.41: Can you answer this elite-level football quiz question?
- August 22
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- “You can smell success in the air” Peter Reid managed Sunderland to two 7th-place at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats’ joint-highest finish for 71 year last season has them reaching for the passports for the first time since 1973
- “Pressing wasn’t my game. I’d run for you all day but closing your marker and bending your run… it makes me tired just watching it” Peter Crouch on why he may have struggled under Andoni Iraola
- “People talk about money but, ask most players and they’ll tell you, football is all about getting as many medals as you can” Ray Parlour on why Arsenal are motivated to win the Premier League again
- “People aren’t afraid of Manchester City anymore” Joe Hart elaborates on the key intangible that left the club when Pep Guardiola did
- How to watch Brentford vs Tottenham: Free Streams & TV Channels as Spurs look to start the Premier League season in style
- “I don’t know what Jeremie Frimpong is, he’s not really a right-back” Ex-Liverpool striker Michael Owen believes the jury is still out on last season’s full-back signings, but remains excited by the others from last season's £446m summer transfer splurge
- “It wasn’t always sumptuous, fantastic, breathtaking football, but there was more of a mental toughness” Gary Pallister on Carrick’s start as Manchester United manager, and the opportunity to build from here
- How to watch Everton vs Crystal Palace for FREE: Live streams and TV channels as Toffees host Eagles to begin Premier League 2026/27
- How to watch Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United: Live streams and TV channels on Premier League opening weekend
- How to watch Ipswich Town vs Sunderland: Live streams and TV channels as Tractor Boys make Premier League return
- "It was a season where most of what we touched turned to gold" Matt Grimes and Gordan Strachan on how Coventry City ended their 25-year Premier League exile
- How to watch Hull City vs Manchester United for FREE: Live streams and TV channels for Premier League opening-weekend clash
- FourFourTwo's Weekend Crossword 67: Nations, relegations and teen sensations
- How to watch Serie A 2026/27: TV Guide, Live Streams & Key Dates
- August 21
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- How to watch Arsenal vs Coventry City for FREE: Live streams and TV channels for Premier League 2026/27 opening game
- Quiz! Can you answer 15 questions on Premier League in 1996-97?
- Quickfire Quiz 185: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- “I shook Alex Ferguson’s hand after I beat him 5-0, but Eric Cantona was the only one that spoke to me. He shook my hand and said: ‘F**king great team’” Kevin Keegan’s greatest memory as Newcastle United manager
- Friday Football Quiz, episode 129: Can you get 20 correct answers?
- How to watch Ligue 1 2026/27: TV Guide, Live Streams, Fixtures & Key Dates
- August 20
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- Premier League predictions: Who will define the new season?
- How to watch Premier League 2026/27: TV Guide, Free Streams & Fixtures for Matchweek 3
- Football fixtures: Every game in every competition, with TV details and kick-off times, for the 2026/27 calendar
- 'Bobby wiped his hands before he shook the Queen's hands so as not to dirty her gloves. Who does that after winning the World Cup? An immaculate man with an immaculate character' Sir Geoff Hurst on why he looked up to Bobby Moore
- Quickfire Quiz 184: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 19
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- Harry Kane interview: "I thought I'd definitely be coming back to England, that itch isn't there as much anymore"
- How to watch Celtic vs LASK for FREE: live stream details for Champions League play-off round first leg
- Quiz! Can you sort these teams by their league titles?
- "MLS teams dropped the ball, Orlando City wouldn't even drive 45 minutes to see him" How Yan Diomande went from unheralded high school prospect in the USA to Europe's most wanted winger
- Quickfire Quiz 183: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 18
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- When is the Champions League draw and how does it work?
- Quiz! Can you name every team in the top two tiers of women's football in England?
- Where is the Champions League final? Everything you need to know
- How to build the best FPL squad for 2026-27 – don't pick a single player until you've read these seven essential rules
- “People said I looked like I was gliding when I played; that was thanks to the dance training” - Georgi Kinkladze explains the unusual secret behind his Premier League stardom
- Quickfire Quiz 182: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 17
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- How to watch Cardiff City vs Wrexham: live stream details as Welsh rivals meet on Championship opening weekend
- Quiz! Can you name the three most expensive Premier League signings of every summer since 1992?
- Jeff Bezos Liverpool takeover explained: FSG leaving, transfer budget and All or Nothing documentary
- “As soon as he hit it you think, ‘That's going to be close’ When it went in, I was kind of hanging onto the net, looking up and all the Manchester United fans were behind the goal. I was getting pelters” Neil Sullivan on THAT David Beckham lob 30 years on
- Quickfire Quiz 181: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 16
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- “100 per cent true” How FourFourTwo magazine helped a Premier League goalkeeper earn a call-up for the Scotland international team in the 90s
- “Yaya Toure was better than me growing up. I don’t mind that my brother was a better footballer” Kolo Toure picks his Perfect XI
- How to watch Burnley vs West Ham United: live stream details for Championship opening-day clash
- How to watch Community Shield 2026 for FREE: Live stream details and TV channels for Arsenal vs Manchester City
- “West Ham will be everyone’s cup final in the Championship. Even little Lincoln will fill the away section at the London Stadium” Tony Gale on what relegation means for his old side
- Elton John: The Watford Years
- Pre-Match Poser no.40: Can you answer this elite-level football quiz question?
- Who are TNT Sports' presenters, commentators and pundits for the Community Shield?
- August 15
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- “Zinedine Zidane had the toughest start in life but he made it. He made people fall in love with French football. Playing alongside him was an honour” Djibril Cisse on what it’s like to line up alongside a legend
- “My agent told me to have a conversation with Frank Lampard. I don’t think there’s anyone you’d rather play for as a midfielder. It was a massive compliment he wanted me” Matt Grimes on his Coventry City renaissance
- “We were on the ropes at high altitude before I stepped up to take a penalty. I didn’t feel nervous and struck it perfectly into the top corner. That ended up taking us to the World Cup” How Diego Forlan kick-started Uruguay’s 2010 World Cup adventure
- Sacked, Banned, Jailed: George Best after Manchester United
- "The community took a battering for 25 years. It’s a different world now in Coventry" – Former Sky Blues boss Gordon Strachan hails impact promotion has already had in Coventry
- FourFourTwo's Weekend Crossword 66: Kings, Emperors and Pharaohs
- August 14
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- How to watch La Liga 2026/27: TV Guide, Live Streams & Key Dates
- Arsenal vs Manchester City Community Shield prediction: Can Enzo Maresca put down a marker in Cardiff's curtain-raiser?
- How to watch EFL Championship 2026/27: TV Guide, Free Streaming Info and Fixtures — Matchday 6
- Friday Football Quiz, episode 128: Can you get 20 correct answers?
- "I feel like a bit of an imposter" – Matt Grimes sympathises with long-suffering Coventry City fans ahead of Premier League return
- Quickfire Quiz 180: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 13
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- Is Brian Madjo eligible for England?
- “My penalty in 1976 changed everything - but Sepp Maier hated me. He had a photo of me on his dartboard” Antonin Panenka on football's most famous ever penalty
- Quiz! Can you name the 50 most expensive players signed by Barcelona and Real Madrid?
- Quickfire Quiz 179: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 12
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- How to watch Manchester United vs Leeds for FREE: Live stream details for pre-season friendly in Ireland
- How to watch UEFA Super Cup 2026 for FREE: TV Channels & Live stream details for PSG vs Aston Villa, team news
- Three brand new wonderkids FourFourTwo can't wait to see in the Premier League this season
- PSG vs Aston Villa prediction: Morgan Rogers absence and 'Kvaradona' freshness prove crucial in UEFA Super Cup
- Who are TNT Sports' presenters, commentators and pundits for the UEFA Super Cup?
- Quiz! Can you sort these players by Premier League appearances?
- Quickfire Quiz 178: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 11
- August 10
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- Quiz! Can you name every top-flight team since 1945?
- 'A surreal, dream-like experience' I went to Goodison Park to watch the most bizarre fixture of the season
- 'I wasn’t allowed to join Southampton after my loan spell. I could have been part of their rise to the Premier League' Michail Antonio on career-changing transfer that never happened
- Quickfire Quiz 176: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 9
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- “The London Stadium made West Ham worse defensively. It’s an optical illusion and doesn’t have the ‘smell’ of football” Tony Gale on why his old side struggles on home soil
- “The manager is my nephew but I don’t know if Coventry are good enough to stay in the Premier League” Harry Redknapp on the challenge facing Frank Lampard this season
- “Sir Alex Ferguson’s brother watched me score against Boca Juniors. I didn’t know it then but that goal earned me my Manchester United move” Diego Forlan on the goal that changed his life
- Pre-Match Poser no.39: Can you answer this elite-level football quiz question?
- "Scouts came to watch me and I had an absolute stinker - I smelled out the entire pitch!" - Michail Antonio rues late start to international career
- August 8
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- “Leeds were being dragged down to the relegation zone, and due to mismanagement were losing the quality that had pushed us up the Premier League” Lucas Radebe on Leeds United’s 2000s downfall
- “Moving from Chelsea to Marseille was incredibly difficult, but it was also the most beautiful thing” Tony Cascarino on his 1994 move to France
- “David Moyes knew the culture of West Ham and how to get the boys going. We didn’t play the best football, but we got results” Michail Antonio on how the Hammers’ ex-boss got the best out of him
- How to watch Manchester United vs PSG: Live stream details as the Red Devils face Champions League holders in Sweden
- How to watch West Ham United vs Portsmouth: live stream details for Carabao Cup 1st round
- How to watch Chelsea vs AC Milan: Free streams and TV details as the Blues ramp up 2026/27 preparations
- FourFourTwo's Weekend Crossword 65: The Super League, Super Cups and Superheroes
- 'Eddie Howe has been let down by the people above him. Newcastle are selling their best players and not replacing them with the same quality' Clinton Morrison reveals summer transfer window thoughts in his Top, Top Column
- “Dougie Freedman was blocking my transfers, so I texted him that he wasn't my manager I’d be playing for myself. Within two days I was at West Ham" Michail Antonio on dark arts that got him his Premier League move
- August 7
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- How to watch Middlesbrough vs Wrexham for FREE: Live stream details for Carabao Cup 1st round tie
- Why Arsenal move for Chelsea's Josh Acheampong makes sense, following Xabi Alonso comments
- Friday Football Quiz, episode 127: Can you get 20 correct answers?
- "If my name had been O’Malley, no-one would have questioned me playing for Ireland" Tony Cascarino hits back at tabloid scandal that became pub folklore
- Quickfire Quiz 175: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 6
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- Quiz! Can you name every club in the Football League right now?
- "KSI said, ‘We’re going to get to the Premier League, but It might take 20 years’ - it's not my job to tell him that's not possible” Dagenham & Redbridge chief exec outlines club's ambitious plans
- I've done a complete U-turn on Roberto De Zerbi, here's why Tottenham Hotspur can launch a title challenge under him
- August 5
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- How Manchester United finally fixed their transfer strategy
- Who is Caleb Yirenkyi? Coventry City sign World Cup star with underdog potential
- Tottenham Hotspur battled relegation last season, but a busy summer transfer window could see the London club back in competitive form under Roberto De Zerbi - Tottenham Hotspur 2026-27 season preview
- How to watch Carabao Cup 2026/27: TV Guide, Free Streams & Fixtures — Round 3
- Sunderland went from Championship to Europa League football in the space of a year, but just how much can Regis Le Bris' men achieve in their second season? Sunderland 2026-27 season preview
- Nottingham Forest were a semi-final away from what felt like Europa League glory last season, now, Oliver Glasner must stop an unravelling that seems to already be in effect - Nottingham Forest 2026-27 season preview
- Quiz! Can you name every team to have won one of English football's top four tiers?
- How to watch Chelsea vs Juventus: Free streams and TV details as Xabi Alonso's men face Italian giants in Hong Kong
- Quickfire Quiz 174: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 4
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- Liverpool as we knew them under Jurgen Klopp have seemingly vanished, but can Andoni Iraola restore the culture that was eroded after the German's departure? Liverpool 2026-27 season preview
- Andoni Iraola must change habit of a lifetime to succeed at Liverpool
- Leeds United survived the drop last season, and now work is being done to cement the Whites as a Premier League outfit: Leeds 2026-27 season preview
- Quiz! Can you locate these famous football statues?
- Quickfire Quiz 173: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 3
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- Fulham are a side edging closer to domestic success and European qualification, but can new boss Alvaro Arbeloa get them over the line? Fulham 2026-27 season preview
- Bespoke, not boutique: How New Balance is breaking sportswear's oligopoly
- Crystal Palace have raised their own standards with major trophy wins in back-to-back seasons, so how will the Eagles fare this time without the man who guided them there? Crystal Palace 2026-27 season preview
- Coventry City fought valiantly to make it back to the Premier League, but will surviving the drop prove to be an even greater task? - Coventry City 2026-27 season preview
- Why Arsenal's move for Vinicius Jr is closer than anyone realises - and why it's still a huge risk
- How to watch Celtic vs Dundee FC for FREE: Live stream details and TV channels for Scottish Premiership
- Manchester United report: Ismaila Sarr to leave Crystal Palace within 'next few hours', in Red Devils blow
- Brighton staggered to the Conference League qualification finish line last season, but will they enjoy the fruits of their labour? Brighton 2026-27 season preview
- Why Eddie Howe is in an elite club with Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp... and Kevin Keegan
- Bournemouth have waved goodbye to Andoni Iraola, but will they continue to build upon the fine work he laid down? - Bournemouth 2026-27 season preview
- Unai Emery's Europa League champions are the most likely non-Big 6 side to disturb the Premier League title race - Aston Villa 2026-27 season preview
- Quiz! Can you name the authors of these footballer autobiographies?
- Quickfire Quiz 171: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 2
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- How to watch Leeds United vs Liverpool: Live stream details as Premier League duo round off US tour in Chicago
- “I hope Leeds can entrench themselves in the top flight and one day return to the Champions League, where they belong” Lucas Radebe on seeing his former side on the rise again
- "Rafa Benitez decided he wanted a different keeper and I had to leave through the back door. That’s the only regret, that I wasn’t able to leave Newcastle organically” Tim Krul opens up on his Newcastle United exit
- “Spurs wanted me to join their academy but my mum said no. I was fuming and cried non-stop that night” Michail Antonio on his path to senior football
- Pre-Match Poser no.38: Can you answer this elite-level football quiz question?
- Quickfire Quiz 172: Can you answer 10 questions in 90 seconds?
- August 1
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- “I fell in love with Aston Villa watching clips of English football on TV in the early ’80s – I promised my son I’d get a Villa tattoo when they won promotion in 2019” Gianluca Pagliuca explains his love for Aston Villa
- “I’ve known Joe Cole since the age of 10 – he’d rip players apart even then. I was in awe of him” Ashley Cole on his respect for his friend and ex-England team-mate
- “Losing the League Cup final with Bolton frustrated me. We went in with the feeling that just getting there was already enough” Youri Djorkaeff on his 2004 League Cup regret
- Return of the Cosmos: New York's original club are back and looking to build on the World Cup and the legends of Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Raul
- How to watch Manchester City vs Inter Milan: Live stream details as two of Europe's heavyweights face off in Hong Kong
- FourFourTwo's Weekend Crossword 64: Silvers, Silvas and Sylvas
- 'Xabi Alonso is being listened to by the owners and putting his stamp on things at Stamford Bridge' Clinton Morrison writes in his Top, Top Column
- How to watch Manchester United vs Atletico Madrid: Live stream details as Michael Carrick's men face Spanish giants in Stockholm
- How to watch Chelsea vs Spurs: Free streams and TV details for pre-season London derby in Australia
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