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- April 30
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- Dull Tottenham win without their sheen
- How Zinedine Zidane reinvented Gareth Bale – but broke him
- Stoke man discovers extraordinary haul of unused Euro '96 tickets
- Basel take out full-page advert to congratulate rivals Young Boys on title win
- A day with Patrick Vieira: life as a pro at New York City F.C.
- Ranked! Liverpool’s 10 best foreign players of all time
- Ranked! The 10 most depressing teams to support in Britain right now
- EA Sports announces FIFA 18 World Cup update... and it's FREE
- Quiz! How many of the 65 players with 5+ Premier League goals in 2017/18 can you name?
- Watch: Dutch referee 'booked' for diving by player
- 8 Premier League players who've benefited most from a positional change this season
- Watch: Seattle Sounders goalkeeper makes almighty stoppage-time blunder
- April 27
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- Newcastle Jets' Riley McGree scores A-League's "best ever" goal
- Ranked! The 20 WORST finishers in the Premier League... according to Expected Goals (xG)
- The Southern Premier League table is bonkers going into the final game
- The 10 Premier League players who've surprised us most this season
- Manchester City's Oleksandr Zinchenko really doesn't like life in England
- 5 Arsenal players who should be worried about their futures
- Borussia Dortmund clever clogs Nuri Sahin has been accepted into Harvard Business School
- 6 things everyone will miss about Arsene Wenger
- Quiz! Can you name the 52 permanent managers who've been relegated from the Premier League?
- Pitch-invading goat stops play in Sudan Premier League
- Revealed! The 20 highest-earning players in the world
- Besiktas refuse to play final 32 minutes of abandoned Fenerbahce match
- Why Rafa Benitez is a legitimate manager of the season contender
- Revealed! The Premier League's biggest one-man teams
- Nicklas Bendtner's outstanding solo goal hands Rosenborg the Norwegian Super Cup
- Ranked! Arsene Wenger’s 10 most defining moments at Arsenal
- Premier League preview: What (definitely) will and won't happen this weekend
- Ranked! The 20 best finishers in the Premier League... according to Expected Goals (xG)
- Watch: Boca Juniors striker misses wide open goal in Copa Libertadores action
- April 26
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- Ranked! Tottenham's 15 worst signings of the Premier League era
- Watch: Referee blows full-time whistle just before Flamengo's 'winning' goal
- Wenger at Nagoya Grampus Eight: how Arsene rediscovered his greatest love in Japan
- 10 things Arsenal fans can thank Arsene Wenger for
- 16 of the funniest club badges in non-league football
- Arsenal legend Tony Adams in line to manager Singapore national team, say reports
- Ranked! The 10 best players aged 21 or under in the Championship
- Gerard Butler celebrates in Levski Sofia dressing room after their Bulgarian Cup semi-final win
- 8 players who switched international allegiances
- Quiz! How many of the 67 teams Arsene Wenger has managed against at least six times can you name?
- FIFA 18: The best FUT Premier League squad you can assemble for under £200k
- April 25
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- Abandoned Turkish semi-final to be replayed... for 32 minutes, in an empty stadium
- Ranked! Who'd win a Premier League Old Player of the Season award? The 9 candidates...
- Watch: Shelbourne's Jamie Doyle completes hat-trick with a sensational long-range drive
- France Football editor apologises to Andres Iniesta for never awarding him the Ballon d'Or
- Philosophy vs Résumé: Why Arsenal could see potential in Patrick Vieira the manager
- 9 of the ugliest match-fixing scandals in football history
- Thibaut Courtois is suing former Belgium manager Marc Wilmots
- Mohamed Salah might be honoured with plot of land in Mecca
- Quiz! Can you name the club history of Real Madrid's first-choice matchday squad?
- Chesterfield completely ignore Football League relegation, celebrate local cup win instead
- Where EVERY current Premier League manager was upon Arsene Wenger's arrival in 1996
- Bullfighter, stamper… legend: why Juanito is an all-time Real Madrid hero
- Steve McManaman: The Games That Changed My Life
- April 24
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- Valencia loanee breaks down in post-match interview over lack of La Liga game time
- Ranked! 12 prolific defenders who loved scoring goals
- Top-flight Bolivian club field youth team, go 7-0 down and then forfeit just after half-time
- Where are they now? Real Madrid's 1998 Champions League winners
- Watch: Genoa's Goran Pandev delights with glorious chip from outside the box
- Quiz! How many of the 50 players with at least four Champions League goals + assists this season can you name?
- Leeds announce pre-season trip to... er, Myanmar
- What – not who – Arsenal need in the manager who'll replace Arsene Wenger
- Ranked! The 15 best U23 strikers on the planet
- Watch: Japan's Yokohama Marinos are basically Pep Guardiola's next club
- April 23
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- 5 things Liverpool fans NEED to know about Roma
- Jadon Sancho thrills with goal and two assists for Borussia Dortmund in MOTM display
- Gainsborough Trinity break astonishing record they've held for 145 years
- The 12 greatest debut seasons in Premier League history – where does Mo Salah rank?
- Opinion: Wenger has left his successor with a huge to-do list – and it could be brutal
- 10 Europe-conquering teams who were rubbish domestically
- Arsenal Tula loanee Artem Dzyuba offers own money to spite Roberto Mancini – and gets ultimate revenge
- Ranked! Liverpool’s 10 best foreign players of all time
- Ex-Chelsea flop Marko Marin takes ridiculous tumble after nudge from referee
- Watch: Yeovil Town's Thomas James bags stunning own goal in League Two
- April 22
- April 20
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- Football preview: what (definitely) will and won't happen this weekend
- Yes, Tottenham need to show a winning mentality against Manchester United – but even that may not be enough in the long term
- Opinion: I was ‘Wenger In’ until the end – but thank goodness he’s going, for his sake
- Ranked! Arsenal's 15 worst signings of the Premier League era
- Ranked! The 14 best players outside the Premier League’s top six
- Quiz! Can you name the top 40 players for combined goals and assists in this Championship season so far?
- Fans vs gaffers: 6 (other) bitter 'manager out' campaigns that worked
- 9 managers who could realistically replace Arsene Wenger at Arsenal
- Arsene Wenger: his 20 most memorable quotes
- The 10 Premier League players who've surprised us most this season
- April 19
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- Cologne's ageing captain puts himself out for season after attempting bicycle kick in training
- The inside story of Liverpool's potential deal for Ruben Neves – and Wolves's prospective replacement
- Watch: Yep, this is miss of the season from Copenhagen forward Federico Santander
- Ranked! The 10 most depressing teams to support in Britain right now
- The 10 most momentous FA Cup semi-finals EVER
- Jesus Navas on Copa del Rey final: “Barça know how to disconnect from one match to another – so we have to be very focused”
- Watch: Independiente goalkeeper gets ridiculously unlucky in conceding pivotal Copa Libertadores goal
- Watch: Fresno player scores an absolute screamer in US second division
- April 18
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- The 10 best managers in Europe you've probably not heard of... yet
- So what the heck is going on with Paul Pogba right now?
- Wait, what? 9 times clubs made bizarre managerial appointments
- 5 realistic signings who could genuinely improve Manchester City... and 5 players to avoid
- Premier League announces new 'Playmaker' award for most assists
- Everton to poll fans on Sam Allardyce's job performance
- Quiz! Can you name every player to win the Premier League title while on loan?
- Watch: Shrewsbury goalkeeper drops a clanger after losing ball in floodlights
- April 17
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- Watch: PSV's Eredivisie title celebrations were wild
- Ranked! The world's 15 best strikers aged 23 and under
- Watch: Hungarian second division football showcased in 30 seconds
- Clarence Seedorf impresses his own Deportivo bench with a delightful first touch
- 10 players and managers who REALLY fell out
- Ranked! The 10 best current Premier League players who could be available after relegation this summer
- Watch: After VAR debacle, Freiburg goalkeeper gifts Mainz second goal with horrible blunder
- 9 managers who were sacked the season after winning trophies
- Best celebration ever? Romanian striker scores, applauds his own goal from the stands
- April 16
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- Ranked! The 10 best players in the Championship
- Non-League: Marlow's squad stage walk-out... on matchday
- Watch: Got, Got, Need! The Story of Panini Stickers – a FourFourTwo Films exclusive
- Ranked! Every current Premier League manager based on their work this season
- La Liga: Getafe's only goal to beat Espanyol was an absolute humdinger
- Ranked! Arsenal's 10 worst signings of the Premier League era
- Sunderland's morale-sapping Championship campaign is being turned into a Netflix documentary
- Who should ACTUALLY be on the PFA Young Player of the Year shortlist
- In Russia, a bear called Tim helped open a third division match
- Watch: Schalke's Naldo shows disgusting cruelty to goal nets with piledriver against Borussia Dortmund
- Torino steward has spleen removed after being hit by a wayward free-kick
- April 14
- April 13
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- Egyptian club Zamalek sack their 23rd coach in four years
- Ranked! Every current Premier League manager based on their work this season
- Ranked! Liverpool's 10 worst signings of the Premier League era
- Watch: Ex-West Ham star Dimitri Payet delivers vital Marseille goal in style against Leipzig
- Quiz! Can you name the top three finishers for the European Golden Shoe award since 1996/97?
- Liverpool get Roma; Arsenal draw Atletico Madrid in European semi-finals
- Fiorentina coach Stefano Pioli gets tattoo to remember Davide Astori
- Premier League preview: What (definitely) will and won't happen this weekend
- April 12
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- Venezuela national team's physio Jesus Guacaran has been assassinated
- Where are they now? Martin O'Neill’s Treble-winning Celtic side of 2000/01
- Watch: Mainz II's goalkeeper backheels home an injury-time equaliser
- 12 of the funniest goalkeeping cock-ups of all time
- Tony Dorigo recalls brilliant stories about David Batty at Leeds – including the pillow fight gone bad
- Sunderland block Newcastle fans hoping for a 'relegation party' at the Stadium of Light
- Toluca defender lobs his own goalkeeper to hand Necaxa the Mexican Cup
- 11 players with the worst tattoos in football
- Kane calls for penalty miss to be given to Eriksen
- Watch: Wolves' Ruben Neves scores absolutely obscene goal against Derby
- April 11
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- Roma president James Pallotta donates €230,000 to fix fountain after celebrating in another
- Ranked! The 12 greatest debut seasons in Premier League history
- Darlington fans raise £45,000 in three weeks for club's summer transfer budget
- Ranked! The 10 best Premier League players who could be available after relegation this summer
- Watch: Aston Villa's Jack Grealish delights Prince William with stunning volley against Cardiff
- Watch: The various celebrations from Roma's shock Champions League win are glorious
- The 10 best managers in Europe you've probably not heard of... yet
- 11 Premier League stars who won’t be at their current clubs next season
- Quiz! Can you name the top 50 goalscorers in Champions League knockout games?
- Watch: Sheffield United's Lee Evans scores one of the most gorgeous volleys you'll ever see
- April 10
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- Serie B club Avellino fined €1,000 because of sarcastic stadium announcement
- Arsenal's Mesut Ozil 'honoured' after baby in India is named after him
- 12 great footballers who won absolutely nothing in their careers
- More madness in Greece: Panathinaikos players go on strike over unpaid wages
- 8 Premier League players who’ve dazzled on loan in the Championship this season
- United Nations name Lionel Messi as their... er, "responsible tourism ambassador"
- 12 of the best goalscoring defenders in football history
- Quiz! Can you name the 30 top Champions League scorers currently playing in the Premier League?
- An Egyptian man is cycling from Cairo to the 2018 Russia World Cup
- April 9
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- Stars of ArsenalFanTV and beyond are heading to a Channel 4 show
- You Ask The Questions: Chris Sutton - "I had to hide in a toilet against Arsenal once – it was the safest place!"
- Ranked! The 14 best players outside the Premier League's top six
- Listen: Wolves commentator nearly expires during frantic final minutes at Cardiff City Stadium
- 5 things Manchester United must do to overhaul Manchester City next season
- Watch: In Brazil, Ceara's Pio rifled home this gorgeous, unstoppable half-volley
- 10 of football’s cruellest relegations ever: five-team play-offs, court cases... and a German Shepherd
- Why Udinese players wore 11 different shirts for their game with Lazio
- April 7
- April 6
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- Russia pledges to finish one of its World Cup stadiums three days before first match
- Pep Guardiola admits he underestimated football
- EFL tells Accrington's owner he must buy his players burgers if they win, lose or draw
- Revealed! What we’ve learned about the Premier League’s most – and least – productive attacking players this season
- A dedicated Wolves fan has recreated Molineux Stadium out of matchsticks
- How Jose Mourinho lost his touch
- Dirk Kuyt will play for first club Quick Boys until end of season – then become Feyenoord's U19 coach
- 14 high-profile players available on a free transfer this summer
- 10 footballing greats who tried – and completely failed – at being player-managers
- Hatem Ben Arfa celebrates one-year anniversary since last PSG appearance with mocking Instagram post
- Watch: Aaron Ramsey scores a cracker for Arsenal against CSKA Moscow in Europa League
- Premier League preview: What (definitely) will and won't happen
- April 5
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- Barnsley goalkeeper out for the season after breaking finger in a 'duel' with team-mate
- Italian referees association says it has received bullets in the post
- 12 high-profile players STILL going on free transfers this summer
- 15 sets of players you had no idea were team-mates
- Iranian TV blurs out part of Roma's badge during Champions League coverage
- Finland's football league is 'banning' its teams from postponing league matches
- Quiz! Can you name the all-time Premier League record appearance-makers for these 80 countries?
- Watch: Mauro Icardi missed an absolute sitter in the Milan derby... which finished goalless
- How Jurgen Klopp became Pep Guardiola's kryptonite
- Watch: Daniele De Rossi's calamitous own goal helped Barcelona to a 4-1 Champions League win over Roma
- 10 great players you probably never knew suffered relegation
- Predicted! FourFourTwo calls the 2017/18 PFA Premier League Team of the Year
- Robben: Losing to Chelsea in 2012 was a huge low – but I fought back
- April 4
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- Watch: The various in-stadium reactions to Cristiano Ronaldo's goal against Juventus
- Mkhitaryan: I didn't think twice about joining Arsenal – I'd missed playing offensively
- Ranked! 12 of football's biggest ever tantrums
- David James fires back at Dimitar Berbatov after "worst wannabe coach" jibe
- 8 Premier League players who’ve dazzled on loan in the Championship this season
- Taking the Southampton job has forced Mark Hughes to miss an important event for his daughter
- FourFourTwo predicts the PFA Team of the Year: who makes the cut?
- Fernandinho: Being a defender in a Guardiola team is one of the toughest things you can do in football
- Robben: I had dinner with Alex Ferguson and would have signed for Man United there and then
- Quiz! Name the top five Champions League appearance-makers AND goalscorers among this season's quarter-finalists
- In the mag: World Cup icons! FREE Panini album! Football League Top 50! Robben One-on-One!
- April 3
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- Tranmere fan walks 300 miles to Dover game... but the Non-League clash gets called off
- 8 of the greatest ever scoring streaks – starring Batistuta, Ronaldo, Messi and Muller
- Watch: In Non-League, Macclesfield's 94th-minute winner over Woking came in bizarre circumstances
- Ex-Everton striker Lacina Traore accused of changing his own name and age
- Watch: Granit Xhaka's brother Taulant smacks in a long-range bullet for Basel against Young Boys
- Accrington owner Andy Holt defends decision to buy his players McDonald's burgers
- 8 big questions for the Champions League quarter-finals
- In Greece, Olympiakos owner sends club's underperforming players on holiday
- April 2
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