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When England's WAGS went wild in Baden-Baden – and took the blame for World Cup 2006 failure
England Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy are embroiled in WAG wars this week, but did England’s other halves really cost Sven’s charges the World Cup? Steve Anglesey hits the Black Forest
Why Portsmouth vs Southampton is more than a game: featuring navy larks, skates and scummers
More Than A Game It's the south-coast derby that hardly ever happens. And when it does, ancient maritime rivalries get out of hand – as Steve Morgan reported in the April 2004 edition of FourFourTwo
The football team destroyed by the Chernobyl disaster: FC Pripyat
FourFourTwo FC Pripyat were preparing for a cup semi-final and move to a new stadium in April 1986 when Chernobyl changed everything. Their former captain recalls how a progressive town and its football team came to an abrupt, tragic end
Mark Goldbridge: meet the Alan Partridge of Manchester United YouTube – “I take it as a compliment... just be who you are”
Manchester United Aha! Whether you love him or laugh at him, the ex-copper’s Twitter chat and Manchester United rants are compulsive viewing. He explains life from his side of the screen...
On the hunt for Diego Maradona in Mexico: a thrilling journey to the other side of the world
FourFourTwo FFT travels deep into drug cartel country to find a man loving life managing second-tier Dorados de Sinaloa – and more than happy to lend a hand at Old Trafford
The bizarre history of football-inspired names: from German Kevins to the 600 Brazilians called Lineker
Gary Lineker Can a moniker make or break a career? How did Mighty Mouse become the father of all German Kevins? Huw Davies uncovers the game’s bizarre and at times baffling nomenclature
Henry Norris: The man who moved Arsenal to Highbury – and became Tottenham's first true enemy
Arsenal Jon Spurling on the controversial figure who took Arsenal to Highbury over a hundred years ago
What English football can learn from the disasters of Bolton and Bury – so they can't happen again
Football League The two old Lancashire clubs face wildly different situations with the same threatening conclusion: expulsion from the Football League. Is there an easy fix to any of this?
When Ossie's dream began – how Ardiles, Villa and England's first foreigners changed football forever
Tottenham Hotspur On this day in 1978, World Cup stars Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa were treated to a ticker-tape welcome for their Tottenham debuts. The British game’s first major influx of overseas stars turned gloom into glamour – and started a revolution
A year with Marcelo Bielsa: the inside story of Leeds United's revival
Leeds United Towards the end of Marcelo Bielsa's first year as Leeds coach, the Yorkshire team looked set to end their 15-year stint in the wilderness. As they restart their quest for promotion, we revisit Phil Hay's account of how the Argentine coach ended up in the north of England