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Going to 1998 FA Cup Final was the best day of my life, even though my team lost
FA CUP FINAL Deputy Editor Matthew Ketchell gets nostalgic about attending the 1998 FA Cup final between Arsenal and Newcastle
‘Dear Nigel Martyn…’: Rediscovering the childhood letters I wrote to footballers in the '90s
LETTERS TO FOOTBALLERS Matthew Ketchell sent dozens of letters to Premier League footballers in the 1990s – almost 30 years later he has unearthed the replies
Discovering 'Line Up' a hidden, vintage football shirt shop that could be Paris' best kept secret
ON THE GROUND Sandwiched between The Louvre and Paris' 'Grands Boulevards' department store district is small pocket of football shirt heaven you need to visit
Why 'the world’s greatest football stadium' has been empty for 14 years
WATCH Valencia’s Nou Mestalla was, according to the club, going to be the “greatest football stadium in the world” and ready for the 2009 season…
David Rocastle remembered: Celebrating the life and career of the Arsenal hero with those who knew him best
LONGREAD David Rocastle wasn't just a fantastic footballer – to those at Arsenal, the Lewisham maestro represented something much greater. On the anniversary of his tragic death aged just 33, FFT celebrates a genius
Why the football in Ted Lasso looks better than in other shows
INTERVIEW FourFourTwo speaks to Kasali Casal, the man behind the football choreography on the Emmy Award-winning Ted Lasso
Lionesses star Keira Walsh won the Euros, broke the world transfer record and had a bus named after her – but would have quit the game if she hadn't seen a psychologist
INTERVIEW Kiera Walsh grew up watching Pep Guardiola's Barça, so when the chance to make a world record move to Barcelona and challenge for the Champions League, she jumped at the chance
Former Chelsea goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley tried to play through depression until someone else announced his retirement
Longread Farnborough released a statement saying Lenny Pidgeley retired from football in 2018, against his wishes. Here, he explains to FourFourTwo what playing professionally with depression was like, and his feelings towards the club after that statement
England's Beth Mead: 'I wanted to stop being a brat – I'm not the only striker to be pushed out to the wing'
EXCLUSIVE Arsenal's Beth Mead won Euro 2022 with England in the summer, and has now landed BBC Sports Personality of the Year. She tells FourFourTwo how she reached the top of her game
Jill Scott: 'My final act was winning the Euros in front of 87,000 fans at Wembley. Nothing will beat that'
LONGREAD Now Lionesses legend Jill Scott can add winning I'm A Celebrity alongside her Euro 2022 success with England. Here, she talks FourFourTwo through her whole 18-year playing career
