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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
Serie A in the '90s: when Baggio, Batistuta and Italian football ruled the world
Serie A Channel 4's Football Italia hit our screens 30 years ago today, during a period when Calcio was king. During the 1990s, Serie A teams owned 13 European trophies, six world-record transfers and six Ballon d'Or winners, plus every iconic star from Asprilla to Zidane
How the Premier League breakaway happened: The first season of 1992/93, as told by its heroes
PL TURNS 30 In 1992, a group broke away from Division 1 to form a brand new league with an exciting revenue model. With the Premier League now over 30 years old, FourFourTwo remembers the first-ever Premier League season
