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‘He was like greased lightning, but I’d use all my pace to tire him out early on’ Celtic icon Jim Craig on his toughest Old Firm opponent
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Old Firm clashes always bring up big individual battles

‘I’ll stay out of Liam’s international future unless he ever wants my advice – then I’ll give it to him and him only’ Rory Delap on the guidance he gives his son Liam
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE The former Stoke City star has two sons making their way in the professional game

‘Antonio Conte changed everything. He revolutionised football in England’ Pedro on Conte’s seismic impact at Chelsea
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Pedro was in his second season at Chelsea when the title-winning Italian arrived

Lionel Messi's first ever interview with an English publication, 20 years on
By Andy Mitten published
Features In 2005 FourFourTwo visited the Nou Camp to interview Ronaldinho. We also met, for the first time, a then 18-year-old called Lionel Messi and conducted what is believed to be his first in-depth interview with an English-language publication

"Teddy Sheringham had a bow tie on and Peter Kay was sat at the side of him, going, ‘Can we get a drink?’ I’m like, Pete, he’s not a f**king waiter!’” Paddy McGuinness on Peter Kay’s mistaken identity
By Chris Nee published
Paddy McGuinness reveals he has a sharper eye for legendary footballers than his 'Max & Paddy' comedy pal

‘I’m available for hire and haven’t retired! There was a bit of fake news a couple of years ago. I still feel the energy to keep on going and I try to master the ageing problems as much as I can’ Martin Tyler on continuing commentary in his eighties
By Chris Nee published
Martin Tyler is a household name thanks to thousands of commentaries in a prolific career

'I’d gone from sleeping in a room with 40 kids to sharing with just one team-mate, with a television and meals whenever I wanted. I knew I couldn’t waste the chance' World Cup winner Denilson recalls humble beginnings
By Joe Donnohue published
Brazilian World Cup winner Denilson became the world's most expensive player in 1998 but was from the most ordinary of backgrounds

Incredible Lionel Messi prediction made by Ronaldinho 20 years ago unearthed
By Andy Mitten published
Twenty years ago, the Brazilian spoke to FourFourTwo just before he won the only Ballon d’Or of his career – he also told us about a player who’d recently made his first league start. Some kid called Lionel Messi…

'I’ve always hated Liverpool since the 1990s, when you saw Kevin Keegan with his head slumped behind the boards at Anfield' Dan Burn on the Newcastle United revenge 29 years in the making
By Joe Donnohue published
Newcastle United's Carabao Cup triumph over Liverpool this year was extra special for boyhood fan and opening goalscorer Dan Burn

'I was 31 before people started to ask me about the throw, I don’t know what I was good at before that, but it must have something!' Rory Delap explains how his throw-in morphed into a psychological assault in the Barclays era
By Chris Flanagan published
EXCLUSIVE The former javelin ace became a cult hero by rattling defences everywhere – he later spent time in a panic room in Israel before watching son Liam shine
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