Alex Reid
Alex Reid is a freelance journalist and the former digital features editor at FourFourTwo. He has also written for the Guardian, talkSPORT, Boxing News and Sport magazine. Like most Londoners, he is a lifelong supporter of Aberdeen FC. He is deceptively bad in the air for a big man. He has never been a cage fighter.
Latest articles by Alex Reid

Ranked! The 11 best managers never to win the Champions League
By Alex Reid published
UEFA Champions League From Italian maestros to French pioneers, these are the great gaffers who've never managed to add The Big One to their CVs. Yet...

Quiz! Can you name the 40 highest French goalscorers in Premier League history?
By Alex Reid published
Quiz Eric Cantona may have been one of the first from Le France – but plenty have followed him across the channel since…

Robert Lewandowski robbed? Here are the 12 best players never to win the Ballon d’Or
By Alex Reid published
Ballon d'Or Robert Lewandowski scored 48 goals in a season and still didn't win the Ballon d'Or - don't worry Bobby, you're in good company...

Ranked! Manchester United’s 6 most glorious wins over Liverpool
By Alex Reid last updated
Manchester United Ferdinand, Forlan and Solskjaer in Fergie time – it’s Manchester United's most fiendish north-west derby triumphs

Quiz! How many of FourFourTwo's 100 Best Players in the World from 2007 can you name?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz As we count down the world’s best footballers in 2017, how many of our top 100 from a decade ago can you recall?

Quiz! Can you name the top 25 scorers from the 1997/98 Premier League season?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Arsene Wenger became the first non-British manager to win the title in England – but can you name the players from across the Premier League who hit 10+ goals in 97/98?

Quiz! Can you name these 40 famous football brothers?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Each of these siblings paved a career at the highest level – well, a fairly high level – from Dutch international twins to a pair of Danish football legends

Why Liverpool vs Tottenham is a two-fingered salute to football's era of the individual
By Alex Reid published
UEFA Champions League The single superstar has been obsessed over for too long. This terrific Champions League season is a welcome reminder that football remains the ultimate team sport

Quiz! Can you name the 51 players who’ve contributed to at least six Premier League goals this season?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Every player to have a goal + assist total of six or more – it's the Fantasy Premier League stars of 2017/18

Quiz! How many of Tottenham’s 50 biggest ever transfers can you name?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Spurs tend to invest shrewdly (most of the time). But being a respectable Premier League club, they’ve still thrown a few millions about. Can you tell us who it's bought them?

Quiz! Can you name the top 20 scorers from the 2009/10 Premier League season?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Chelsea broke the record for goals in a Premier League season, while Spurs put nine past Wigan - but can you name all 20 players to hit double figures in ‘09/10?

Quiz! Can you name the line-ups from the 2002 FA Cup Final: Arsenal vs Chelsea?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz The two London clubs that meet on Saturday have played in one FA Cup final before, 15 years ago this summer. Can you recall the teams that day?

Juan Mata: There’s never been a problem with Mourinho – I wanted to prove myself at Manchester United
By Alex Reid published
Juan Mata Juan Mata has told FourFourTwo that his relationship with Jose Mourinho is not what the press make it out to be.

Quiz! How many of the top 24 scorers from the 2014/15 Premier League season can you name?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Players from Man City, Tottenham and Chelsea broke the 20-goal barrier - but can you recall every player to crack double figures in ’14/15?

Quiz! Name the top-three finishers in World Cup Golden Ball standings 1986-2014
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz It’s the best three players – according to the official FIFA award, anyway – at every World Cup from Mexico 1986 to Brazil 2014. Name these superstars…

Win! Tickets for you and a friend to see England vs Italy at Wembley on 27 March
By Alex Reid last updated
Competitions Gareth Southgate’s youthful squad face Italy at Wembley Stadium connected by EE on Tuesday, 27 March (KO 8pm) - and to celebrate we’ve got three pairs of tickets to give away

Who would play every Premier League manager if they were cast in a Hollywood film?
By Alex Reid last updated
Premier League Look, it's the international break OK? Let’s leave our tactics board at the door and imagine a perfect actor to play every Premier League boss

Quiz! How many of Real Madrid’s 50 biggest ever transfers can you name?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz It's the club that’s given us galacticos, record-breaking fees and a burning desire to buy your club's best player - but do you know their 50 most expensive signings?

Quiz! Can you name the top 50 Premier League goalscorers who’ve NEVER played a World Cup game?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz The all-time Premier League scorers who’ve never played an active part in a World Cup, from the Englishman with 187 goals to the Peruvian with 49

Quiz! Can you name the most expensive players from these 50 countries?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz This January, the record transfer fee for an American player was smashed – but how well do you know the priciest footballers from around the world?

Quiz! Can you name the top three finishers for the European Golden Shoe award since 1996/97?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz A Liverpool and a Barcelona ace are locked in a battle to be Europe’s top league scorer this season, but can you name the players who’ve won this prize in the past?

Quiz! How many of the top 21 scorers from the 2015/16 Premier League season can you name?
By Alex Reid last updated
Football quiz It was the season Leicester won the… what? The title? Right. Can you name the duo who fired in the Foxes' goals, as well as the other Premier League players who hit double figures?
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