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.
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FIFA World Cup Brazil leave it late to beat Costa Rica, Ahmed Musa stars in Nigeria's 2-0 over Iceland and Switzerland come from behind to beat Serbia 2-1

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Football quiz We’re five games into the new season and these players have hit the ground running by both scoring and laying on an assist for a team-mate

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FFT 100 Greatest Milan’s greatest goalscorer, Brazil’s World Cup record-breaker and the most intense kiss of the World Cup

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Football quiz England players who scored the first goal for the Three Lions in World Cups or European Championships from 1990 to 2018 in our quickfire quiz

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Football quiz The most experienced – and prolific – players for each side left in the 2017/18 Champions League. How many can you name?

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Football quiz U-S-A! U-S-A! The players who’ve played the most league games for the Toffees since 1992, from the American on 354 to half a dozen Scots

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Football quiz With every slot now accounted for, can you name the national sides you’ll definitely be seeing next summer?

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Gabriel Jesus From surprise tattoos to offside advice from his mum, the Brazil and Man City striker gives FFT the inside scoop in a new video

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FIFA World Cup Belgium come back from 2-0 down against Japan to win 3-2 and will face Brazil in the quarter-finals, after Neymar starred in a 2-0 victory over Mexico

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FFT 50 Managers The Italian who saves butts (twice) and one of the most exciting coaches in the world, tasked with cracking a problem for Lionel Messi

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Arsenal One day he was on his way to a trial with Shrewsbury – the next he was training with Mesut Ozil. The 22-year-old former factory worker tells FourFourTwo all about his "mentally tough" first six months at Arsenal

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Football quiz From the man who pulled on the armband 59 times to the chaps who’ve had the honour just once – these are the last 20 players to skipper the Three Lions

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Football quiz These players hail from the minnow nations of world football, yet that hasn’t stopped them making their mark on the Premier League…

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In Other News... “Is that a bit too intense for FourFourTwo?” asks the cheeky Tottenham star as he takes our quickfire Q&A

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Football quiz From the two players who’ve broken the 500-game barrier to Brazilians, Germans, Spaniards and even an Australian – these are the players that define the Prem era for the Reds

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Football quiz As a Premier League players equals Belgium’s all-time cap record, we ask you to name the veterans currently leading by example in international football

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Football quiz Four years ago today, the World Cup final took place in Rio de Janeiro as Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in extra time, but can you recall the 28 players that appeared on the pitch?

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The Big Interview Does he regret his West Ham exit? Why did he bite Javier Mascherano? I’m a Celebrity or Strictly Come Dancing? Your questions answered…

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Roy Hodgson The Crystal Palace boss is simply the world’s most GIFable human. Will a visit to Old Trafford produce more magic this weekend?

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Football quiz One for the true Prem quiz brainiacs out there. Can you name the league's potential England players yet to play a full international?

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Football quiz The Three Lions and the Azzurri played out a thrilling* 0-0 draw before England inevitably exited on penalties – but can you name the players who graced the white and the blue shirts?

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Football quiz From the first in 1963 to the most recent in 2017, can you name every British side to take part in the final of one of Europe’s premier club competitions?

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FFT 50 Managers Antonio Conte’s protege, a game-changer in English football and the man working miracles at Barcelona (no, not that one)
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