Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray is a freelance journalist, who regularly contributes to both the FourFourTwo magazine and website. Formerly a senior staff writer at FFT and a fluent Spanish speaker, he has interviewed major names such as Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Sergio Aguero and Xavi. He was also named PPA New Consumer Journalist of the Year 2015.
Latest articles by Andrew Murray

‘The World Cup became a race against time for me. Now I feel good, in form and super-focused with the mentality that I want to succeed and lift the trophy’ Alexia Putellas on her Euro 2025 dream this summer
By Joe Mewis published
EXCLUSIVE Alexia Putellas is ready to add a European title to the World Cup win she played a bit part in for Spain in 2023

How to watch Wrexham live streams 2024/25: online, TV channel, replays
By Andrew Murray last updated
HOW TO WATCH Find out where to watch Wrexham 2024/25 League One games with this handy guide to how to watch Wrexham live streams online and from anywhere in the world.

'I love my job. I love being able to play this sport. In the end, there’s something addictive in winning for me' Alexia Putellas speaks about what drove her back from an ACL injury to lift the World Cup
By Sarah Rendell published
EXCLUSIVE Alexia Putellas missed the European Championships in 2022 because of the long-term injury

Alexia Putellas: "We’re already the only club to have won the men’s and women’s Champions League, so the only thing even more historic to do than that would be to win it in the same season"
By Sarah Rendell published
EXCLUSIVE Alexia Putellas is aiming to win a third Women's Champions League in a row

Ranked! The 100 best football players of all time
By Mark White last updated
RANKED! The 100 best football players who have ever lived: from Messi to Maradona, Cristiano to Cruyff and everyone in between

Euro 96, the complete history, part five: England overcome shootout fear
By Andrew Murray last updated
Longread England's first Euro 96 knockout game against Spain saw the Three Lions finally put their Italia 90 penalty hoodoo to bed... didn't it?

How to watch Mbappe: Live stream the documentary from anywhere in the world
By Andrew Murray published
HOW TO WATCH Find out how to watch Mbappe, the BBC documentary about the planet's most in-demand footballer, from anywhere in the world with this handy guide

Ranked! The 100 best stadiums in the world
By Mark White last updated
RANKED! The best stadiums in the world from all corners of the globe: this is your ultimate match-going bucket list

"He was semi-depressed, he didn’t leave our room for two or three days" Former roommate of Pep Guardiola recalls tough times in Spain and the 'inevitable' signs he was destined for greatness
By Sean Cole published
In an interview for FourFourTwo, Albert Ferrer spoke about rooming with Guardiola and the signs that hinted at a future in management

Nigeria vs Ivory Coast as it happened! How to watch AFCON final, live minute-by-minute updates, teams
By Andrew Murray last updated
Here's how to watch a Nigeria vs Ivory Coast live stream free online from anywhere — follow all the action here on our minute-by-minute from the AFCON final in Abidjan

Nigeria vs South Africa as it happened! AFCON semi-final victory for Nigeria on penalties
By Andrew Murray last updated
Here's how to watch a Nigeria vs South Africa live stream free online from anywhere — follow all the action here on our minute-by-minute from the AFCON semi-final at Stade Bouaké.

Ranked! The 100 best football managers of all time
By Chris Flanagan published
RANKED! The 100 best football managers of all time, ever: it's time to honour the best tacticians, tinkermen and master motivators in the history of the game. Buckle up...

Ranked! The 20 best South American players of all time
By Mark White published
RANKED! The Argentines, Brazilians, Uruguayans and even Peruvians who have defined the beautiful game over over the centuries

Ranked! The top 50 Football League players 2023
By Huw Davies published
#FLTOP50 As the season’s run-in approaches, it can only mean one thing: with help from our readers, it’s time for FFT’s annual list of the finest stars outside the top flight

The best Premier League XI never to play Champions League football
By Andrew Murray published
UEFA Champions League A trio of players each with 100+ Premier League goals, plus the league's most enduring goalkeeper. How did this lot never play in the Champions League? Andrew Murray explains

How the 2000s saved El Clasico – and made Barcelona vs Real Madrid bigger than ever before
By Andrew Murray published
El Clasico Barcelona and Real Madrid despise one another - but it took a symbiotic relationship in the noughties to make their rivalry the biggest in world football. FFT delves into the blossoming of a bitter romance

We asked Joleon Lescott for his all-time team-mate XI – and his team is outstanding
By Andrew Murray last updated
PERFECT XI Ex-Manchester City star Joleon Lescott has more than delivered with his Perfect XI

How the Premier League breakaway happened: The first season of 1992/93, as told by its heroes
By Andrew Murray published
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

Bobby Robson at Barcelona: How one stormy season became the making of Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and Ronaldo
By Mark White published
In a Barcelona team that brought Bobby Robson, Jose Mourinho, Ronaldo and Pep Guardiola together, not even success was enough to avoid a bitter ending

Atletico Madrid, the Champions League's toughest team to beat? Meet Manchester United's biggest problem: Diego Simeone
By Andrew Murray published
Atlético Madrid The Argentine has performed miracles during his nine years at the helm, taking Atletico from 13th in La Liga to title winners and European trophies – now he bids for Champions League glory

What happened to Barcelona and Real Madrid? How they lost Messi and Ronaldo – and slipped from the world's summit
By Andrew Murray published
LONGREAD Barcelona play Europa League football tonight for the first time in over a decade, as both they and rivals Real Madrid are finally having to contend with years of overspending. This is how Spanish football started to struggle
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