Gary Parkinson
Gary Parkinson is a freelance writer, editor, trainer, muso, singer, actor and coach. He spent 14 years at FourFourTwo as the Global Digital Editor and continues to regularly contribute to the magazine and website, including major features on Euro 96, Subbuteo, Robert Maxwell and the inside story of Liverpool's 1990 title win. He is also a Bolton Wanderers fan.
Latest articles by Gary Parkinson

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Infographics Our analysis of Premier League squads reveals intriguing findings

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Gaming Think you can predict the Premier League better than FourFourTwo? Prove it...

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FFT Foreign 50 Who's the finest foreign gaffer?

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FFT Foreign 50 Many have come, many have failed. Which one sucked hardest?

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Paolo Di Canio With Arsene Wenger celebrating 20 years as Arsenal manager on Thursday, FFT has decided to honour every foreign boss to grace (and often not) top-class football in England – all 50 of 'em. Here's the fourth set of imports...

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Infographics A total of 50 foreigners have managed in English top-flight football. Here's whence they came...

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Premier League With Arsene Wenger poised to celebrate 20 years as Arsenal manager on Thursday, FFT has decided to honour every foreign boss to grace (and often not) top-class football in England – all 50 of 'em. Here's the second batch of imports...

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Premier League Analysing the action from Manchester United vs Manchester City, Arsenal vs Southampton, Bournemouth vs West Brom, Burnley vs Hull, Middlesbrough vs Crystal Palace, Stoke vs Tottenham, West Ham vs Watford and Liverpool vs Leicester

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Infographics YouthHawk analysis of the 135 players called up by England from U21 to U16. It's not as simple as you think...

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Infographics Analysis of past decade's openers reveals some surprisingly fast starters...

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Infographics The next batch of televised Premier League fixtures have been announced – but who's on the gogglebox most?

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Cristiano Ronaldo Two of the planet’s biggest stars are imploding, says Gary Parkinson. Maybe for the best...

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England They can't all fit on the plane, so we've given our advice for free. You're welcome, Roy...

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Ryan Giggs Step back in time with Gary Parkinson to the 1980s and a curly-haired teenage hopeful...

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Stats Zone Awards Find out which matches featured the most and fewest of our favourite numerical measure points...

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50 biggest derbies The titanic clash between the north-west's big two grabs a higher position than local battles with the noisy neighbours...

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Premier League The mathematics have been done and Villa fans, we're sorry, but you're bottom of another table...

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George Best From wet-eared wunderkind to Golden Boot-wearing champion of Europe...

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Stats Zone Manchester United got off to a winning start but were far from impressive in beating Tottenham 1-0...

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Tomas Rosicky The Arsenal midfielder on title challenges, nearly joining Liverpool and his Czech Chelsea chum...

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Premier League The Premier League fixtures are out - and Gary Parkinson's already circling dates in his diary...
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