Jack Beresford
Latest articles by Jack Beresford

10 Premier League cast-offs who went on to win the Champions League elsewhere
By Jack Beresford published
Lists They left the Premier League on a low, but these 10 players had the last laugh by lifting Europe’s top prize – with several coming back to haunt their old clubs

Ranked! The shortest managerial reigns in Premier League history
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League With Nuno Espirito Santo sacked by Tottenham after just four months, FourFourTwo looks back at 11 hapless Premier League managerial reigns that were short and rarely sweet

The 11 most desperate deadline day panic buys in Premier League history
By Jack Beresford published
Lists Plenty of clubs have pushed the panic button, only to be left with a bad case of buyer's remorse...

The 10 greatest cult Premier League teams of the 1990s
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League Jack Beresford introduces some of the most loveable teams of one of English football's most loveable decades.

Fed up of VAR? Have hope: here's 7 football rules changes that didn’t last
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League There's hope for VAR haters yet – not every new initiative has remained in football long

The best referee ever? Why I love... Pierluigi Collina
By Jack Beresford published
Pierluigi Collina The introduction of VAR may be undermining trust in officials these days – but Jack Beresford still makes an exception for one fearsome, enigmatic Italian

10 managers whose reputations were ruined in the Premier League
By Jack Beresford published
Lists England's top flight can be an unforgiving place – but spare a thought for the once highly-rated managers who came, saw and rarely conquered

The 10 most surprising managerial appointments in Premier League history
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League Jack Beresford remembers these shock hirings that weren't always as disastrous as expected

The Greatest Goal I Ever Saw… Michael Owen vs Brazil Schoolboys, 1995
By Jack Beresford published
My Greatest Goal Jack Beresford was a schoolboy himself when Owen wowed Wembley with this effort – and it's always stuck with him

18 Champions League one-season wonders who dazzled – and then disappeared
By Jack Beresford published
UEFA Champions League There’s no better platform to shine on at club level, but these players’ exploits in Europe were all too brief

10 players who came to the Premier League too early
By Jack Beresford published
Lists What could have been? This lot failed to impress in England but went on to have fine careers

Unpopular opinion: Why Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the most overrated player of the modern era
By Jack Beresford published
Unpopular Opinion The Swede has scored plenty of goals for big clubs in uncompetitive leagues, but never managed to make the difference on the biggest stages

10 managerial appointments that would have changed the course of Premier League history
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League What Premier League managers do in life echoes through football eternity. And what could have been for these...

11 Premier League players who scored once – but made it an absolute corker
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League They might only have nabbed the one goal in their Premier League careers – but, boy, did they make them count

9 players who came to the Premier League too late in their careers
By Jack Beresford published
Premier League They came with big reputations, but left after little impact. Some players simply rocked up in the Premier League too late in the day

Why Pro Evolution Soccer 4 is still the greatest football game of all time
By Jack Beresford published
Gaming Yes, FIFA had the soundtrack, the official names and the graphics. But the gameplay of mid-noughties Pro Evo means it still holds a place in Jack Beresford's heart

8 Premier League flops who looked great in pre-season
By Jack Beresford published
Lists It can be a dangerously deceptive time of year…
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