Leo Moynihan
Leo Moynihan has been a freelance football writer and author for over 20 years. As well as contributing to FourFourTwo for all of that time, his words have also appeared in The Times, the Sunday Telegraph, the Guardian, Esquire, FHM and the Radio Times. He has written a number of books on football, including ghost projects with the likes of David Beckham and Andrew Cole, while his last two books, The Three Kings and Thou Shall Not Pass have both been recognised by the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year awards.
Latest articles by Leo Moynihan

By Joe Mewis Published
The new Nottingham Forest boss spent two years in charge at Everton

By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE Nottingham Forest have turned to former Burnley and Everton boss Sean Dyche in a bid to turn their season around

By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE New Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche came through the youth ranks under Brian Clough at the City Ground

By Joe Mewis Published
EXCLUSIVE We've all seen the memes, but it's a phrase that the new Nottingham Forest boss has never actually said

By Joe Donnohue Published
Sean Dyche is back in Premier League management having taken over the vacant Nottingham Forest post this week

By Matthew Ketchell Published
EXCLUSIVE The former Arsenal and England defender recounts an audience with Brian Clough in detail to FourFourTwo

By Ryan Dabbs Published
EXCLUSIVE Arsenal legend Martin Keown grew up as a Liverpool fan because of Kevin Keegan, but quickly stopped his support when he became older

By Ryan Dabbs Published
Martin Keown believes that his Arsenal youth team should be regarded as highly as the Manchester United Class of 92' side

By Matthew Ketchell Published
Fatherly advice kept Martin Keown from off-the-field distractions that became famous at Arsenal in the 80s and 90s

By Ryan Dabbs Published
Arsenal maintained their unbeaten start when Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy missed a last-minute penalty, with Martin Keown celebrating quite vociferously

By Ryan Dabbs Published
Arsenal failed to stop Ryan Giggs in the 1999 FA Cup semi-final, which still irks one of their former defenders

By Ryan Dabbs last updated
Sir Alex Ferguson failed to sign a top centre-back while manager of Manchester United - and it was all through his own suggestion

By Leo Moynihan Published
Twenty years after moving to Milton Keynes, the club slipped into League Two in 2023 amid dwindling crowds at the giant Stadium MK. With the stigma of their controversial move still hanging over them, FFT assesses their first two decades outside of London

By Leo Moynihan Published
Burnley boss Vincent Kompany married Carla in 2011, with former team-mate Onuoha playing matchmaker

By Ryan Dabbs Published
Vincent Kompany was renowned for his defensive skills, and one former team-mate explains how the Belgian led by example

By Ryan Dabbs Published
Many Wimbledon fans don't even recognise MK Dons in the modern game, though Matt Lazenby tells FourFourTwo why he continued his support for the club

By Mark White Published
Man City striker Erling Haaland told FFT exclusively that he isn't in the Premier League to boost his goal tallies – he wants to become the undisputed best on Earth under Pep Guardiola

By Mark White Published
Erling Haaland is already versed in the Manchester United rivalry – and tells FFT that he's been in the blue corner since his time in Norway

By Leo Moynihan Published
Manchester City's new superstar striker Erling Haaland recalls watching Aguero's iconic winner against QPR in 2011 as a child, with his father, back home in Norway

By Leo Moynihan Published
EXCLUSIVE Manchester City's new weapon Erling Haaland talks to FFT following his big money move to the Premier League

By Leo Moynihan Published
PERFECT XI Arsenal title winner Paul Merson played with some of the greatest in the game – and his Perfect XI is an embarrassment of riches

By Leo Moynihan Published
PERFECT XI Liverpool hero James Milner – formerly of Leeds, Newcastle, Aston Villa and Manchester City – picks a dream side of team-mates past and present. There’s no room for Mo, though
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