Long Read Features

Nile Ranger has rejoined Southend after three years without a professional club. Tipped for the very top after making his Newcastle debut aged 18, the striker tells FFT about his troubled past, long list of regrets... and what he'll do with his final chance

INTERVIEW Former Newcastle and Tottenham star David Ginola arrived in England in 1995 with journalists asking him who he was – then picked up the Player of the Year award aged 32...

FFT INTERVIEW When Pep Guardiola said he wouldn’t need to replace the departing David Silva with a megabucks arrival, he meant it. FFT met Phil Foden last summer - and he told us he was raring to go

Action Replay When Sven-Goran Eriksson took over as England’s first foreign manager in February 2001, he faced a staggering 'welcome' from high-level officials and gutter-level tabloids. Fifteen years on from his arrival, Steve Anglesey explains why – and what happened next 

Twitter isn’t the place to find a constructive conversation on the Black Lives Matter movement. Instead, FFT had a frank discussion with Marvin Sordell and Liam Rosenior, ex-pros and now on the FA’s Inclusion Advisory Board

Diego Maradona's starring role in Argentina's World Cup success almost never happened after a crowd swamping the star got out of control

Diego Maradona's tale is one of talent, adulation, drugs and the mob – El Diego's incredible time at Napoli is a story of how a legend can grow, and how it affects the person at the centre

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are about to become Wrexham's new owners, and the first port of call should be learning the local rivalries. Back in 2006, Andy Mitten went undercover in North Wales to meet two unfriendly neighbours...

England’s world-class crop were tipped to bring home big honours during the 2000s, but fell short when it mattered most

Roberto Firmino battled the odds to become a Premier League and European champion at Liverpool, after making a miraculous journey from Maceio to Merseyside via a five-year spell in Germany. FFT retells the remarkable tale with those who were part of it