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‘Leaving Alan Shearer out was f**king ridiculous, so I told Ruud Gullit. I went in early and gave it to him’ Duncan Ferguson recalls his showdown with Newcastle United’s manager the morning after the club's derby defeat to Sunderland in the rain
EXCLUSIVE Newcastle United started one of their biggest games of the season with Paul Robinson and Silvio Maric up front instead of Shearer and Ferguson
‘It suited him better to play wide, to allow him to do his creative stuff. I don’t think he initially wanted to play there by choice, but his delivery was deadly’: David Beckham’s early Manchester United days recalled by former team-mate
EXCLUSIVE David Beckham had to change position in order to break through at Manchester United
Goodison Park: Farewell to the Grand Old Lady
LONG READ Just shy of its 133rd birthday, Goodison Park hosts its final Everton match – English football's last link to a bygone era will go with it…
Sampdoria: Football's Flagging Giants
LONG READ One of Europe's finest teams in the early 1990s, Sampdoria have just been relegated to the Italian third-tier Serie C for the first time - FFT travelled to Genoa to hear about a decline that has featured film directors, Andrea Pirlo and a pig's head in the post...
'The ‘Geordie Maradona’ chant has followed me around. The fans are there when we need them. Walking out there gives me goosebumps every time' Elliot Anderson opens up on what it means to be at Nottingham Forest
EXCLUSIVE The 22-year-old swapped Newcastle United for Nottingham Forest last summer
‘Noel Gallagher had this massive Man City flag. I thought it’d be funny to stick a big black-and-white Newcastle flag over the top. It didn’t go down too well’ Andrew Cushin’s touring banter with Oasis icon
EXCLUSIVE Newcastle-born Cushin opened for Noel Gallagher on his last tour and couldn’t resist a subtle dig
'I went bananas after winning the League Cup, throwing champagne, while the senior players were like, ‘Bosh, onto the next game’. They were such winners' What Ben Foster learned about Manchester United's winning mentality
EXCLUSIVE The Red Devils stopper put in a man of the match display against Spurs in the 2009 final
'When I joined Barcelona, the president told me, ‘There’s this boy who will be superb’. He started training with us and I soon knew that he would replace me' Ludovic Giuly on knowing his Barca days were numbered
EXCLUSIVE The France international knew someone special was coming through the La Masia ranks
‘No one gave us a chance, but we felt we could cause an upset. That game was the emergence of Jack Grealish – the bigger the stage, the more the kid grew’ Tim Sherwood on the moment a star was born
EXCLUSIVE The former Aston Villa boss on the moment that Jack Grealish announced his arrival
‘When Lehmann fouled Eto’o, I put the ball in the net. I was on cloud nine, but then I realised that the referee had blown his whistle for the foul. It was unfair’ Ludovic Giuly on Barcelona’s dramatic Champions League final comeback vs Arsenal
EXCLUSIVE The French winger still believes he should have a Champions League final goal to his name
