Latest about Ruud Gullit
‘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
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...
Dutch managers who won trophies abroad
After Arne Slot led Liverpool to the Premier League title, a look at some of the Dutch managers who won trophies outside the Netherlands...
'Todd said, 'What do you do?' Well, I played football, I also played for and coached Chelsea' Todd Boehly fails to recognise club legend in awkward moment
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly did little for his football-knowledge credentials with this slip-up
'I was nervous before the FA Cup final, but Gullit said, "Don’t worry, lovely boy, we’re going to win!" Boro kept backing off, so I thought, "I’ll have a go here"': Chelsea hero relives 1997 screamer against Middlesbrough
EXCLUSIVE Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in the 1997 FA Cup final, with one Blues player scoring after just 43 seconds
‘To beat that team, with Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit, was almost impossible - it was one of the greatest games of my coaching career': Ex-Real Madrid manager reflects on beating stacked AC Milan side in 1989
EXCLUSIVE Real Madrid beat AC Milan in 1989 in what the winning manager claims is the best of his coaching career
The Trequartista: football tactics explained
TACTICS What actually is a Trequartista? Here's your handy tactical explainer
Players who went back to their former clubs
Returning heroes A look at some high-profile players in the men's game who went back to their former clubs and how they got on...
