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FourFourTwo issue 378

NEW ISSUE: Premier League Top 50 PLUS Goodbye Goodison, ‘Miracle of Istanbul’, Beckham at 50, Dunkerque vs PSG and Duncan Ferguson answers your questions!

By Gregg Davies published

NEW ISSUE Get your hands on the latest issue of FourFourTwo magazine – available in print from Thursday or on your device now!

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Roy Keane during the Community Shield at Wembley in August 2023.

‘To play with Keane was an honour – it’s sad I get to deal with a pantomime villain now. Our relationship broke down, but I’d still like to put things to bed’: Ex-Liverpool man reflects on his Roy Keane ups and downs

By Joe Mewis published

Roy Keane and one former Liverpool player do not see eye-to-eye these days

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Gary Lineker congratulates Paul Gascoigne after a Tottenham goal against Hartlepool in 1990.

‘The worst thing about Gazza? Being on the receiving end of some of his practical jokes! I rarely was, he knew better, but some were quite disgusting…’ Gary Lineker on the pros and cons of being Paul Gascoigne’s team-mate

By Joe Mewis published

Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker were team-mates for club and country at Tottenham and England

The World Cup trophy on a grey background

Wild proposal revealed that could make World Cup TWICE as big

By Tom Hancock published

Will the World Cup ever stop growing?

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Gary Lineker has an exclusive interview with FourFourTwo

‘Italia 90 is the one thing I look back on and think ‘If only’, because we would have had a real chance in the final – winning a World Cup is immortality, it’s forever’ Gary Lineker tells FFT about the biggest regret from his playing career

By Chris Flanagan published

EXCLUSIVE In an exclusive interview with FourFourTwo, the striking legend reveals the most crushing disappointment he experienced

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Gary Lineker has an exclusive interview with FourFourTwo

‘It felt like the right time to leave Match of the Day, but I liked the idea of finishing at a tournament – mainly as I want my last words to be “England have won the World Cup”’ Gary Lineker reveals why he’s staying with the BBC for one more year

By Chris Flanagan published

Gary Lineker explains in an exclusive interview why he still has one last dream as a broadcaster

Venezuela players celebrate victory over Peru in a World Cup qualifier in March 2025.

Nations that have never played in men's World Cup

By Ben Hayward published

There have been 22 editions of the men's World Cup. Here, a look at the nations never to have featured in football's biggest tournament...

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Germany players and coach Joachim Low celebrate their World Cup final win over Argentina at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro in July 2014.

European nations with most World Cup appearances

By Ben Hayward published

As UEFA World Cup qualifying gets underway again, a look at the European nations with the most appearances in football's biggest tournament...

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LONDON COLNEY, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 30: (L-R) Ethan Nwaneri, Raheem Sterling, Declan Rice, Jurrien Timber, Riccardo Calafiori and Takehiro Tomiyasu of Arsenal during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2 training and press conference at Sobha Realty Training Centre on September 30, 2024 in London Colney, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

England could lose Arsenal wonderkid to Nigerian national side due this little known reason

By Ben Marsden published

England currently have a talented youngster in their ranks, but the Arsenal star could switch allegiance to Nigeria

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Thomas Tuchel will take charge of England for the very first time this evening

'He pushed us. It was tough love, was tough love, but that's Thomas' Former player reveals that the new England manager will be HARD on his players

By James Ridge published

Thomas Tuchel made the perfect start to life as England manager in his first international break

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