Innehållsförteckning för February 2019 från FourFourTwo UK

Watching Gigi Buffon daintily sipping from a doll’s tea set is definitely up there with one of the best (and most surreal) moments of my time at FFT. The Italian World Cup winner was more than happy to play along as we riffed on the idea of him being a giant of the game. For me personally, it’s a great way to sign off. You see, after 12 years here – the last four as editor – I’m off to manage a new team. But I can’t leave without acknowledging just how incredible my time at FourFourTwo has been. Whether it was sitting on the sidelines while Lionel Messi stepped into my shoes as guest editor, or winning an award for giving Zinedine Zidane a black eye, it’s been everything…

CLUBS 1988 Sydney Croatia 1988-91 Manchester United 1991-92 Sydney Croatia 1992-99 Aston Villa 1999-2001 Manchester United 2001-03 Chelsea 2008 Central Coast Mariners 2009 Sydney Olympic COUNTRY 1993-2000 Australia Not many footballers invite you to their luxury apartment to conduct an interview. But then, not many riff on every question for minutes on end like an indulgent ageing rocker, unabashedly spilling their feelings. In the end, though, FFT doesn’t get to see Mark Bosnich’s oh-so-central Sydney flat, as our photographer decides on a launderette in the posh Australian suburb of Paddington to set up the ‘clean sheets’ gag. When ‘Bozza’ arrives, he hands over his iPhone, cigarettes and lighter (all white) and happily plunges in among baskets of laundry, asking for phone shots to send to his fiancée as evidence of…

Tottenham vs Man United January 13 If United aren’t 1-0 down after 11 seconds, it’ll be an improvement on this fixture last season Arsenal vs Chelsea January 19 The Olivier Giroud Derby – both sets of fans to wave scorpions, in tribute to the great man Saint-Etienne vs Lyon January 20 We think they don’t like each other: when Lyon won 5-0 last term, Les Verts’ supporters rioted Feyenoord vs Ajax January 27 De Klassieker: Feyenoord have gone 13 league games without a victory against their big rivals Leeds vs Norwich February 2 Key fixture at the top of the Championship – may feature bespectacled man sitting on a bucket Sporting vs Benfica February 3 Based just two miles apart, the Lisbon giants go head-to-head at the Estadio Jose Alvalade…

“I WAS THE FIRST BLACK ENGLAND CAPTAIN AND GOT LETTERS FROM FANS SAYING I’D INSPIRED THEIR KIDS - IT MEANT A LOT” W Ham 3 Southampton 1 December 6, 1986 First Division “There were two key West Ham games for me. Two goals in a League Cup win against Liverpool earned me a move to Manchester United, but my full debut changed my life. I scored with a diving header at home to Southampton and was playing every week after that. My wages went up as well, which helped!” Man United 2 Barcelona 1 May 15, 1991 Cup Winners’ Cup Final “Barça were probably the best team in Europe, so beating them in Rotterdam gave us the belief that we could beat anyone. Our mindset changed. If we’d lost, I…

Pre-season training no longer features players having to run through woods until they vomit, but that doesn’t mean modern pros love knuckling down during the summer. And former Bayer Leverkusen forward Stefan Kiessling has revealed he turned to his nearest and dearest in times of struggle, getting his wife to do fitness tests on his behalf. Required by the club to do a certain amount of training before returning for pre-season, Kiessling came up with a far more appealing plan. “You would use the heart-rate monitor which saved each of the runs,” explained the 34-year-old, who was a regular scorer in the Bundesliga until his retirement last summer. “My wife is athletic, so she did some racing with the wristband on. She did so well that nobody noticed – I…

THE STORY SO FAR: Lafont piqued Toulouse’s interest back in 2014 and became the youngest goalkeeper in Ligue 1 history a year later, aged 16, keeping a clean sheet on his debut. Last February he was named behind only Gianluigi Donnarumma in the CIES Football Observatory’s list of most promising teenagers, pushing Kylian Mbappe into third. He joined Fiorentina last summer for €7m and immediately became first choice. COMPARED TO: Ex-international Mickael Landreau (below), a teenage prodigy who won Ligue 1 titles with Nantes and Lille. Lafont’s agility, concentration and impressive save percentage in Italy have set tongues wagging that he could soon replace Hugo Lloris for France. DID YOU KNOW? It’s not the cheeriest of subjects, but in 2016 a number of Lafont’s family were among the 30 victims…

“I WAS ABOUT TO COME OFF WHEN CABALLERO MADE THE MISTAKE - I HIT A VOLLEY JUST BECAUSE OF THE PAIN IN MY LEG” Was the World Cup the best month of your life? It was four weeks I’ll remember for a lifetime. The team breathed as one. Being in a World Cup final is something that’ll connect us for the rest of our lives. Did you fear for your international future when you went two years without playing for Croatia? I missed Euro 2016 because I hadn’t played much that season, but since then I have played regularly at Eintracht Frankfurt. I never stopped believing in my quality. I knew my time would come. How significant was your move from Fiorentina to Eintracht Frankfurt in 2016, initially on loan?…

MANE ATTRACTION Equatorial Guinea’s champions are called Leones Vegetarianos – what a great name. Vegetarian Lions! Kei Kaloustian STERLING DECISION Well done to Raheem Sterling for standing up for himself after what happened at Chelsea. He’s been treated poorly. Claire Davies BARGAIN BUY What a signing Andrew Robertson has been for Liverpool. Hull must be kicking themselves for only asking for £8m. Stephen Hartman SHEFFIELD ARE CULT I enjoy your articles, but I was shocked to see no mention of Sheffield FC in your cult clubs feature: the world’s very first club. Ewan Stuchfield BIG STEP FOR GERS Steven Gerrard did well with Rangers in the Europa League – getting to the group stage was progress. David McGarry * LAST MONTH’S SPINE LINE: “Finally got one! ‘P22 W21 D1 L0…

“I UNDERSTOOD WHY BRIAN CLOUGH CALLED ME A CLOWN. I MET HIM YEARS LATER AND HE APOLOGISED” We travelled to Wembley praying that we wouldn’t get humiliated. We’d beaten England 2-0 in Poland four months earlier, but they were a completely different team at home and we feared the worst. They had just won 7-0 against Austria, who were thought to be at our level, so everyone had written us off. When we arrived in England, the press immediately dismissed us and that was a big motivation. I broke my wrist early in the 1-1 draw. In the second minute I rolled the ball out like an idiot, and at the last moment noticed Allan Clarke coming into my eyeline. I threw myself towards the ball, and he kicked my…

Former Brighton and Luton centre-back Steve Foster used to wear a homemade headband, after a clash with Wolves forward Andy Gray caused a wound which, without sufficient padding, reopened after every header. “It was just a piece of towelling folded over and stitched with Velcro,” he recalled. “‘Where’s the headband?’ people ask me now. I say, ‘Oh s**t, is it not on?’” In 1988 it both was, and wasn’t, as the Hatters lost 2-0 to Mark Hughes’ Manchester United.…

Martin Bowyer The Denmark-based artist illustrated our ‘maddest keepers’ feature. “The tales of William ‘Fatty’ Foulke kept me hugely entertained while I was bringing this article to life. He was a giant of a man with a personality almost as massive as his waistband...” Will Cornelius Londoner Will photographed Liverpool’s new No.1 Alisson. “After years of taking pictures of players in studio situations, it was certainly interesting to get one brushing his teeth in the mirror! Alisson was a gent, with all of the enthusiasm you would expect from a Brazilian.” Paolo Bandini The European football writer sat down with our cover star, Gianluigi Buffon. “I’ve been fortunate to interview Gigi a few times but don’t think I’ve seen him so contented before. If FFT were to rank the best…

HIGH: 1988 Agrees to join Alex Ferguson’s Man United as a 16-year-old LOW: 1991 Leaves United and England after being refused a work permit HIGH: 1994 Wins the first of two League Cups with Villa, beating his former club LOW: 1996 Fined and censured for doing a Nazi salute at White Hart Lane HIGH: 2000 Back at Old Trafford, wins Premier League and Intercontinental Cup LOW: 2002 Fails drug test and quits football having been released by Chelsea HIGH: 2008 Saves penalty for Central Coast Mariners in first game since 2001…

Hi John. First things first, let’s answer the question everyone’s been asking for years: how did you score that goal against Man United? Presumably by looking at the ball, then twatting it? Ha! I get asked about it almost every day. But you don’t mind that. It’s a nice thing to ask. How did I do it? You’re not far off. I just focused on hitting the ball in the right way and hitting the target. What’s the worst damage you’ve ever done with one of your shots? Anyone taken one in the knackers? Between the legs is obviously the worst place to take one, but I actually broke Alan Smith’s ankle with a free-kick, so that’s probably the worst ever. That’s not nice. He was…

Rio Ferdinand has got a baseball cap empire, David Beckham has his franchise in Miami, and Sol Campbell has a managerial career (at the time of writing). But the most eye-catching career move from one of England’s ‘Golden Generation’ is Emile Heskey’s. The former striker is now ‘Senior Vice President for Business Development in the Caribbean Region’ at the Canadian oil exploration and production company, Genoil Inc, naturally. “I’m excited to join the company and make introductions for Genoil Inc in the Caribbean market as we expand our footprint globally,” he said in a press release. To be fair, it does sound like the sort of thing he’d say. The ex-Leicester and Liverpool man added: “The vision is now to build an environmentally-focused heavy oil and desulfurisation business that is…

It’s a nervy moment for season-ticket holders, finding out who’ll be your seat neighbour for the next year. But that’s just one season – could anyone taking up AIK’s epic new Eternity Card offer be stuck next to a knobhead for the rest of their life? “That’s no problem – the Eternity Card is not fixed to a specific seat,” explains the club’s ticket director, Fredrik Soderberg. Phew! Because the Stockholm outfit now offer a lifetime season ticket, giving their fans entrance to every home game for as long as they’re on Earth. Buying an Eternity Card will set you back around £16,000, or 189,100 Swedish krona (AIK were born in 1891). Supporter Magnus Kack quickly snapped up the first; are they confident of selling more? “Currently we have had…

Goalless Draws David Squires (Guardian Faber, £12.99) Squires’ latest book features a selection of his best works for The Guardian, rather than new material, which is the only reason it doesn’t get 5/5. Genius cartoons from 2014 to 2018 cover the period’s big talking points, such as the 2018 World Cup, Jose Mourinho’s implosion and Brexit. Indeed, there is politics aplenty amid all of the football and Simpsons sight gags. Jacob Rees-Mogg dons Gazza’s fake boobs and beer belly (‘Mogg on the Tyne’), while David Cameron smacks a ball into his own face, recreating Chris Brass’ famous own goal for Bury against Darlington. And Squires’ knack of mixing satire with absurdity is exquisite: you’ll see Phil Jones gurning as an Easter Island head, as well as Dr Eva Carneiro force-feeding…

Italian job At the age of just 19, impressive performances for RNK Split earn Rebic a move to Fiorentina in 2013, after Tottenham and Swansea had reportedly shown an interest too. Final brace Short of game time in Italy, he nets twice as Frankfurt shock Bayern in 2018’s German Cup Final. Frankfurt turn his loan permanent for €2m, then his value soars at Russia 2018. Volley king He scores a fine volley to capitalise on Willy Caballero’s mishit and put Croatia ahead against Argentina at the 2018 World Cup – they win 3-0 and then go on to reach the final.…

fourfourtwo@futurenet.com FourFourTwoUK FourFourTwo WE’RE ALL HUMAN Reading your article in a recent issue [FFT 294] about the rapid rise and fall of former Brazil and Inter striker Adriano, due to battles with depression and alcoholism after his father passed away, got me thinking. It really hit home the fact that no matter who you are and how much money you earn, depression can and does affect absolutely anyone. I hope that, in the long term, Adriano gets the help he needs – footballers are human beings first and foremost. Damian Moore PENALTIES AND HIP HOP I’ve got an idea: the Penalty Shootout World Cup. National teams are invited for a tournament where they take each other on to decide who’s the best in the world at penalties. It could be…

As managerial appointments go, it made the lukewarm reaction to Claudio Ranieri’s arrival at Leicester look like VE Day. Such was the shock which greeted Bertie Mee’s promotion from Arsenal physiotherapist to manager, replacing Billy Wright in June 1966. “They have appointed the medicine man,” chuckled Bill Shankly – who had just led Liverpool to their second First Division title in three seasons – tongue firmly pressed into cheek. Scotland defender Frank McLintock and his fellow Gunners were equally non-plussed. They’d departed for their summer holidays anticipating a stellar name to come in and guide them to a first trophy since 1953’s league title. “It only remained to be seen whether it was to be the [Don] Revie or the [Alf] Ramsey era,” he wrote in autobiography, True Grit. Instead,…

Who? Combative former Manchester United midfielder, who was the first black player to score for the Red Devils in 1981 after arriving from West Brom for £500,000. Got in a 1986 tussle with winger Jesper Olsen that had boss Ron Atkinson thinking they’d clashed heads. A clash which oddly left Olsen with a cut eye and Remi nursing bruised knuckles... Liked a tackle, then? He did, but injuries forced his retirement at 28, Alex Ferguson having been keen to build his midfield around Remi. Fergie brought in Paul Ince, while Moses bought and sold properties to make ends meet. Anything else? Yes, roller hockey. In 2000 he coached the Manchester Warriors Under-20s. “Remi is a real inspiration to the lads,” said Debbie Callaghan, a mother of one of the players.…

2,618 Performances of Oliver! in its maiden West End run, kicking off on June 30. Ron Moody plays the part of Fagin, as he would in the 1968 movie, in a cast which also includes Tony Robinson, Barrie ‘Dame Edna Everage’ Humphries and future Monkee Davy Jones. Actor Janet Leigh was so affected by her shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho when she saw it on screen, she stopped showering unless absolutely necessary. Hitchcock used Bosco chocolate syrup on the set instead of stage blood. Tasty.…

USSR tracksuits You may think we’ve lost our minds – we love the red shirt, too – but the deep blue cotton tracksuit with CCCP sewed into the top is a work of art. Kicking & Screaming  This oral history of 20th-century English football formed the basis of an excellent BBC series. Features interviews with fans, players and crucial decision makers in an extensive guide. Mullets If you’re going to do something, do it well. VVV Venlo midfielder Marc Korsten nailed the long at the back and short at the front look, so de rigeur in the late-80s. Magic.…

1 ALAN SHEARER: SECRET TITCH USA New York Remember Alan Shearer, towering over top-tier defences to power header after header into the net? Turns out he’s not quite so towering when you stick him on a basketball court. Despite his aerial prowess, Shearer is only 6ft tall and he looked positively diminutive when he met 7ft 3in Latvian basketball star Kristaps Porzingis during a visit to Madison Square Garden. Back into him all you want Al, but this is one header you ain’t winning… 2 MILIBAND AND HOLGATE, TOGETHER AT LAST England Doncaster When AFC Bentley were searching for celebrities to open their new pavilion, two names sprang to mind: ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband and young Everton defender Mason Holgate, obviously. The bizarre double act actually had logic to it…

Something very strange happened to goalkeepers from the early-90s onwards. Their jerseys. Where once a side’s trusty custodian wore the least interesting strip on the pitch – scruffy green jumper, whoever he was playing for – suddenly even the dourest glovemen were sporting shirts that called for shades and a master’s degree in abstract art. So, were these candy-wrapper tops introduced purely to dazzle opposing strikers, or is there real style in there, somewhere? Fashion expert Sabrina Soormally from Clash magazine takes a good, hard look at 10 bright keeper kits from the 1990s, or a short, sharp look if the eye strain kicked in... 1 SIMON ROYCE Southend United “There’s some cultural appropriation going on here – it’s very African. You can see where Southend lifted this idea; they…

Rob Shurmer Marketing executive, 20 Will Boyle Robins defender, 23 Q: Which player scored Cheltenham’s first league goal of the 2018-19 season? RS: Manny Duku. ✔ WB: Manny Duku. ✔ 1-1 Q: In which year did current Cheltenham manager Michael Duff play his final game for the club as a defender? RS: I think it was 2004. ✔ WB: I’ll go for 2003. ✘ 2-1 Fan Q: When Cheltenham were promoted as National League champions in 2015-16, how many points did they collect en route? RS: 101. ✔ WB: 99. ✘ 3-1 Fan Q: Who knocked Cheltenham out of last season’s FA Cup? RS: Maidstone United. ✔ WB: I think it was Maidstone United. ✔ 4-2 Fan wins…

To see more of these designs, follow @brick_ballers on Twitter CANINE INTERVENTION Juventud Unida were thwarted during a third-tier game in Argentina when a dog sprinted across the line during a game, blocking a goal-bound shot Answers 1) Roberto Baggio; 2) Mario Balotelli; 3) Gabriel Batistuta; 4) Eric Cantona; 5) Henrik Larsson; 6) Ian Wright; 7) Gheorghe Hagi; 8) Paul Gascoigne; 9) Mohamed Salah; 10) Ronaldo; 11) Bobby Moore; 12) Paul McGrath; 13) Trifon Ivanov; 14) Carlos Valderrama; 15) Chris Waddle; 16) Alan Shearer; 17) Johan Cruyff; 18) Attilio Lombardo; 19) Zinedine Zidane; 20) Giuseppe Signori…

Sparky in sequins Mark Hughes ends his exile from the public eye by starring on Strictly Come Dancing. Never a man to stay still for long – ask Fulham fans – Hughes vows to bring forth elements gleaned from a well-travelled career: the meticulous movements of the Catalan Sardana, the thigh-slapping exuberance of the Bavarian Schuhplattler and wide-eyed stare of the Factory acolyte following a particularly potent pill. Instead, the wrathful Wrexhamite reacts to a heated argument with the judges by standing at the side of the dancefloor, arms folded, eyes burning with injustice as he is voted out. Again. Sol has a revelation During a post-match press conference, Macclesfield Town manager Sulzeer Jeremiah Campbell shocks the world by acknowledging that he’s not, in fact, it. “You know what,” he…

FEYENOORD FIRE EXTINGUISHER Looking to give an Ajax fan the ultimate dilemma? This could be the perfect gift. Feyenoord’s ultras have a penchant for setting fire to things – flares, mostly, rather than houses – so the club are selling their own branded fire extinguisher, available for €27.50. But give it to an Ajax supporter and they’ve got a quandary: if their house is on fire and their only means of dousing the flames is produced by their bitter rivals, what do they do? Let it burn down on principle, probably...…

@NevilleSouthall Spent all morning looking for Tyson Fury result, only now have I remembered it’s tonight. What a tit I am. @richardosman Jurgen Klopp or Pep Guardiola should win the Fantasy Premier League. They’re the only people who know when they’re leaving out Salah or Aguero – they can quietly sub in Richarlison and laugh at us. @BeardedGenius Why does Thor look like he will have to deny a rift with Mourinho after being subbed with 20 minutes left and making his displeasure known. @tomvictor Hi, just want to ruin your evening by letting you know David Guetta is old enough to be Charlie Adam’s dad. @Rich9908 Oscar Ruggeri, who left Boca for River. Q: “What did they do?” A: “They burned my house. But it wasn’t that bad.”…

There are few things more awkward than the silence while you stand in a lift with a stranger. Being stuck in a confined space with another person – if only for a moment – leads to shuffling feet, murmurings of ‘good afternoon’, and eyes staring blankly at mobile phones. A matter of seconds can feel like a lifetime. Today, however, FourFourTwo isn’t in your everyday lift, and this is no ordinary stranger. Minutes earlier, we’d met Liverpool’s latest No.1, Alisson Becker, in the lobby of a swanky central London hotel. With the initial pleasantries out of the way, it’s soon time to head to the room we’ve booked to conduct the interview and photoshoot, up on the fifth floor. So it’s to the lift we go with the 26-year-old Brazil…

When I was a kid, I’d always dream of playing in a big game and being the hero, helping my team to glory. But even as a child, I didn’t dare imagine it happening in the European Cup final. Then, aged 27, even before reaching what’s regarded as the peak years for a keeper, that’s exactly what I did. I’d saved penalties in the past, against Roma and some very good players in Romania. I guess you could say that was my specialty. I stayed on after training for hours with team-mates, making bets on how many penalties I could save. All of that practice came in pretty handy! I’d never dreamt it could be possible for Steaua Bucharest to lift the European Cup. Who could? The club hadn’t progressed…

“I’M HAPPY I DIDN’T SAVE BAGGIO’S PENALTY. I PREFER THAT HE MISSED, OTHERWISE I’D HAVE BEEN CALLED THE HERO OF THE WORLD CUP” Volleyball helped me to become a top keeper. I used to play a lot as a boy and did so until I was 17. But there was never any doubt that my real dream was becoming a goalkeeper. I think volleyball helped me to deal with crosses. I was good at coming off my line. I was a very good striker in my youth. I scored loads of goals. It’s not a bad feeling to find the back of the net. However, just like volleyball, playing as a forward was always for fun. I never thought of becoming a professional forward. To be honest, I wouldn’t have…

“I’M THE ONLY ITALIAN TO HAVE WON THE WORLD CUP AND THE EUROS. I CAN SAY THAT I HAD A GREAT CAREER” When I was a child, I always wanted to be a goalkeeper. I started to play in goal when I was just five years old. However, I also obtained a diploma in mechanics when I was young, so I could have gone down that path too. At the beginning, everything is hanging in the balance so it’s good to have an alternative career lined up, but goalkeeping has always been my vocation. There were questions about my height in the early days, although looking back, I don’t think there was a problem. Rumours of Inter and Juventus rejecting me for that reason are not true. During that period…

Yellow Jim We don’t think Jim Pearson has jaundice, but it’s a possibility... Trebles all round! There’s nothing like a bit of fizz to celebrate a silver Christmas tree. A tale of one city The Merseyside derby with added cover ‘soccer’, which is just weird. “Box it, lads!” An illustration doesn’t quite show off a high-tech TV’s sharp display... The boot room Get the dubbin out, lads. Those boots won’t clean themselves. Lights! Camera!! Kendall!!! Howard and Cynthia Kendall crank up a fancy home video projector. Pass it on Goodison fan favourite Andy King often bossed the Toffees’ midfield. “This won’t hurt... for long” It wouldn’t really relax you if Jim McGregor was your physio. Smile! Blue is the colour A strapping hoof, a football in place of the ‘O’…

DOING LUNCH Teacher Bill Somerton arranged a September 1883 meeting at the Eastville Restaurant to form a football club in a rugby city. Originally named after local egg chasers The Arabs, the team soon reverted to Eastville Rovers, then Bristol Rovers in 1899. GAS ATTACK When they moved to the Eastville Stadium in 1897, the adjacent gas works led to the (initially pejorative) nickname Gasheads. The fumes wafting over the pitch stank so much, they used to overpower the opposition. ASSYRIAN WIZARD In 1954 Rovers signed Iraqi Youra Esha Pera. The Assyrian Wizard promptly got lost at Victoria coach station, with his work permit status even discussed in parliament, and the forward headed home before making his league debut. BABE BEATERS The Gasheads gubbed Manchester United’s Busby Babes 4-0 in…

1 WALSALL 1933 The Third Division Saddlers are probably the first FA Cup giant-killers, beating Herbert Chapman’s great Arsenal team 2-0. Young left-half Tommy Black, who conceded the penalty for the hosts’ second, was told to “never come back to the ground again”. Harsh. 2 WORCESTER 1959 Without dropped winger Billy Liddell, Liverpool limped to a 2-1 defeat at the non-league Blues, promoting ‘Saucy Worcester’ headlines the next day. The loss inspired the arrival of Bill Shankly soon after. 3 HEREFORD 1972 The daddy of them all. Ronnie Radford’s rocket remains an iconic moment, so spare a thought for Ricky George. The substitute’s extra-time bobbler sealed the deal against top-flight Newcastle, after the Southern Leaguers had earned an Edgar Street replay. 4 WIMBLEDON 1975 Thirteen years before the biggest cup…

“A gloomy day for football. The terrible calamity during the international match between Scotland and England last Saturday is happily without parallel in the game’s history. A part of the oval terracing around the field collapsed with a direful result, as several hundreds of spectators were hit by the falling debris. It was impossible that the casualty list would be light, but the number is now more appalling than was first surmised. The greater portion of the 70,000 crowd was in ignorance of the awful nature of this catastrophe, and a pathetic feature of the rescue was the cheering of partisans as play veered from one end to the other. For the players to have to entertain after what they saw was heartbreaking, and the game would have stopped had…

NIKE MERCURIAL SUPERFLY GS 360 EDITION £155 store.nike.com Just take our money, Nike, you’ve won. Now, you may have already hotfooted it down to your nearest boot room to bag a pair of these beauties, 100 per cent made from recycled materials, but we have bad news: only 2018 – we see what you did there – were produced. Kylian Mbappe has one and the rest were sold in no time, too. They’re ridiculously stylish and forever from your grasp. A bit like the World Cup winner, really, or so your restraining order says... HOMELESS GHOST PRINTS £18-25 etsy.com/uk/shop/HomelessGhostPrint We love a slice of nostalgia at FourFourTwo, and these lovely prints from designer Thomas Wood tick all of our boxes. Subbuteo recreations of your favourite players from your beloved club?…

BIXENTE LIZARAZU “He was always difficult to get past when you came up against him. He’s just a hard guy. He even did all of those martial arts after retiring from football, and had that solidness on the pitch. He was aggressive, tough and a real competitor. He was so consistent, too. One of those small and strong players, pretty quick and good at getting forward, but brilliant defensively.” ZINEDINE ZIDANE “When you’re on the pitch with Zidane, you just try to do what you can. The man is a genius, but it doesn’t come out in the form of crazy tricks. Zizou always did the right thing with the ball. It was ridiculous how clinical he was with it. Some players can look very good but nothing happens. He…