OUR TEAM OF EXPERTS

From Buenos Aires to Barcelona, meet our men in the know

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  Confessions of a Correspondent

  Andy Mitten – whose great uncle Charlie Mitten starred in Matt Busby’s first great side – started United We Stand, which he still edits, aged 15 in 1989. He writes for various publications from The Independent to FourFourTwo, GQ to Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden). He has visited 65 countries in six continents, covering derby games from Israel to the Faroes and interviewed players like Ronaldinho, Keane, Gerrard, Messi and John Gidman. Manchester born and red, Andy divides his time between M16 and Barcelona. He has written or co-written seven United books including the critically acclaimed ‘We're the Famous Man United’.

  • Gidman, Ronaldo and Magic Sam of Chorley
  • Facing fears, tying knots and Big Sam's big seats
  • First dates, best sellers and worst nightmares
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  The Noise from Brazil

  • Goodbye and good riddance Dunga
  • Brazil ready for revenge mission at Olympics
  • Flamengo fans find new way to fire up players
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  Argie Bargy

  • Argentina strike gold
  • Derby day in BA
  • Argentina one win away from more Olympic glory
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  Football League Top 50

  • Phillips the good guy: sober and suited
  • Players who don’t take profession or fans for granted
  • FourFourTwo 50 Best Football League Players
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  "Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar" - EB White

  • There's always one... and it's usually Hearts
  • Premier League previews: More hats please!
  • What's in a name? Not what you think...
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  Crazy World of Football

  • Your chance to be naked in a football stadium!
  • Bulking up with the Dalai Lama of the MLS
  • Violence is Golden, and Sophie Dahl naked
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  Aussie Rules

  Paul Hansford is editor in chief of Australian FourFourTwo. Born in London, Paul worked for footy mags 90 Minutes and Shoot! in the UK before moving to Sydney. As well as overseeing FFT in print and on the web, he is a fashion advisor to Dame Edna, Mark Viduka's dietician and plays the Summer Bay Surf Club owner Reg in Home and Away. He travels to work by kangaroo.

  • Shock horror! Newcastle win a trophy... in Oz
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  Professor Champions League

  Paul Simpson has edited Champions, the official UEFA Champions League magazine, since its launch in 2004. Before that, he launched FourFourTwo as editor in 1994, wrote the acclaimed Rough Guide To Elvis and formulated the influential HR theory that everyone in your office has an equivalent character in Dad's Army, He supports Nuneaton Borough and Jimmy Blooomfield's Leicester City.

  • Why did George Soros very nearly buy Roma?
  • The good, the bad and the Eredivisie
  • The future of football... and how to stop it
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  Serie Aaaaargh!

  • Juventus outcast Tiago just won't take the hint
  • Silvio, Sheva, Roman, Kaka and... Jordan?!
  • Senderos to Juve, Mourinho gears up, Sheva plays golf
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  Life through a lens

  • Above the floodlights
  • One small step for mankind
  • Sack the coach
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  La Liga Loca

  • Results: The truth 5 Spanish press 0. Aguero 1 Maradona 0
  • La Liga Loca in body swap shock
  • Tune in for ‘Meet the Agüeros’

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