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Wales Women Euro 2025 squad: First ever tournament beckons for Wales
By Steven Chicken last updated
Rhian Wilkinson's side are hoping to pull off a shock in an extremely tough group at Euro 2025

Nile Ranger's long journey back to football: "I’ve reflected on everything I’ve done wrong – and everyone I've hurt"
By Nile Ranger last updated
LONGREAD Nile Ranger was tipped for the very top after making his Newcastle debut aged 18, the striker tells FFT about his troubled past, long list of regrets... and what he'll do with his final chance

'I have 14 metal plates in my skull, with 28 screws holding them in place and 45 staples. The pain was unbearable, like a bomb going off in my head. And I was a lucky boy' Tottenham Hotspur's Ryan Mason on the incident that ended his career
By Ryan Mason last updated
Between The Lines Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Ryan Mason retired at the age of 26 after a horror injury on the field. Now, the youngest-ever Premier League boss tells FourFourTwo all about the incident and his career

'I wanted to leave Liverpool as fast as possible. I was thinking, ‘What have I done?’ The manager wanted me to do different things, I working really hard, but I was trying to score while playing deeper' Peter Crouch answers FFT readers' questions
By James Maw last updated
The Big Interview What’s it like being booed for England? How did he nearly kill Dirk Kuyt? And do his feet really stick out of bed? Your questions answered in January 2018

Mo Salah should be slowing down but he's getting better
By Adam Clery published
At the age of 32, Liverpool’s Egyptian King has been a renewed goal threat this season thanks to some tactical tweaks by new Anfield gaffer Arne Slot

Ranked! The Top 100 women's footballers of all-time
By Sarah Rendell published
Top 100 women's footballers have been ranked by FourFourTwo, but who is at the top of the list?

What happened to football on Christmas Day? The lost history of a Victorian tradition
By Paul Brown last updated
Premier League Football was once as much of a Christmas Day staple as the Queen's speech and pigs in blankets; but was it all festive fun or just a freezing farce? Paul Brown dons his silly hat...

How two brothers from the Netherlands have carved a highly lucrative niche in the football market via a simple idea you wish you'd thought of
By Matthew Ketchell published
MatchWornShirt.com is the real deal, and they can even prove it

Diego Maradona's 'unknown friend' breaks silence for the first time on the anniversary of the Argentinian football legend's death
By Christian Martin published
Walter Soriano, a low profile but highly trusted confidant of the legendary footballer has always refused to speak about Maradona until now
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