Alex Reid
Alex Reid is a freelance journalist and the former digital features editor at FourFourTwo. He has also written for the Guardian, talkSPORT, Boxing News and Sport magazine. Like most Londoners, he is a lifelong supporter of Aberdeen FC. He is deceptively bad in the air for a big man. He has never been a cage fighter.
Latest articles by Alex Reid
Quiz! Can you name the 62 Premier League players who haven’t missed a minute of the 2018/19 season?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz After six games, there are still 62 ever-presents who’ve started and finished every match of this season – which means they can’t all be goalkeepers. How many can you name?
Quiz! Can you name top five players at each Premier League club with the most career goals in the division?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz The highest goalscorers at every Premier League club, based on their career tally – including the Bournemouth man with 162 Prem strikes. How many can you name?
Quiz! Can you name the all-time top Champions League scorers from these 50 countries?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz From an Argentine superstar with a century of goals to the Liberian leader with 13, these are the top scorers from their nation in Europe’s elite club competition since 1992/93
Quiz! Can you name the 74 Premier League debutants so far in 2018/19?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Every club, barring Manchester City and Burnley, have fielded a Premier League newcomer this season – but how many can you name?
10 footballers and their failed attempts at acting, from Beckham to Zidane
By Alex Reid published
Lists 'Die Hard in a football stadium' is the sell on new action film Final Score, which features Tony Cottee and commentator Jonathan Pearce. Can either improve on the efforts of these footy aces, who were so wooden that they probably gave their co-stars splinters?
Quiz! Can you name the last 19 players to score just one goal for England?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Each of these one-goal wonders have lived the dream by scoring for the Three Lions – but then stopped scoring after their first strike. For now, at least...
In the mag: Inside Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool! Dimitar Berbatov exclusive! How do England win in 2022?
By Alex Reid published
FourFourTwo Get your hands on the new issue of FourFourTwo magazine – available in print or on iPad and iPhone – from Wednesday, September 5
Champions League group draw: Ronaldo gets Manchester United return
By Alex Reid published
UEFA Champions League The draw for the 2018/19 group stage has thrown up tough groups for Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham for the ties starting September 18 and 19
Quiz! Can you name all 53 World Cup winners to have played in the Premier League?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz It’s every player to own a World Cup winner's medal and played a match in England’s top division since 1992/93. How many can you recall?
Quiz! Can you name the last 50 players to score a free-kick in the Premier League?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz We’ve seen three cracking free-kicks already in the 2018/19 Premier League season – but can you name the last 50 dead-ball specialists to score in England's top tier?
Quiz! Can you name the 50 current Premier League players with the highest foul count?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Filth! From two-footed scythes to a cheeky tactical, these are the players who’ve racked up the highest foul counts in the Prem – including the current leader on 573 offences
Quiz! Can you name the last 50 goalkeepers to save a Premier League penalty?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz As a Cardiff keeper starts the season in style with two penalty saves in two games, can you name the Prem’s most recent penalty stoppers?
Quiz! Can you name the Premier League’s highest active appearance-makers from these 50 major countries?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz These current top-flight players are leading the way for their nations on games played, from the Czech Republic international on 437 to the Italian defender on 81
Quiz! Can you name the 30 most expensive Premier League goalkeeper transfers?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz As Premier League clubs break the world’s keeper transfer record twice in one summer, can you name the division’s priciest ever net-minders?
Quiz! Can you name the first goalscorer for every Premier League club in 2017/18?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Cast your mind back a year. The Prem’s opening weekend is imminent, but do you recall the players who first broke the deadlock for their sides when last season began?
Quiz! Can you name the 40 most valuable players in the world aged 23 and under?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Young talent is always at a premium and, according to the experts at Transfermarkt, these are the most highly valued U23 footballers in the game today...
Quiz! Can you name the top 50 active Premier League goalscorers?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Wayne Rooney is at D.C. United, having departed on 208 Premier League goals – but can you name the highest scorers still currently in the Prem as 2018/19 begins?
Quiz! Can you name the 50 most valuable footballers in the world?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz According to the good folk at Transfermarkt, these players could command the highest transfer fees in the game – if their clubs were willing to sell…
Quiz! Can you name the Three Lions line-up from England 5-1 Croatia from 2009?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz The last time these sides met before this semi-final in Russia was a World Cup qualifier in 2009. Can you name the England side that day?
Quiz! Can you name all 29 Swedish players to score in the Premier League?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz From the all-time leader with 48 goals to the player who hit 17 in one season, it’s every Swede to net in England’s top flight since 1992/93
Quiz! Can you name the England line-up that last faced Sweden in 2012?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz Roy Hodgson’s England took on Sweden in a November 2012 friendly – and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored four – but can you name the Three Lions side from that day?
Quiz! Can you name all 21 Belgians who played in the Premier League last season?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz In this World Cup, they are the foes of Gareth’s mighty Lions – but during the season, many of these Belgians are our beloved club heroes
Quiz! Can you name the 50 most expensive French player transfers ever?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz It’s been a hotbed of talent over the last 20 years, but can you name the footballers from France who've commanded the biggest transfer fees?
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