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
San Diego's NASL team name is NOT an 'Anchorman' reference - unless it is
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In Other News... Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it...
Quiz! Can you name the last 50 players to score for England?
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Football quiz The Three Lions' most recent goal-getters, from the all-time leading goalscorer to the player who last scored back in 2007
Why Liverpool vs Tottenham is a two-fingered salute to football's era of the individual
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UEFA Champions League The single superstar has been obsessed over for too long. This terrific Champions League season is a welcome reminder that football remains the ultimate team sport
Quiz! Can you name these 40 famous football brothers?
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Football quiz Each of these siblings paved a career at the highest level – well, a fairly high level – from Dutch international twins to a pair of Danish football legends
Quiz! How many of Tottenham’s 50 biggest ever transfers can you name?
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Football quiz Spurs tend to invest shrewdly (most of the time). But being a respectable Premier League club, they’ve still thrown a few millions about. Can you tell us who it's bought them?
FourFourTwo’s 50 Best Football Managers in the World 2017: 35 to 31
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FFT 50 Managers An an ice-cold tactician who warms the hearts of fans and a certain French manager who sharply divides opinion
Quiz! Can you name the line-ups from England 1-0 Spain in November 2011?
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Football quiz Just over seven years ago, Fabio Capello’s side scored a surprise triumph over World champions Spain at Wembley. These are the players who took to the pitch that day...
Peter Crouch earns a place in 2018 Guinness World Records
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In Other News... Stoke striker owns a spot alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, Christian Benteke and Alan Shearer in latest world records collection
Competition! Win tickets to see Arsenal take on Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League
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Quiz! Can you name the 30 best attacking players from the 2018/19 Champions League group stage?
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Football quiz Based on goals and assists combined, this is every player to directly contribute to four or more goals. How many do you know?
Quiz! Can you name the top three scorers from the last 6 World Cups?
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Football quiz The Golden Boot, Silver Boot and Bronze Boot winners from the last half-dozen World Cup tournaments please
Gary Lineker: “Gazza was playing tennis with German tourists!”
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England Hotshot striker turned broadcaster tells us about his England team-mates: from the magic of Gascoigne to the player you'd hate to be around if you lost
FourFourTwo's 100 Greatest Footballers EVER: 50 to 41
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FFT 100 Greatest The greatest ever Dane, the playmaker who shocked Brazil and the mustachioed man with the atomic shot
Saturday Premier League wrap: The things you might have missed
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Premier League FourFourTwo's round-up of the top-flight action as Arsenal win away at Stoke, while Manchester City claim all three points after a dramatic match at the Etihad
Ranked! Every World Cup mascot from worst to best
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Lists Since England unleashed World Cup Willie in 1966, every host has delivered a mascot – but they aren’t all equal. Who’s the best? And who’s the worst? (Hint: it’s Striker)
Quiz! Can you name the 32 players who’ve scored at three different World Cups?
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Football quiz From the magical trio who’ve netted at four World Cups to the 29 men who’ve scored at three, these are the multi-cup kings
Quiz! Can you name the top 32 goalscorers at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil?
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Football quiz Germany’s 7-1 win, Costa Rica’s underdog run, Colombia’s dancing, England getting a point. What do you recall of the fun of four years ago?
Quiz! How many English club stadiums can you name by these glorious illustrations?
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Football quiz Let’s test your knowledge of England’s football grounds with these bold renderings
Peter Crouch: My Spurs winner at Man City is the best feeling I’ve had in football
By Alex Reid published
Peter Crouch The striker has told FourFourTwo of the one moment that sticks head and shoulders above the rest – a bit like the man himself
Ansu Fati becomes youngest Champions League goalscorer - but what happened to the others?
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World Cup, day 13: the things you might have missed
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FIFA World Cup Marcos Rojo's late heroics steal victory – and a place in the last 16 – for Argentina, who set up a knockout meeting with France
Quiz! Can you name Tottenham’s 50 highest Premier League appearance-makers after 1,000 games?
By Alex Reid published
Football quiz The players who’ve donned the Lilywhite shirt most often since 1992, including the top Hotspur of the Premier League era on 299 matches
5 reasons why footballers fail at BBC Sports Personality of the Year
By Alex Reid published
Premier League Football is our national game, yet in 62 years of SPOTY, just five footballers have won the main award. So why does the British public tend to ignore the sport it loves most?
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