Chris Evans
Chris Evans is a freelance journalist and has been a regular FourFourTwo contributor since 2014, covering a wide range of stories up and down the football pyramid. Chris's work has also appeared in the Guardian, the Independent and other national newspapers, as well as on the BBC Sport and Mail websites. He is also the author of two books for Bloomsbury Sport, How to Win the World Cup: Secrets and Insights from International Football's Top Managers in 2022, and Gary Lineker: A Portrait of a Football Icon, which was published in 2025.
Latest articles by Chris Evans

Rise of the (other) Lionesses: How one independent Women's Championship side are aiming high
By Chris Evans published
EXCLUSIVE Not backed by a men's team, Women's Championship side London City Lionesses are setting ambitious targets under leading Lyon Féminin owner, Michele Kang

Kelly Cates 'It's weird I still get asked about my dad's football career – I'm nearly 50!'
By Chris Evans published
The Sky Sports and BBC presenter on life as Kenny Dalglish’s daughter, Ronnie Whelan’s Coke bubble tips and a love for Wayne Rooney

‘It sleepwalked into a cultural phenomenon’ – How FIFA video games became an accidental sensation
By Chris Evans published
The FIFA games - this year rebranded as EA Sports FC - might never have been developed at all, FFT hears...

‘The dynamic has changed but we’re still an unbelievable squad’: Georgia Stanway acknowledges that the Lionesses are a different animal compared to last year
By Chris Evans published
Ahead of the Women's World Cup, Lionesses midfielder Georgia Stanway has spoken exclusively to FFT about what's changed since winning the Euros last summer

Lionesses star Keira Walsh won the Euros, broke the world transfer record and had a bus named after her – but would have quit the game if she hadn't seen a psychologist
By Chris Evans published
INTERVIEW Kiera Walsh grew up watching Pep Guardiola's Barça, so when the chance to make a world record move to Barcelona and challenge for the Champions League, she jumped at the chance

England's Beth Mead: 'I wanted to stop being a brat – I'm not the only striker to be pushed out to the wing'
By Chris Evans published
EXCLUSIVE Arsenal's Beth Mead won Euro 2022 with England in the summer, and has now landed BBC Sports Personality of the Year. She tells FourFourTwo how she reached the top of her game

"I could be a lot more honest": The new podcast that takes you behind the scenes of Rotherham's League One promotion push
By Chris Evans published
INTERVIEW Rotherham boss Paul Warne made the unusual decision to allow journalists in to record the final months of last season's campaign – despite superstitious concerns...
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