Gary Parkinson
Gary Parkinson is a freelance writer, editor, trainer, muso, singer, actor and coach. He spent 14 years at FourFourTwo as the Global Digital Editor and continues to regularly contribute to the magazine and website, including major features on Euro 96, Subbuteo, Robert Maxwell and the inside story of Liverpool's 1990 title win. He is also a Bolton Wanderers fan.
Latest articles by Gary Parkinson
Predict Premier scores, beat FourFourTwo, win £10,000
By Gary Parkinson published
Gaming Think you can predict the Premier League better than FourFourTwo? Prove it...
Vote! Who's the best-ever overseas Premier League manager?
By Gary Parkinson published
FFT Foreign 50 Who's the finest foreign gaffer?
Interactive: Who's the worst-ever overseas Premier League manager?
By Gary Parkinson published
FFT Foreign 50 Many have come, many have failed. Which one sucked hardest?
Mel, Magath, Manuel and some Dutchmen: The Prem's fourth wave of foreign managers
By Gary Parkinson published
Paolo Di Canio With Arsene Wenger celebrating 20 years as Arsenal manager on Thursday, FFT has decided to honour every foreign boss to grace (and often not) top-class football in England – all 50 of 'em. Here's the fourth set of imports...
Interactive: The countries the 50 Foreign Managers came from
By Gary Parkinson published
Infographics A total of 50 foreigners have managed in English top-flight football. Here's whence they came...
Sven, Jose, Rafa and... Zajec?! The Prem's second wave of foreign managers remembered
By Gary Parkinson published
Premier League With Arsene Wenger poised to celebrate 20 years as Arsenal manager on Thursday, FFT has decided to honour every foreign boss to grace (and often not) top-class football in England – all 50 of 'em. Here's the second batch of imports...
Premier League LIVE, Sat 10 Sep: From Manchester derby to Liverpool-Leicester via the 3pms
By Gary Parkinson published
Premier League Analysing the action from Manchester United vs Manchester City, Arsenal vs Southampton, Bournemouth vs West Brom, Burnley vs Hull, Middlesbrough vs Crystal Palace, Stoke vs Tottenham, West Ham vs Watford and Liverpool vs Leicester
Who owns England's future? Young Lions call-ups analysed by club
By Gary Parkinson published
Infographics YouthHawk analysis of the 135 players called up by England from U21 to U16. It's not as simple as you think...
Which Premier League team has the best opening-day record?
By Gary Parkinson published
Infographics Analysis of past decade's openers reveals some surprisingly fast starters...
Which Premier League club's matches are on TV most often?
By Gary Parkinson published
Infographics The next batch of televised Premier League fixtures have been announced – but who's on the gogglebox most?
The ego-death of Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic is a good thing for football
By Gary Parkinson published
Cristiano Ronaldo Two of the planet’s biggest stars are imploding, says Gary Parkinson. Maybe for the best...
Which players should Roy Hodgson drop? FourFourTwo decides
By Gary Parkinson published
England They can't all fit on the plane, so we've given our advice for free. You're welcome, Roy...
China in your hand: Giggsy’s dreams shattered
By Gary Parkinson published
Ryan Giggs Step back in time with Gary Parkinson to the 1980s and a curly-haired teenage hopeful...
Stats Zone Games of the Season 2015/16: The statistical mind-benders
By Gary Parkinson published
Stats Zone Awards Find out which matches featured the most and fewest of our favourite numerical measure points...
FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World, No.7: Liverpool vs Manchester United
By Gary Parkinson published
50 biggest derbies The titanic clash between the north-west's big two grabs a higher position than local battles with the noisy neighbours...
Revealed! The best- and worst-supported Premier League clubs
By Gary Parkinson published
Premier League The mathematics have been done and Villa fans, we're sorry, but you're bottom of another table...
Wonderkid to world-beater: George Best's first five seasons in photographs
By Gary Parkinson published
George Best From wet-eared wunderkind to Golden Boot-wearing champion of Europe...
Minimalist Man United maximise points return against Tottenham
By Gary Parkinson published
Stats Zone Manchester United got off to a winning start but were far from impressive in beating Tottenham 1-0...
Rosicky: My top three Arsenal moments, why Community Shield can be misleading and what Cech could add
By Gary Parkinson published
Tomas Rosicky The Arsenal midfielder on title challenges, nearly joining Liverpool and his Czech Chelsea chum...
Old boys, boos, beefs, blonds and Bilic: the big 2015/16 Premier League fixtures to look out for
By Gary Parkinson published
Premier League The Premier League fixtures are out - and Gary Parkinson's already circling dates in his diary...
In the mag: Neymar, Lineker, Nainggolan, sugar daddies and summer tournaments
By Gary Parkinson published
FourFourTwo Get your hands on the latest edition of FourFourTwo, available from Wednesday June 3 in print, on iPad and iPhone...
Crystal Palace 1-2 Man United: What do the Eagles only do against the big boys?
By Gary Parkinson published
Stats Zone How the action unfolded at Selhurst Park, using our FREE Stats Zone analysis app...
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