Latest articles by Neil Billingham
USA vs Iran at France '98: the most politically charged game in World Cup history
World Cup 1998 Neil Billingham reflects on how one World Cup group game did more to repair relations between two nations than decades of diplomacy
Euro 2020 group of death: A history of a dying concept
The Euro 2020 group of death is, supposedly, Group F - but is there still such a thing? FFT looks at the history of the fearsome foursome... and why groups of death are probably over for good
One's Kompany: just where have all the player-managers gone?
Premier League With Vincent Kompany being appointed Anderlecht player-coach, FFT delves into the archives to explore the history of a decreasingly common phenomenon
Roger Federer: Sing When You're Winning
Sing When You're Winning “I don’t want to talk about football. Switzerland lost to Germany in a friendly and FC Basel are no longer top of the league. I hate football!”
Oleg Salenko on USA '94: "Do something special and you're remembered forever"
World Cup 1994 The record-breaking Russia striker tells Neil Billingham what it's like to score five (five!) in one match
Brothers in armed conflict: Why Dinamo Zagreb vs Hajduk Split is more than a game
More Than A Game After the break-up of Yugoslavia, Croatia's big two quickly settled into mutual loathing... from the March 2007 issue of FourFourTwo
Bad times in the Steel City: why Sheffield United vs Sheffield Wednesday is more than a game
More Than A Game In late 2011, the Blades met the Owls in the third tier for only the third time in the 121 years of the Sheffield derby. FourFourTwo's Neil Billingham was there to watch...
Ossie Ardiles: Perfect XI
Perfect XI "Everybody talks about Pele but this guy was out of this world"
Davor Suker on France '98: "It was the realisation of a dream for me"
World Cup 1998 With the world expecting Ronaldo or Batistuta to pick up the Golden Boot, it was something of a surprise to see it won by a player from a country that only gained independence seven years previously
82: New Zealand's All Whites win hearts and minds - just not any points
FIFA World Cup New Zealand's famously resolute showing in South Africa in 2010 wasn't the first time the All Whites have made friends and influenced people at the world's biggest sporting event, as Neil Billingham explains...
