Latest articles by Nick Harper
12 of football's ludicrously short managerial reigns
Paul Scholes Xisco Munoz is out on his ear just a month into the season - but he's got nothing on some of these fellas
Adios, Moysie: 10 other British reigns in Spain (ft. Chris Coleman's 'dishwasher')
David Moyes Senor Moyes has been binned by Real Sociedad, but plenty have gone before him, with varied results. Nick Harper looks back on 10 of the very best, the very worst and the very drunk...
Premier League fans' dream signings named
Premier League Wondering who your club should sign during this transfer window? Thanks to the insight of the fans themselves, FFT proudly presents the definitive list of the players your club should sign this month...
Survey: Three-quarters of Man United fans still confident in Van Gaal despite slow start
Premier League FourFourTwo and Forza Football have surveyed 200,000 fans of Premier League clubs to gauge their confidence in their team's manager, players and chairman/owner. Here, Nick Harper picks through the findings to see how Manchester United fans' mood has changed over the season...
Muted celebrations: Why Van Persie's code of conduct sets the standard
Premier League The trend for footballers refusing to celebrate goals against former clubs is nothing new, but it's now in danger of getting out of hand. Nick Harper assesses how we reached this sorry state, and wonders where the game goes from here...
Ice cream, sausages and beer: Transfer fees that make Di Maria's £59.7m look dull
Transfer news Angel di Maria's move from Real Madrid to Manchester United may have broken the British transfer record, but that monster fee seems a bit boring when compared to some of history's more bizarre transfer down-payments. Nick Harper lists 10 of the oddest...
Thrashings, scraps and sacking after sacking after sacking: How the 2014/15 Premier League will unfold
Premier League The new Premier League season is upon us, and you're probably wondering how the whole wacky business is going to unfold - well fear not, Nick Harper has the answers...
El World Cup Diario, Day 29: A day of rest? Not on your nelly
El World Cup Diario It was meant to be another day of FIFA-enforced rest and reflection, says Nick Harper, but Day 29 of the World Cup turned into a day of excuses, resignations and foul-mouthed tirades...
Did that really happen this season? The 16 funniest moments you already forgot
Premier League With the 2013/14 season drawing to a close, Nick Harper looks back at some of the brain-bending, rib-tickling moments that you may have forgotten while laughing at Steven Gerrard...
Glory, goal-fests and goodbyes: The Premier League's most thrilling 'dead rubbers'
Premier League Games with nothing riding on them can sometimes be the best, as Nick Harper discovers…
The FourFourTwo Preview: Newcastle vs Man United
Premier League Premier League | St James' Park | Sat 5 Apr | 3pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: Man United vs Aston Villa
Premier League Premier League | Old Trafford | Sat 29 Mar | 12:45pm
Ian Brown: Sing When You're Winning
Sing When You're Winning There's none more Manc than King Monkey, and the former Stone Roses lead singer details his love for Manchester United...
El World Cup Diario, Day 25: Neymar has a dream...
El World Cup Diario Nick Harper on Day 25 of the World Cup, as Brazil's poster boy keeps on believing despite his broken back...
El World Cup Diario, Day 22: It's been emotional
El World Cup Diario It's all getting a bit too much for Brazil, explains Nick Harper...
Survey: Tottenham fans still have more confidence in Pochettino than their team
Premier League FourFourTwo and Forza Football have surveyed 200,000 fans of Premier League clubs to gauge their confidence in their team's manager, players and chairman/owner. Here, Nick Harper picks through the findings to see how Tottenham fans' mood has changed over the season...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Netherlands vs Argentina
World Cup 2014 World Cup Semi-Final | Sao Paulo | Wed 9 Jul | 9pm
El World Cup Diario, Day 2: Crushing disappointments
El World Cup Diario Nick Harper reviews the World Cup's second day...
Survey finds Palace fans' confidence in board, manager and players on the wane
Premier League FourFourTwo and Forza Football have surveyed 200,000 fans of Premier League clubs to gauge their confidence in their team's manager, players and chairman/owner. Here, Nick Harper picks through the findings to see how Crystal Palace fans' mood has changed over the season...
The Last 16 of Justice: How the World Cup would look if the refs had got the big calls right
World Cup 2014 FFT's resident conspiracy thoerist, Nick Harper, calculates exactly how the 2014 World Cup group stages would and should have panned out had the men in black been on the money. The sound you can hear is straws being clutched...
The FourFourTwo Preview: USA vs Germany
World Cup 2014 World Cup Group G | Recife | Thu 26 Jun | 5pm
El World Cup Diario, Day 19: Apologies and lies... but honest ones
El World Cup Diario Nick Harper reflects on another day in World Cup Land, when Luis Suarez (him again), Arjen Robben and toffees grabbed the headlines...
El World Cup Diario, Day 21: A day of rest. With Jean-Claude Van Damme
El World Cup Diario Nick Harper's getting all in a tizz with no World Cup footballery going on to discuss in his World Cup diary...
