Paul Brown

Premier League Football was once as much of a Christmas Day staple as the Queen's speech and pigs in blankets; but was it all festive fun or just a freezing farce? Paul Brown dons his silly hat...

Football fans haven’t been locked out of grounds for this long since the Second World War – when attendances rocketed as supporters reclaimed their beloved game. If this post-pandemic return is anything like that one, records will tumble

Features The baffling theft of the original FA Cup went unsolved for over six decades. Then came a confession...

FourFourTwo Football phrases roll off the tongue so naturally that we barely stop to think about how weird and wonderful some of them are. Where do these odd idioms come from? And can FFT really stake a claim to one?

Transfer news Permanent deals might not be so hot in January, but short-term ones could be – especially after the Football League scrapped the ‘emergency loan’ window last summer. But how did it all start, and what brought the most controversy?

FourFourTwo If your club is linked with a non-league striker dubbed ‘the new Vardy’, the online encyclopedia is likely to be your first port of call. But who the heck is updating that goal tally? And, more importantly, why?

FFT Best Chants Paul Brown investigates why the Tom Jones hit is sung by the Britannia faithful...

FFT Best Chants Paul Brown explains the history behind Anfield's anthem and why the Reds adoped it for their own...

FFT Best Chants It's a Tin Pan Alley waltz from a Broadway revue, so why has "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" become so associated with West Ham? Paul Brown investigates...

FourFourTwo FC Pripyat were preparing for a cup semi-final and move to a new stadium in April 1986 when Chernobyl changed everything. Their former captain recalls how a progressive town and its football team came to an abrupt, tragic end