Richard Edwards
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What’s it like to always be on loan? Seven-club star Jon Obika tells FourFourTwo
By Richard Edwards published
Transfer news The former Tottenham trainee was farmed out to Yeovil (four times!), Millwall, Crystal Palace, Peterborough, Swindon, Charlton (twice) and Brighton over a five-year period
Why the scrapping of the emergency loan window is bad news for every English club
By Richard Edwards published
Sam Allardyce FIFA have never been keen on a piece of legislation which Rich Edwards believes suited both the Premier League's elite and the fourth-division's minnows...
Bosman lawyer battling FFP: We're happy with Man City, we don't want another Pompey
By Richard Edwards last updated
FIFA Put the money up front and charge a 10% luxury levy, says suit...
From obscure unknown to undisputed hero: the Israeli who won Liverpool's last title
By Richard Edwards last updated
Liverpool Rich Edwards catches up with the former striker whose incredible impact earned the Reds their last hurrah in the top flight...
Sabella in Yorkshire: How the Argentina boss came to Sheffield United (because they couldn't afford Maradona)
By Richard Edwards last updated
Alejandro Sabella Blades team-mates tell Richard Edwards about Alex Sabella's Bramall odyssey...
Invasions, drop-outs and a bye to the final: admin mayhem in the first Africa Cup of Nations
By Richard Edwards last updated
Africa Cup of Nations The tournament's 2015 edition has seen its fair share of problems, but, writes Richard Edwards, the very first in 1957 had it worse...
The remarkable rise of England U20 manager Paul Simpson: from non-league boss to World Cup winner
By Richard Edwards published
England U20 Richard Edwards delves into the unusual career path of the gaffer who led England's talented U20 team to their stunning success in South Korea this summer
10 ridiculous football trips from hell: metro mania, kit cock-ups and a very dodgy bus
By Richard Edwards published
Lists Humdrum pre-season tours and run-of-the-mill away days – what could possibly go wrong? Er, quite a lot actually...
Better luck next time? A history of post-tournament England inquests
By Richard Edwards last updated
England England are back, and therefore so are the hollering headlines. Richard Edwards studies the back pages' back pages...
Iceland keeper Halldorsson: "Film-making was my main job – that's how Eurovision came along"
By Richard Edwards published
In 2012, the 32-year-old shot-stopper directed the music video for his homeland’s Eurovision Song Contest entry. He’s a bit busier this year…
Brian Little: New Aston Villa owners should stick with under-pressure Lambert
By Richard Edwards last updated
Aston Villa Aston Villa are up for sale and, at the end of yet another frustrating season for the Premier League side, Richard Edwards picks the brain of the last Villa manager to win a trophy...
'Football attitudes lag behind cricket's,' says ex-Liverpool doc minding Aussie Ashes stars
By Richard Edwards last updated
Liverpool Peter Brukner is currently patching up the Baggy Green cricketers doing battle against England, but before that he was rushing through Andy Carroll's Reds medical at the 11th hour...
When Prosinecki came to Pompey: remembering the south coast's surprise superstar
By Richard Edwards published
FFT Cult Heroes The Croatian has been named as Portsmouth's greatest Cult Hero in FourFourTwo.com's search. Richard Edwards recalls the 1998 World Cup star's unexpected spell at Fratton Park...
The election that changed football: when Joao Havelange unseated Sir Stanley
By Richard Edwards published
Action Replay Joao Havelange’s unseating of Sir Stanley Rous as FIFA President in 1974 precipitated a period of politics, pound signs and power struggles
Top 10 raging chairmen: heard about the one who threatened to eat his players' testicles?
By Richard Edwards last updated
Top 10 Often it's the men at the top who provide more entertainment than those on the pitch, as Richard Edwards explains...
10 of the weirdest football-related robberies (featuring unhappy 'Arry's invoice and more)
By Richard Edwards published
Richard Edwards recalls the game's oddest instances of thievery, including that time David Beckham's car ended up in the hands of Macedonia's interior minister
10 managers who only ever had one job – and how it went
By Richard Edwards published
Lists The managerial merry-go-round is never far from claiming its latest victim – but often rewards the fallen gaffer again before too long. Here's 10 who failed to get back on the horse...
Andrew Surman: Talentspotter
By Richard Edwards last updated
Talentspotter Norwich City midfielder Andrew Surman shares his hopes and dreams with FourFourTwo back in June 2007, when he was a 20-year-old with Southampton.
Rated! 10 who played for both Liverpool and Southampton – and who they were best for
By Richard Edwards last updated
As the two clubs prepare to horns at St Mary, so Richard Edwards takes a look at those who represented both sides of the divide
Should Europe's minnows be allowed to swim with the sharks?
By Richard Edwards last updated
Euro 2016 They're beaten, toyed with and seemingly humiliated on a yearly basis, but the whipping boys of European Championship qualifying aren't in the mood to give up, as Richard Edwards discovers...
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