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April 30
- Claudio Ranieri: The man who defied preconceptions – and won’t ever ask for an apology
April 29
- Why Boca Juniors vs River Plate is the biggest derby in the world
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World, No.2: Barcelona vs Real Madrid
- Britain's 12 most bonkers derbies: London brawls, noisy neighbours and needle
- Why Chelsea REALLY want to end Tottenham's title hopes on Monday
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World, No.3: Celtic vs Rangers
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World, No.4: Nacional vs Penarol
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World, No.5: Lazio vs Roma
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World, No.6: Fenerbahce vs Galatasaray
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World, No.7: Liverpool vs Manchester United
- Arsenal’s ‘nice guy’ Brits are more Coldplay than Sex Pistols – but are they destined for mediocrity?
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World, No.8: Gremio vs Internacional
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World, No.9: Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World, No.10: Al Ahly vs Zamalek
- Less Than A Game: “You hate us, we don’t care"
- Benzema and Ronaldo go rogue as injury fears increase for Champions League
- Three doesn't go into two: Why Burnley, Boro and Brighton will and won't go up
- 4 GIFs demonstrating how Atletico's dogged defensive work in the channels limited Bayern
- Liverpool target Piotr Zielinski: "If an interesting offer arises, why not? But my dream is Real Madrid"
- Santi's back this weekend – but how much of Arsenal's woe is down to his absence?
- Christian Pulisic, 17, is already the present and future for the United States
April 28
- Why derbies really matter to us – and always will
- Choir sings our favourite football chants: the Payet song, Toure song, Willian song and more
- Meet Joe Edwards: The 29-year-old mastermind behind Chelsea's youth team success
- The 8 biggest rivalries in international football
- 5 things from Atletico 1-0 Bayern: Simeone's side do their thing again
- Atlético surprise Bayern with no surprises; Real Madrid have "half a ticket" to final
April 27
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World: 20-11
- Gianluca Lapadula: Italy’s Jamie Vardy linked with Spurs, Leicester, Juve and... Barça?!
- THIS is what being a fan in the 1980s was like – and what the Hillsborough verdict means
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World: 30-21
- Can Blancos compete without BBC? 4 things from Man City 0-0 Real Madrid
April 26
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World: 40-31
- Why two overlooked matches may have handed Leicester the league
- 7 times Cristiano Ronaldo saved the day for his team
- The Week In Tottenham: The Death of a Title (by nine defenders)
April 25
- Where are they now? France's Euro 2000 Champions
- Cristiano grinds teeth into dust on sidelines as Bale and Suarez go goal crazy
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World: 50-41
- FourFourTwo's 50 Biggest Derbies in the World
- Riyad Mahrez: The street-schooled dreamer whose ambition knew no limits
- The Week In Real Madrid: BBC breaking down just as Blancos get into groove
- The Week In Barcelona: Super Suarez ensures all is back to normal at Camp Nou
- The Week In Manchester United: Silver lining in sight for Van Gaal's men
- Dele Alli: “I wouldn’t say I’ve made it yet. I want to win the Champions League”
- The Week In Liverpool: Merseyside derby demolition marred by bad news hat-trick
- The Week In Chelsea: Hazard and Fabregas step out of self-imposed exile
- The Week In Arsenal: Giroud and Walcott culpable in bore draw once again
April 24
- Leicester eye history with three to go
April 23
- Rooney sparkles in midfield role: 5 things from Everton 1-2 Manchester United
April 22
- 17 teams that need adding to FIFA 17
- Chelsea's academy risks losing appeal as youngsters continue to be ignored
- Behrami: "Elton John? Watford deserve a cup final for the Pozzos this time"
- 6 things that would be different if Manchester United had kept David Moyes
- Cristiano set for a stay at home, as Barcelona aim to build on big win
- Why Raheem Sterling will be Pep Guardiola's perfect forward at Manchester City
- 3 reasons why Leicester might benefit from Jamie Vardy's suspension
- This is what it feels like to be Aston Villa right now
- Defence may be best form of defence, Everton realise
April 21
- Premier League referees admit to being biased against your team
- Andreas Christensen: Chelsea's thriving loanee who's attracting Bayern and Barça
- Michael Owen: The Games That Changed My Life
- 8 big players who need to step it up in 2016/17 (ft. Arsenal, Chelsea and Man United stars)
- The remarkable story of Sam Schweingruber: Cambodia's death-cheating vigilante risking life to beat match-fixing
- 6 of football's costliest red cards: Lehmann, Di Canio, Becks...
- Fiiiiiight! 10 of football's funniest on-pitch fights: WWE, windmills and weaponry
- Arsenal and Arsene Wenger are stuck with each other – for a year, anyway
April 20
- Mohamed Elneny: The Egyptian offering hope in a tough stretch for Arsenal
- Deila resigns halfway through being sacked by Celtic
- Enrique bites back as Bale suffers Tiger Woods syndrome
- Best Liverpool players: the 11 greatest of all time
- Howay the entertainers: Reliving Newcastle's 1995/96 title challenge, by the players
- Ian Rush: I never said Italy "was like a foreign country" – Dalglish has a lot to answer for!
- Jamie Carragher: If I become a manager I'm wearing a suit – you've got to, haven't you?
April 19
- 4 Diego Simeone masterstrokes that got Atletico Madrid back in the La Liga title race
- Michael Cox: How Erik Lamela perfectly demonstrated his big improvements at Stoke
- 5 Chelsea youngsters fans can get excited about (and they’re all English)
- Kane makes it rain (on Leicester): 4 things from Stoke 0-4 Tottenham
- The Week In Tottenham: Leicester City, they're coming for you
April 18
- 15 Premier League-quality free transfers available this summer
- La Liga: it’s just got interesting. Very interesting...
- The Week In Arsenal: Where nothing went right
- The Week In Real Madrid: It's all smooth sailing at the Bernabeu
- The Week In Barcelona: Have Enrique's troops hit rock bottom?
- The Week In Manchester United: Wem-ber-leeeey!
- The Week In Liverpool: Lovren leads seven days to savour
- The Week In Chelsea: Hiddink's side outshone by their own youngsters
April 17
- Foxes into the unknown without Vardy: 5 things from Leicester 2-2 West Ham
April 15
- Behold, the return of the no-nonsense centre-back – but are they here to stay?
- What the heck is the Friendship Trophy? Football's oddest closed cup competitions
- There’s so much more to Erik Lamela than meets the eye – and you won’t see it in YouTube compilations
- The Games That Changed My Life: Dwight Yorke
- La Liga players behaving badly as battle at the bottom gets weird
- 26 years of meltdowns: Why the European champions always falter
- Ian Wright, My Perfect XI: How many former Gunners make the cut?
- Finishing below Tottenham is the best thing that could happen to Arsenal
- Anfield responds – then goes bonkers: 4 things from Liverpool 4-3 Dortmund
April 14
- Cedric Bakambu: Villarreal’s latest goalscoring great who's made for the Premier League
- Manchester United fans’ damning opinions of the FA Cup semi-final say so much about theirs of Louis van Gaal
- The one bright side to another bad night for Barcelona
- 5 things from Atletico 2-0 Barcelona: How Simeone got his tactics spot on
April 13
- Behind the scenes at BT Sport: West Ham 3-3 Arsenal
- Julien Faubert: I didn’t fall asleep at Madrid – I just closed my eyes because I was bored
- Rodrigo Bentancur: Who is the Arsenal-scouted Boca teen who almost joined Real Madrid in January?
- 6 football tactics that changed the game as we know it
- Gutless and directionless, rock-bottom Porto face the end of an empire
- Remembered: When TV darlings Manchester United ruined the FA Cup
April 12
- Why Roma's Nainggolan should be Antonio Conte's Chelsea priority
- Madrid gods launch comeback campaign for glories of the past
- PSG's Adrien Rabiot hopes to hurt his former club Man City
- Vote! Who should win the Football League's Goal of the Year?
April 11
- Bruno Henrique: Real Madrid's unknown nemesis who's no receptionist anymore
- Behind enemy lines at Schalke: When our Dortmund fan went to Gelsenkirchen
- Where are they now? Barcelona's Champions League-winning 2005/06 team
- Barça crack with Atleti on their backs – so is La Liga’s title race back on?
- Best Arsenal players: the 11 greatest ever
- Michael Cox: How Alex Iwobi is shining a light in dim days for Arsenal
- The Week in Barcelona: The worst since 2003 (sort of)
- The Week in Real Madrid: Mixed bag for Zizou leaves Blancos "playing for season"
- The Week in Chelsea: Absent Costa somehow ends up winning biggest
- The Week in Manchester United: Van Gaal's decision-making hits new low
- The Week in Tottenham: Another big statement from New Spurs – but will they be upstaged?
- Progress not enough as Galaxy attack comes up short against Portland
- The Week in Liverpool: Ooo, didn't Divock Origi do well?
- The Week in Arsenal: "Pathetic capitulations" haunt the Gunners again
April 10
- Lamela lauded, Darmian disastrous: 5 things from Tottenham 3-0 Man United
- Arsenal's flaws exposed by handy Andy: 4 notes from West Ham 3-3 Arsenal
April 9
- Teddy Sheringham: The Games That Changed My Life
April 8
- Team Talk: FFT's Best Football Chants
- Why you should forget everything you think you know about Man City’s central midfield
- What does the world really think of Leicester City?
- Louis Saha: 'When did football surprise me? When Fergie yelled at me. I'd scored twice'
- Who should win the PFA Player of the Year award? FourFourTwo's verdict...
- Is this the week that Real Madrid's season crumbles into dust?
- Teddy Sheringham, My Perfect XI: Who gets the nod over Shearer?
- Ian Wright: The Games That Changed My Life
April 7
- Man City and PSG fans brawl over favourite Gulf dictatorship
- 4 promising upgrades on Casemiro who Real Madrid could sign
- Bruno Peres: Neymar's buccaneering ex-team-mate Europe's big guns are eyeing
- Interactive! How Jurgen Klopp transformed Borussia Dortmund: a visual timeline
- 9 Serie A players who could be on Antonio Conte's Chelsea shortlist
April 6
- If Louis van Gaal is staying, he must focus on the job he was tasked with in the first place
- Akinfenwa answers YOUR questions: What really gets him angry? And more...
- Interview: Thiago Silva – What Man City have done to Pellegrini just isn't right
April 5
- In the mag: Xavi exclusive! Football League Top 50! Bentley One-on-One!
- Ruben Loftus-Cheek has the opportunity to become more than simply a first-team player at Chelsea
- What the Premier League’s so-called Big Five can learn from Leicester and Spurs
- Soccermatics: The numbers that show why Philippe Coutinho has it all
- How can Diego Simeone break his Luis Enrique duck?
April 4
- How Javier Mascherano defied size to remain Barcelona’s immovable force at the back
- Michael Cox: Where Kyle Walker and Danny Rose still need to improve
- Does Barcelona's Clasico defeat show worrying signs for the short term?
- 5 things Chelsea fans can expect from Antonio Conte
- The Week in Real Madrid: What went well, what didn't – and who won and lost
- The Week In Barcelona: What went well, what didn't – and who won and lost
- The Week In Tottenham: What went well, what didn't – and who won and lost
- The Week In Liverpool: What went well, what didn't – and who won and lost
- The Week In Chelsea: What went well, what didn't – and who won biggest
- The Week In Arsenal: what went well, what didn't – and who won biggest
April 3
- Leicester's 91 reasons to be happy: 5 things from Leicester 1-0 Southampton
- Zidane rewards hard work, and is the league title back on? 4 things from Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid
April 2
- Pato lives – and joins an elite list: 4 things we wanted to talk about from Villa 0-4 Chelsea
April 1
- Best Manchester United players: the 11 greatest of all time
- Best Chelsea players: the 11 greatest of all time
- Interview: Kenedy – Chelsea's boy from Brazil is playing for more than Coca Cola now
- 6 of the Premier League's biggest managerial disasters
- Stats Zone’s European Team of the Month: Two from Barça, one from Madrid – but who?
- Title or no title, what actually comes next for Tottenham Hotspur?
- Liverpool vs Tottenham: What will and won't happen
- Why El Clásico could be win-win whatever happens for Zinedine Zidane
- The Casemiro conundrum: how much should Real Madrid value grit over quality?
- These are the 5 biggest stories to watch out for in El Clasico
- Who REALLY invented the pressing game – and why it works
- David Moyes: I'd have approached United differently if I knew I only had 10 months
- The 9 best Liverpool vs Tottenham games: how many do you remember?