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 15: Some bad news. And the Big Bad Wolf
El World Cup Diario Nick Harper reflects on Luis Suarez's bite ban, Ronaldo's peculiar punishments and some good ol' Ghanaian in-fighting...
Survey suggests two thirds of Hull City fans still don't trust big-spending chairman
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 Hull City fans' mood has changed over the season...
Revealed: How Pardew's popularity has changed in two months
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 Newcastle United fans' mood has changed over the season...
El World Cup Diario, Day 30: Finals and fugitives
El World Cup Diario Nick Harper's not really feeling the love as the 2014 World Cup rolls on to its penultimate clash in Brasilia...
El World Cup Diario, Day 20: And then there were eight
El World Cup Diario Ink! Gossip! Match-fixing (or not)! Nick Harper brings you up to date with all the news that's fit to, er, print off?
El World Cup Diario, Day 9: Costa Rica do England a huge favour
El World Cup Diario Nick Harper on the ninth day of the 2014 World Cup - the day England were knocked out...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Sunderland vs Everton
Premier League Premier League | Stadium of Light | Sun 9 Nov | 1:30pm
2002: When dodgy decisions took South Korea to the semis – and infuriated Europe's big guns
World Cup 2002 Senegal set the tone from the off, but it was South Korea's miraculous run to the final four that really caused a stir, writes Nick Harper
El World Cup Diario Day 7: Not a matter of life or death
El World Cup Diario Thoughtfully sucking his special Diario pencil, Nick Harper gets his priorities straight...
El World Cup Diario, Day 10: England's 'more-gutted-than-you' world still in motion
El World Cup Diario Nick Harper on Day 10, when an ageing German did some acrobatics...
