Richard Purden

Richard Purden is a freelance writer based in Scotland contributing to FourFourTwo since 2003 as well as wide variety of newspapers and magazines around Europe. He has written three books on Celtic including We Are Celtic Supporters. Among his favourite interviews are Oasis duo Noel and Liam Gallagher, Rod Stewart and Henrik Larsson.

Latest articles by Richard Purden

Oasis on stage at Manchester City's football ground, Maine Road. Photo of OASIS and Noel GALLAGHER, Noel Gallagher performing on stage, Union Jack Epiphone guitar. Liam Gallagher performing on stage. Inset picture of Photo passes and laminates for shows by Oasis at Maine Road (1996)

How Oasis changed the Manchester City brand

By Richard Purden published

LONG READ Liam and Noel Gallagher's support for Manchester City is essential to their story and identity as a band, it might just have helped save the club as well

LONG READ
Liam Gallagher performs a homecoming show at Manchester Arena on December 16, 2017 in Manchester, England.

Oasis star Liam Gallagher exclusive: 'Every time Oasis were doing really well, Manchester City were doing really s***! When we split up, City started doing really good...'

By Richard Purden published

Sing When You're Winning Has Oasis getting back together cursed Manchester City? Liam Gallagher's exclusive interview with FourFourTwo about Maine Road, watching from a box and how hates 'any of them Nevilles'

Sing When You're Winning
Oasis guitarist and Manchester City fan Noel Gallagher

Oasis star Noel Gallagher exclusive: 'I should be a Manchester United fan! The greatest player of all time played for United: my dad's brothers and our cousins are United fans, too'

By Richard Purden published

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher on Manchester City, Maine Road, Celtic and why the Scottish leagues should merge with England

Interviews
Manchester United player Gordon Strachan of Manchester United in action during the Canon League Division One match between Ipswich Town and Manchester United at Portman Road on September 1, 1984 in Ipswich, England. (Photo by Duncan Raban/Popperfoto via Getty Images)

Gordon Strachan reveals how Sir Alex Ferguson stood apart from football booze culture

By Richard Purden published

Gordon Strachan played under Sir Alex Ferguson for Aberdeen and Manchester United and says he learned nothing about professionalism beforehand

Stories
Arsenal

How The Who’s Roger Daltrey became an Arsenal fan during the school run

By Richard Purden published

The Who frontman shares possibly the least cool story ever about how he became a die-hard Gunner

Interviews

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