Sam Blitz
Sam Blitz is a football writer based in London. Having lived in England, Scotland and Italy throughout his life, he specialises in both British and European football. He has experience writing and producing content for Sky Sports, The Times, MailOnline along with his work for the FourFourTwo magazine and website.
Latest articles by Sam Blitz
Ranked! The 20 best England games of all time
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England Counting down the best England games in history – including some that, rightly or wrongly, just stick in the memory
Chris Sutton's Perfect XI: "Shearer and I weren’t best friends, but we didn’t dislike each other"
By Sam Blitz published
INTERVIEW Former Blackburn, Chelsea and Celtic marksman Sutton picks his finest team-mates from a glittering career – but there’s only room on the bench for Gianfranco Zola
Who has won the most FA Cups? The 12 most successful clubs in the world's oldest competition
By Sam Blitz published
FA Cup From 1871 to 2020, which team has lifted the iconic FA Cup trophy the most times?
Every season in Arsene Wenger's managerial career: Arsenal Invincibles, journey to Japan, and lots of FA Cups
By Sam Blitz published
Arsenal Sixteen years on from Arsenal's Invincibles success, we look at the best bits from the whole of Wenger's 34-year career
Alex Ferguson's whole remarkable career: from East Stirlingshire to Manchester United
By Sam Blitz published
FFT looks at every season during the Scot's successful career
5 potential knock-on effects of Manchester City’s UEFA ban that could change football in a big way
By Sam Blitz published
Manchester City A Champions League ban could only be the beginning of problems for Pep Guardiola and his men
Why Manchester United are playing Astana at 3.50pm on a weekday
By Sam Blitz published
Manchester United Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer's side are playing in Kazakhstan in the Europa League on Thursday in chilly conditions
"Typical me!" Vincent Kompany to miss his own testimonial through injury
By Sam Blitz published
Manchester City The Belgian defender has picked up a hamstring injury ahead of Wednesday night's farewell match
Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli reveals surprise at how Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped him settle in
By Sam Blitz published
Arsenal The Brazilian forward netted twice for Arsenal in their 5-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night
What we’re excited for in Netflix’s Sunderland ‘Til I Die series 2
By Sam Blitz published
Sunderland Transfer sagas, player sackings and Wembley woes - the second series of the Sunderland show, out today, promises to be a great viewing
9 of the weirdest players awards we've seen in football
By Sam Blitz published
Lists Martin Odegaard got a new fish to fry for his sterling form at Real Sociedad, which got us thinking of more peculiar prizes from history
Who is Steven Zhang? Meet the 27-year-old Champions League reformer you need to know about
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UEFA Champions League Well, he's trying to change Europe's premier competition anyway. Introducing the Inter Milan chairman appointed to the all-important European Club Association board
Raheem Sterling admits it feels awkward playing against Liverpool for Manchester City
By Sam Blitz last updated
Raheem Sterling Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has told FourFourTwo that he has found it strange facing the club where he made his professional debut.
Ranked! Arsenal's 5 greatest ever captains
By Sam Blitz published
Arsenal Granit Xhaka appears to be the chosen one for Arsenal after a squad vote – but he's got a little way to match these all-time legends
Euro 2020 draw in full: England to face Croatia and the Czech Republic
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European Championship Qualification All the action from Saturday evening's ball-picking in Bucharest, as the Three Lions learn their Euro 2020 fate
Are Italy back? How Roberto Mancini helped the Azzurri recover from their World Cup embarrassment
By Sam Blitz published
Italy Two years after failing to qualify for the World Cup, Mancini's Italy have qualified for Euro 2016 with a 100% win record and an exciting crop of talent
Mikel Arteta 'more than ready' for Arsenal job, says Guillem Balague
By Sam Blitz last updated
Arsenal The Manchester City assistant manager has been heavily linked with the Arsenal job over the past eighteen months
Chris Sutton: "I’ve had years of trying to get away from my time at Chelsea... I was crap"
By Sam Blitz published
Chris Sutton The former Blues striker admits that he was "bang average" during his one season at Stamford Bridge following a £10m move from Blackburn
Why PSG's Thomas Tuchel is back at Borussia Dortmund with a lot to prove
By Sam Blitz published
UEFA Champions League But ahead of the Champions League last-16 clash with PSG Tuesday evening, do BVB themselves have anything to show their former boss?
Why Arsenal are playing Vitoria at 3:50pm on a Wednesday in the Europa League
By Sam Blitz last updated
Arsenal The Gunners have a peculiar afternoon kick-off today – a day earlier than usual – in Portugal
9 things you might not have known about this season's Champions League
By Sam Blitz last updated
UEFA Champions League It's back! Complete with whopping unbeaten records, goal droughts and new records to smash
Ashley Barnes explains the truth about his Austria call-up – and how close a senior return was
By Sam Blitz published
Burnley Burnley's Ashley Barnes has told FourFourTwo that he still believes an England call-up is possible – even though the chance to play for Austria vanished before his eyes last year.
Guillem Balague predicts Pep Guardiola's next job in management
By Sam Blitz published
Pep Guardiola La Liga TV pundit Guillem Balague says Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola will likely take up a role in international management after his days at the Etihad Stadium.
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