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Tactical explainer: box to box

Box to box midfielders: football tactics explained

By Jack Lacey-Hatton last updated

TACTICS Here's your tactical explainer on the midfield generals that can win a game

TACTICS

‘Bryan Robson took us to Florida to unwind before 2005’s Great Escape, then results changed’ to this day Robert Earnshaw admits he has no idea how West Brom avoided relegation 20 years ago having been bottom at Christmas

By Matthew Ketchell published

No team in Premier League history had ever been bottom at Christmas and stayed up until West Brom managed it

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Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush celebrate after winning the 1985/86 First Division title with Liverpool

The best British players of the 80s

By Tom Hancock published

A look at the Home Nations' standout stars of the decade

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7 September 1996 - FA Carling Premiership - Aston Villa v Arsenal - Ian Wright and Dennis Bergkamp of Arsenal wait to kick off. - (Photo by Mark Leech/Offside via Getty Images) Manchester United

‘Marking Bergkamp and Wright finished me off. I couldn’t walk for three days afterwards. I knew there was no way I could play in the Premier League at 40’: Manchester United legend reveals how Arsenal duo forced him into retirement

By Ryan Dabbs published

Manchester United legend Bryan Robson was given the runaround against Arsenal so much that he decided to call time on his playing career

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Bryan Robson, wearing a jacket, shirt and tie and football shorts and socks, does keepie-uppies on the pitch after being appointed as player-manager of Middlesbrough, March 1994

Notable player-managers in English football

By Tom Hancock published

A look at some of the stars who did two jobs at once

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FourFourTwo Issue 372

NEW ISSUE! Luis Diaz: kidnap hell to Kop hero PLUS Iraola, McCoist, Houghton, world's best bosses, climbing Kilimanjaro with Bryan Robson and more!

By Gregg Davies published

MAG Get your hands on the latest issue of FourFourTwo magazine – available in print or on your device now!

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Craig Johnson, Paul Ince and Bryan Robson look at one of the first ever versions of an Adidas Predator in 1994 as what looks like a young David Beckham looks on

Is the original Adidas Predator rubber grip technology still relevant in 2024, as amazing moment of serendipity is discovered 30 years on

By Matthew Ketchell published

The revolutionary rubber fins of the 90s were dubbed 100% legal 0% fair by Adidas when they launched the boot in 1994 and 30 years later they still remain

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Louis Tomlinson recalls randomly bumping into Bryan Robson in a bar in South America: 'He was a bit drunk'

By Ryan Dabbs published

The former Manchester United midfielder must've timed his global ambassadorial duties to match up with a One Direction concert...

Stories
David Beckham celebrating, best England games

Ranked! The 20 best England games of all time

By Sam Blitz published

England Counting down the best England games in history – including some that, rightly or wrongly, just stick in the memory

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Eric Cantona

6 of the dirtiest games in European Cup history

By Greg Lea published

Adding a spicy cross-continental element to top-level football was always likely to create fireworks

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