FourFourTwo is a football (soccer) magazine published by Haymarket. Published monthly, costing 3.70GBP, and at about 164 pages long, it is due to reach the 150th edition mark in early 2007. It takes its name from a football formation of the same name. 4-4-2 is considered to be a basic, trustworthy and standard formation in football - it is almost certainly the most popular formation for 11-a-side matches. Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) The Current Laws of the Game (LOTG) The Rec. ... The Haymarket Group is a publishing company created in part by Michael_Heseltine. ... The pound sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom (UK). ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Formation in association football (soccer) describes how the players in a team are positioned on the pitch. ...

An Audit Bureau of Circulations report for the first half of the year 2005 showed it had a "Total Average Net Circulation Per Issue" of 94,030. Of this; The Audit Bureau of Circulations is one of the several organizations of the same name operating in different parts of the world. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 80,123 (85%) was in the British Isles and
• 13,907 (15%) was overseas.

In September 2005 the first issue of the Norwegian edition was published. The name was translated literally into Norwegian as Fire Fire To. The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ...

FourFourTwo launched an Australian edition in October 2005, to coincide with the launch of the new A-League. The launch publicity ran with the tagline of "It's footy, but not as you know it", a reference to the popularity of Aussie Rules Football and the fact that Association Football is referred to as soccer in Australia. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Australian Football at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...

Columnists

Present

Currently, the following high-profile people are amongst the regular contributors to Four Four Two (UK edition):

• Sam Allardyce, ex-player and now manager of Bolton, answering readers' questions on amateur football management, coaching or tactics.
• Henry Winter
• David Platt, ex-player and manager, analysing tactics.
• James Richardson, who famously presented Football Italia, writing on Italian football.

Sam Allardyce, sometimes affectionately known as Big Sam, was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, England on October 19, 1954 and is a former professional footballer and the current manager of Bolton Wanderers F.C. of the English Premier League. ... Bolton Wanderers F.C. are an English professional football club. ... Henry Winter is football correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. ... David Andrew Platt (born June 10, 1966 in Chadderton, Oldham) is an English footballer, regarded as one of the most industrious and complete midfield players the country has produced with a goalscoring ability the envy of most strikers. ... There are various important individual skills and team tactics needed to play effective football (soccer). ... There have been a number of notable people named James Richardson: James Richardson (wrongfully accused) was a man who spent 21 years inside a Florida prison for a crime he did not commit. ... Football Italia was a sports show on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. ... Italy is one of the worlds leading football nations. ...

Past

Previously, the following high-profile people were amongst the regular contributors to Four Four Two (UK edition):

• Brian Clough, ex-player and manager, up to his death in 2005.
• Bobby Robson, ex-player and manager, now 'International Football Consultant' for Ireland, who briefly replaced Clough.

Brian Clough, OBE Brian Clough, OBE (March 21, 1935–September 20, 2004) was a talented footballer and subsequently a successful football manager, most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. ... Sir Bobby Robson Sir Robert William Robson KBE, known as Sir Bobby Robson (born February 18, 1933) is a football manager and former football player. ...

External link

• Official Site
• Official site of the Norwegian edition
• Circulation Figures