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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.
The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ...
Columnists
Present Currently, the following high-profile people are amongst the regular contributors to Four Four Two (UK edition): 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. ...
Bravo may refer to various things: the letter B in the NATO phonetic alphabet. ...
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 2004.
- 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. ...
Content The magazine is split up as such:
First Section The following three features are always in the first part of the magazine. - "Magic Moment" or "FourFourTwo Moment", a usually sponsored feature on the first page showing a moment of triumph from the past month.
- Letters to the editor, Hugh Sleight. Every week a "Star Letter" wins a prize.
- One on One, where readers send in questions which are put directly to either a football player or manager.
A letter to the editor (sometimes abbreviated LTTE) is a letter sent to the editors of a publication or periodical about materials that have appeared in the publication or issues of concern to the readership, usually intended for publication. ...
Up Front Up Front runs from about page 25 to 60 of the magazine, consisting of shorter interviews and regular features. It is often more comedy based than the rest of the magazine. Amongst others, it contains: - The Boy/Girl's A Bit Special. This is a short article interviewing a young star in the making, and has been a female on at least one occasion (Eniola Aluko).
- I'll Tell You This. Transcript of a short, irrevent telephone interview with a well-known football personality, where questions rarely involve football, and often border on the surreal -unless of course the interviewee has a book or other product to promote!
- Reviews, of football related products, predominantly books and video games.
Features Between Up Front and Planet Football, so usually stretching from about page 60 to 125. 'Regular' Features include: - Extended interviews.
- And Another Thing, where four of a kind (e.g. Four disabled fans, four referees, four journalists, four fans supporting West London clubs) are gathered together in a pub and asked to comment on different footballing issues.
- More Than A Game, an in-depth look at one of football's biggest rivalries, often involving deep social and political parameters. A recent example was Fenerbahçe vs Galatasaray
- My Secret Vice, a report on a particular footballer's unusual hobby. A recent example was Reading's American player Marcus Hahnemann, who confirmed he was a petrolhead.
- Sing When You're Winning, where one celebrity (although past 'Specials' have seen multiple English rugby World Cup winners or Cabinet Politicians) talks about their football fandom.
- Action Replay, a retrospective look at a significant event in football history.
An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada...
This article deals with major football (soccer) rivalries around the world. ...
Fenerbahçe is the name of a district in Kadikoy region of Istanbul, Turkey. ...
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (Galatasaray Sports Club, or Galatasaray SK) is a Turkish sports club based in İstanbul which is most famous for its football section. ...
Reading F.C. is a football team, based in the English town of Reading and currently playing in the Football League Championship. ...
Marcus Hahnemann (born June 15, 1972 in Seattle, Washington) is an American soccer (football) goalkeeper, who currently plays for Reading in the English Football League Championship. ...
A petrolhead is a British term for a person who loves or is possibly obsessed with automobiles (usually petrol powered). ...
England Rugby is the name of the English national rugby union team. ...
The 2003 Rugby Union World Cup was the fifth world cup in rugby history. ...
A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ...
A politician is an individual involved in politics. ...
Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc. ...
Planet Football This covers two main areas: UK football other than the Premiership and overseas football. It consists of a number of short interviews, features and a results service. This is where James Richardson's column is. Premiership may refer to: The FA Premier League, Englands highest-level competition in football (soccer) In Australian rules football (and the AFL) a premiership refers to the title won during a particular year. ...
Elsewhere in the magazine - My Perfect XI is a football personalities favourite team, often within a certain criteria (e.g. players played against, players who have played for Liverpool clubs), normally with one or more substitutes and a manager. The person in question may name themselves in the team, but often leave themselves on the bench!
- Spine Line Competition. To win a prize, readers can decipher the riddle printed along the magazine's spine line, which always relates to some content in that edition.
Other Editions
Norwegian Edition -
- Main Article: Fire Fire To
In September 2005 the first issue of the Norwegian edition was published. The name was translated literally into Norwegian as Fire Fire To. It combines coverage of the Norwegian domestic leagues with that of the Premiership, which is very popular throughout Scandinavia - in fact Norway has more Premiership football on terrestrial TV than Britain itself!
Australian Edition -
- Main Article: FourFourTwo (Australia)
FourFourTwo launched an Australian edition in October 2005, to coincide with new A-League. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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. Further to this, the first edition's frontpage contained the motto "Goodbye Soccer, Hello Football". The launch party was attended, amongst others, by Ricky Ponting. 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. ...
Ricky Thomas Ponting (Born December 19, 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is the present captain of the Australian One-Day and Test cricket teams. ...
External links - Official Site
- Australian Edition
- Norwegian Edition
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