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KARL-HEINZ RIEDLE • “I’d never taken a penalty before the Italia 90 semi-final, but Peter Shilton was in goal and wasn’t the quickest then – it was quite easy”
THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • Put your football knowledge to the test with our questions about England legends, Basque bosses and birds
JULES BREACH • The TNT Sport presenter on why we should embrace players’ celebrations – not berate them
GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
WHO’S THE BEST ENGLAND BOSS AFTER SIR ALF RAMSEY?
ADRIAN DURHAM • talkSPORT’S chief live football presenter on how he fell in love with Peterborough, sticking up for Michael Carrick and the key to bladder control
ES KOMMT NACH HAUSE • Football never quite came home under Gareth Southgate, so now it’s down to Thomas Tuchel to end the Three Lions’ trophy drought. As we all know, never write off a German…
THOMAS TUCHEL • “WHERE’S THE ‘ONE OF OUR OWN’ THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH? THE FA HAD TO BE PRAGMATIC”
AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB (REVISITED) • As England kick off another quest to reach a World Cup in North America, FFT relives Graham Taylor’s ill-fated qualifying campaign for USA 94 – and the fly-on-the-wall documentary that became infamous…
SAN MARINO’S PLAY-OFF BID & 14 MORE THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN WORLD CUP QUALIFYING • Next summer’s finals will feature 48 nations for the first time ever, so as the battle for places intensifies, some unlikely nations – and Steve McClaren – are in the mix to make it in
BETWEEN THE LINES • “When the ball came to me in the World Cup final, I heard silence. Time stopped”
GREECE IS THE WORD • Controversy has often followed Evangelos Marinakis around, but he has transformed Nottingham Forest and led Olympiacos to his country’s first European trophy – thanks to some crucial interventions
Nottingham Forest’s year shouldn’t make sense… but it does • Nuno Espirito Santo’s side have shocked everyone this season, by giving up possession and expertly making themselves the kings of the counter-attack
FLAGGING GIANTS • One of Europe’s finest teams in the early 1990s, Sampdoria are now battling relegation to the third-tier Serie C for the first time – FFT travelled to their recent clash against Cosenza to hear about a decline featuring film directors, Andrea Pirlo and a pig’s head in the post…
THE KING OF WHITE HART LANE • Spurs’ answer to George Best, Alfie Conn was a north London cult hero in the 1970s – before controversially becoming the first post-war player to represent both Rangers and Celtic
GARY BOWYER • Burton’s firefighter on survival ambitions, Venky’s and lessons from the Class of ’92 at Salford
BLYTH AND KICKING • A community effort may have rescued 125-year-old Spartans from oblivion
PARTICK THISTLE • Matt Greer from Partick pod Draw, Lose or Draw recalls top Swedes, Pele imposters and a player-subduing SAS mission
PUFFER UP, FOOTBALL FANS • Designer Julie Herman turned her husband’s football shirt into a jacket, which are now taking the world by storm…
UP THE LATICS • Twenty years ago, Nathan Ellington fired unfancied Wigan Athletic to the top flight for the first time – he recounts the ride from third tier to Premier League…
Roberto Di Matteo • “WHEN TORRES KILLED OFF THE GAME AGAINST BARÇA, I KNEW SOMETHING DIVINE HAD TAKEN PLACE”
Rafael da Silva • “VAN GAAL LOOKED ME IN...