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Vacancy: Senior digital staff writer at FourFourTwo
apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/... #mediajobs

24.04.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŸ๏ธ Itโ€™s a joy to watch football in this place at the minute

14.04.2025 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Nice see some of my investigative journalism finally recognised. Thank you @footballcliches.bsky.social for helping spread awareness of the deadly โ€˜Baresi-Maldini statโ€™ that has claimed numerous victims. Most recently, Gary Lineker ๐Ÿ’€

01.04.2025 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Heโ€™s from Blyth.

17.03.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great to see @alanshearer.bsky.social at the match today ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™‚๏ธ

02.03.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽฅ๐Ÿ‘” ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜
We're hiring a Video Manager @fourfourtwo.com
๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/4hSgDJD
*Strictly no Adams

26.02.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jan/23/innit-innit-boys-and-super-eagles-how-nigerian-londoners-found-their-identity-through-football

How Nigerian Londoners found their identity through football

Brilliant long read ๐Ÿ‘‡
t.co/Vengh162je

27.01.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ—ฃ "You'll never sing that!"

22.01.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I interviewed Trent Alexander-Arnold last year and he may have inadvertently revealed that his future lies away from Liverpool I asked the right back a direct question about his future in January 2024 and the response is telling 12 months on

๐Ÿค One year ago Trent gave me the silent treatment, and 12 months on it speaks volumes
www.fourfourtwo.com/opinion/tren...

21.01.2025 22:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
07.01.2025 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, plugging away thanks. Busy 2025 on the horizon for various reasons! Hopefully bump into you at some point

03.01.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats mate! Hope youโ€™re well.

03.01.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The story of 2024 in FourFourTwo covers It's been another great year for football and for FourFourTwo, and our covers help tell the story of the past 12 months

2024, covered
www.fourfourtwo.com/features/the...

31.12.2024 14:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Newcastle United, Geordie identity and the strangest trophy drought in sport It has been 55 years without a trophy for Newcastle, a drought that mirrors the loss of industry in the north east. Now there's mega money; still there's desperation

I went to Newcastle United to write about the most extraordinary trophy drought in sport, pressure and a majestic city that lost its industry but never its identity.

inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

30.12.2024 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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One of our lot in the Strawberry Corner does Christmas leftover sarnies each year: 30+ handed out at halftime ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿค

26.12.2024 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Going to the match ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿค

26.12.2024 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What happened to football on Christmas Day? The lost history of a Victorian tradition Football was once as much of a Christmas Day staple as the Queen's speech and pigs in blankets; but was it all festive fun or just a freezing farce? Paul Brown dons his silly hat...

Football was once as much a Christmas Day staple as the Queen's speech and pigs in blankets; but was it all festive fun or just a freezing farce?
www.fourfourtwo.com/features/foo...

25.12.2024 09:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐ŸŽ‚ An honour to help blow out the candles on FourFourTwoโ€™s 30th birthday cake this year with a bespoke Admiral football shirt, a superb tribute issue, an event with 100+ friends, fans, and 90s football legends, and branded pints of Guinness ๐Ÿป

In print, online, on video, and now EVENTS

23.12.2024 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Footballers doing little hops on one leg as they enter the pitch. Worst thing in football ๐Ÿคฎ

19.12.2024 22:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How two brothers from the Netherlands have carved a highly lucrative niche in the football market via a simple idea you wish you'd thought of MatchWornShirt.com is the real deal, and they can even prove it

Last month I travelled to Amsterdam to visit MatchWornShirt and was blown away by the size, scale and style of their business model. The shirt game has changed yet again
www.fourfourtwo.com/features/how...

07.12.2024 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s a whole new ball game, and weโ€™re pleased to be here

07.12.2024 04:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿฅณ FourFourTwoโ€™s 30th birthday party
๐Ÿ“ Classic Football Shirts, London
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ With special guests Jules Breach, Paul Merson and Ray Parlour
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ 100 fans and friends of the brand
๐Ÿบ Sponsored by Guinness
๐Ÿซ  Weโ€™re event planners nowโ€ฆ

23.11.2024 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Weโ€™ve almost reached the 10 year anniversary of Dennis Wise just turning up on TV with this hair (25th January, for all who celebrate).

21.11.2024 00:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 155    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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San Marino could get World Cup play-off spot - but it's Scotland who won't have that opportunity via the Nations League San Marino and Scotland play their final Nations League game of the campaign on Monday, but only the southern European minnows can still reach the World Cup play-offs via the competition

Explained: how San Marino may have just earned a World Cup playoff spot via the Nations League
www.fourfourtwo.com/news/san-mar...

19.11.2024 05:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Me at 11.50am today

17.11.2024 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The forgotten story of โ€ฆ 17 November 1993 | Rob Smyth The final night of the old World Cup qualifying system was a sensory overload of drama that included death, โ€˜murderโ€™, illegal aliens โ€“ and Jack Charlton almost chinning Tony Cascarino

Brilliant telling of a mad night, 31 years ago
www.theguardian.com/football/blo...

17.11.2024 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As a lifelong FourFourTwo reader, am v. chuffed to have contributed a feature to their latest edition. Itโ€™s on the chaotic recent history of Saint-Etienne

15.11.2024 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Final straw for me on Twitter was this banger only getting 11 likes

17.11.2024 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 153    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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No #NUFC, #SAFC or #BORO games today so why not get out and support our local North East Non-League clubs.

A fixture list can be found here ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

16.11.2024 10:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Genius Way England Beat Greece Without Their "Biggest" Players
YouTube video by FourFourTwo The Genius Way England Beat Greece Without Their "Biggest" Players

I really liked what I saw form England last night. It felt, and played, a lot like Carsleyโ€™s incredible Under 21 Euros side.

No surprise, given Gordon, Jones, Gibbs-White, and Madueke were part of both.

How England Beat Greece Without Their "Biggest" Players
youtu.be/TABkXwGJ724

15.11.2024 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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