World Cup winner Laurent Blanc picks his Perfect XI of former team-mates and opponents, back in August 2006. GoalkeeperFabien BarthezFirstly, I have to have him in my side because he
Shortly before kick off on a chilly February afternoon in Germany’s Ruhr region, the players of Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund stand at the halfway line of the impressive Veltins
Born in Berlin and living in Hawaii, the more cynical football fans among you may feel the urge to utter “typical bloody Red” at the sight of Dominic Monaghan in
NicknameIt’s always been ‘Catts’ from as far back as I can remember. Team supportedAs a local lad it has to be Middlesbrough. I think my dad took me to Ayresome
Every football club and its supporters like to nurse a sense of injured innocence, a myth of victimhood which can be trotted out to justify any unsporting act on or
NicknameThe lads call me CJ and that’s what most people now know me as, although when I played football back home in Huddersfield, my mates used to call me ‘Killer’.
It’s a cold, grey February afternoon at Old Trafford, the kind of day when anyone with any sense would be at home with the curtains drawn. Long after his team-mates
NicknameIt was always just Ant or Anton when I was growing up, but for some reason I’ve become known as ‘Lips’ by the boys at West Ham. As a boy
Liverpool and West Ham legend Neil “Razor” Ruddock answers silly questions for FourFourTwo in December 2005. Good afternoon, Raisin.Raisin? Razor.Yeah, Razor. Good afternoon. What colour pants are you wearing today,
It’s a baking hot August afternoon in Athens, and FourFourTwo is feeling ill at ease. August 28, 2005 marks the first day of the new Greek season, and the city’s
