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‘Leaving Alan Shearer out was f**king ridiculous, so I told Ruud Gullit. I went in early and gave it to him’ Duncan Ferguson recalls his showdown with Newcastle United’s manager the morning after the club's derby defeat to Sunderland in the rain
EXCLUSIVE Newcastle United started one of their biggest games of the season with Paul Robinson and Silvio Maric up front instead of Shearer and Ferguson
‘A striker getting the most red cards is no good, I don’t see myself as that person. Some of my reds were ridiculous. One was for singing to a referee!’ Duncan Ferguson feels he doesn’t deserve the Premier League record for most red cards
EXCLUSIVE One of Ferguson’s eight reds in the Premier League is particularly unusual…
'For me to leave, it must be something great for the club, not for me' Bruno Guimaraes admits Pep Guardiola contact but confirms his happiness at Newcastle United and explains why he loves the club so much
EXCLUSIVE Manchester City clearly need midfield reinforcements, but they will have to look beyond Newcastle’s captain
‘I wish it hadn’t happened, but I don’t think I deserved to go to prison. I got looked after, but that won’t stop somebody throwing a bucket of s**te at you’ Duncan Ferguson tells FourFourTwo about the horrors of Glasgow’s notorious Barlinnie Prison
EXCLUSIVE The striker served 44 days in prison in 1995 for an on-field headbutt that took place a year earlier
'If this doesn’t happen today, I’m not sure when and if I’ll be able to achieve this title with Newcastle – I’m 27 and I don’t know if I’ll have another shot at this' Bruno Guimaraes shares his mindset before the Carabao Cup Final
EXCLUSIVE Newcastle’s captain burned the midnight old on the eve of the cup final, but it didn’t prevent him from writing his name in the history books
'I have no doubt that we beat Liverpool because of him' Bruno Guimaraes believes Newcastle United were able to end their trophy drought because of ONE person
EXCLUSIVE The Brazilian has given full credit to Newcastle United’s manager for the club’s win over Liverpool at Wembley in March
'It was very emotional two years ago, not just for the players but for the whole city. This time I feel as though we believe that we should be doing that on a regular basis' Dan Burn is ready to crown an England call-up with a trophy for Newcastle United
Dan Burn explains why Newcastle's mentality is different to the team that lost the Carabao Cup final two years ago
'I've had a few' Rod Stewart's pitchside interview on CBS with Peter Schmeichel, Kate Scott, Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah 'big knees' Richards was a breath of fresh air and proves the US audience are having more fun than us in the UK
A wonderfully chaotic pre-match interview with Rod Stewart underlines how much more heart and soul the US Champions League coverage has
‘Brian Clough locked me in his office for three hours, gave my new wife flowers and chocolates, and told me I wasn’t leaving until I signed for Nottingham Forest’ Martin Keown discusses the grilling he got from Old Big ‘Ead’
EXCLUSIVE The former Arsenal and England defender recounts an audience with Brian Clough in detail to FourFourTwo
The Premier League club with 174 pubs within a one-mile radius of its stadium
One club is in a league of its own when it comes to the volume of pubs that surround their home ground
‘I was 19 getting annoyed with Charlie Nicholas for changing into leather trousers on the team bus home – I should have been wondering where I could get a pair of leather trousers from!’ Martin Keown on standing up to Arsenal’s famous drinking culture
Fatherly advice kept Martin Keown from off-the-field distractions that became famous at Arsenal in the 80s and 90s
‘Bryan Robson took us to Florida to unwind before 2005’s Great Escape, then results changed’ to this day Robert Earnshaw admits he has no idea how West Brom avoided relegation 20 years ago having been bottom at Christmas
No team in Premier League history had ever been bottom at Christmas and stayed up until West Brom managed it
I interviewed Trent Alexander-Arnold last year and he may have inadvertently revealed that his future lies away from Liverpool
OPINION I asked the right back a direct question about his future in January 2024 and the response is telling 12 months on
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‘Graeme Souness used to line us up vs the English lads at training. We had a proper scrap one day’ Ally McCoist recalls the legendary England vs Scotland training games at Rangers
There were so many English players at the club in the 80s that it was possible to play the nations off against each other, with one always coming out on top
‘Mo Salah will stay’ Jamie Carragher admits he’s tried to get information out of Liverpool regarding the Egypitan’s contract situation
Liverpool legend has strong reasons to believe Mo Salah will remain at Anfield
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
FINALLY! Football without fuss thanks to a streaming deal that offers everything in one place for £35 a month with one special feature we LOVE!
Say goodbye to casting and asking your mother-in-law for her SkyGo password one minute before kick-off
Harry Kane’s soccer cleats were already an underrated, lower cost, elite alternative to Nike and Adidas - but now they’re 42% off!
One of the best strikers in world soccer can be emulated thanks to his football boots receiving a mega saving this Cyber Monday
Our secret hack will net you a PS5 and EA FC 25 for just £344.98 – that's actually cheaper than ANY Black Friday football bundle deal we found!
We’re in Black Friday/Cyber Monday limbo, but somehow we’ve just found the best deal of the season
Unleash your inner Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Gary Neville with these ‘football pundit shoes’ all massively discounted for Black Friday Weekend
You can’t turn on any football coverage without seeing a white-soled pundit. You know you want a pair though…
