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“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”

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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...

“WHERE’S THE ‘ONE OF OUR OWN’ THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH? THE FA HAD TO BE PRAGMATIC”

Iconic football writer Henry Winter has covered England for decades, and hopes Thomas Tuchel’s fire and ice can build on Gareth Southgate’s legacy

AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB

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-thewall 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

When the ball came to me in the World Cup final, I heard silence. Time stopped

BETWEEN THE LINES

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

Why Arsenal are so damn dangerous from set-pieces

Mikel Arteta’s men have proved deadly from the dead ball, thanks to some very smart recruitment and the sneaky strategies of their set-piece coach

Why Fulham’s best attacker has been Antonee Robinson

After the exit of Joao Palhinha, boss Marco Silva has developed a different way of playing – and it’s allowed his left-back to shine brighter than ever

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...

HOW THE MIGHTY FELL

Sampdoria have been battling to avoid becoming the latest successful club to slip out of Italy’s top two tiers

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

MY PERFECT XI ANTTI NIEMI

The now-finished Finn selects a side of classic Barclaysmen, with a couple of Champions League winners to boot

AROUND THE GROUNDS

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...

“WHEN TORRES KILLED OFF THE GAME AGAINST BARÇA, I KNEW SOMETHING DIVINE HAD TAKEN PLACE”

Chelsea’s former Italian midfielder and manager recalls Serie A’s golden era, his lightning-quick FA Cup final opener and outfoxing Pep at the Camp Nou...

“VAN GAAL LOOKED ME IN THE FACE AND SAID, ‘I DON’T LIKE YOU’. HE’D BEEN IN THE JOB ONE DAY”

The Brazilian full-back remembers phone calls from Cristiano Ronaldo, issues with Louis van Gaal... and being mistaken for twin brother Fabio on the pitch

“WINNING THE FA CUP 10 TIMES WAS SPECIAL . I WAS IN TEARS WHEN WE LOST IN 2016 – I HAD ONLY GOT NINE”

The FA Cup record holder amassed 94 England caps during an inspirational career in which she juggled football with the upbringing of her three children

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