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THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
PEDRO • “I replay my goal from the 2011 Champions League Final and still get emotional – our Barça team was almost indestructible”
THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • Show off your trove of trivia with questions on mega-money signings and somebody wearing a panda suit
JULES BREACH • The presenter gives an insight into how the Premier League’s new half-time interviews work
GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
EXCLUDING LIVERPOOL, WHICH CLUB HAD THE BEST TRANSFER WINDOW?
OLU FASHANU • The NFL star tells us about his eye for retro kits, attempting to blag World Cup final tickets and meeting Leon Osman
STUART PEARCE • The England legend on his comedy heroes, a sweary punk and his inspiration to take up… goalkeeping?!
ISLANDS’ TIME • The Marshall Islands recently became the last country on Earth to play an international game – Matthew Eide of the Far Away Football blog was there
Alexander the Great? • Many disagreed with the way Alexander Isak secured a British record switch to Liverpool, but there’s no doubt about the £125m man’s ability. Those who have followed his career tell FFT why he could even outshine Salah
THE £3BN TRANSFER WINDOW • Premier League clubs spent more than ever before this summer – FFT assesses some of the highest profile signings made away from Anfield
“If I hadn’t gone to jail, I’d be dead now. It was the hard reset I needed” • After drunkenly stumbling into professional football, Troy Deeney spent 13 weeks in prison, but emerged to become a Watford legend. He still has ambitions for a successful managerial career, too – just don’t ask him about Dale Vince…
GLAD ALL OVER • Crystal Palace fans made the most of a first European away day despite their contentious demotion – FFT joined them in Norway as they serenaded boats and got sweary about UEFA and Evangelos Marinakis
“THE HOMELESS WORLD CUP WAS A LIFELINE FOR ME” • A few days before Crystal Palace’s visit to Norway, the country hosted a life-changing competition like no other
Ronaldinho: undercover clairvoyant • Twenty years ago, the Brazilian spoke to FFT just before he won the only Ballon d’Or of his career – he also told us about a player who’d recently made his first league start. Some kid called Lionel Messi…
Messi: the first interview • During our visit to the Camp Nou, we also met the club’s new starlet for the first time, in what was maybe the 18-year-old’s first in-depth interview with an English-language publication
BEYOND THE PITCH • In South Korea, the K League’s most successful club have given the World Food Programme a prominent place on the front of their shirts – but the partners’ joint mission to change lives doesn’t end there
Back from the brink • Morecambe narrowly avoided being thrown out of the National League in August – new owners and the first Sikh boss in the top five tiers tell FFT how they plan to rebuild the club after the chaos…
GEORGE ROBLEDO ENGLISH FOOTBALL’S FIRST OVERSEAS STAR • A whole host of foreign players arrived in the Premier League this summer – all of them are following in the footsteps of a Chilean who found the net with regularity for Newcastle more than 70 years ago
MAX AARONS • The full-back once came close to joining Barcelona – now he’s in the Rangers pressure cooker, following a loan from Bournemouth
NON-LEAGUE’S A-LISTERS • With James...