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NIGEL PEARSON • “I’ve got absolutely no idea of the reasons why Watford sacked me – because they didn’t give me any. I just became another statistic”

HIGHS & LOWS

MEANWHILE IN… • …1992, the Premier League was launched, and a 90-year-old goalkeeper lined up at Wembley. Wait, what?!

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS • Thomas Baugh of Wolves Blog remembers drunken defenders, non-scoring strikers and unwanted rap names

JON ‘AGADOO’ PARKIN • The former York, Preston and Hull goal-getter chats gold-disc chippies, fry-ups and tear-jerking telly

GAMES THAT CHANGED MY LIFE PARK JI-SUNG

JOE BIDEN: SOCCER ULTRA • The USA’s new president has long been a football enthusiast

25 BEST PLAYERS SINCE SCOTLAND LAUNCHED A PREMIER DIVISION • North of the border, Scotland’s top tier went Premier way back in 1975 – FFT ranks the finest stars based on their performances and achievements since then

THE ULTIMATE QUIZ • New year, new you? Get your thinking cap on for 2021 with our latest lot of head-scratching teasers

THE FOOTBALL GRID • If you’re a fan and you want to be famous, you need to stand out from the crowd – just like this quintet did

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MY FOOTBALL MAT HORNE • The Gavin & Stacey star on making it big with Son in South Korea, Peter Beardsley’s love of musicals – and how Clive Allen ruined his life

THE OTHER AFCON • Africa’s top teams duel, but there’s a twist (and a Northern Irishman)

SAM KERR • After starring in the US and with Australia, the strike ace has already begun to bag honours at Chelsea in the WSL

THE VIEW FROM THE STANDS

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100 GREATEST PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS EVER! 1992-2021 JAMIE VARDY • PETER SCHMEICHEL • JURGEN KLINSMANN • NICOLAS ANELKA • ERIC CANTONA • STEVEN GERRARD • FRANK LAMPARD • DENNIS BERGKAMP • VINCENT KOMPANY • Football didn’t begin in 1992, but an era that would alter England’s game forever did. After almost three decades of thrills and spills, FourFourTwo ranks the ultimate icons who defined a generation

THE MISSING CLUBS • None of our top 100 represented these Premier League teams – if you don’t include Harry Kane’s three matches for Norwich – but each had a star

76 GARY SPEED LEEDS, EVERTON, NEWCASTLE, BOLTON • Ian Murtagh, who has reported on Newcastle for a quarter of a century, remembers a brilliant, beloved figure whose tragic passing shocked the football world almost a decade ago

THE ENTERTAINERS

“COLLYMORE CLOSING IN!” • Martin Tyler has been the voice of Sky Sports since the inception of the Premier League – so FourFourTwo picked out some of the most extraordinary top-flight matches he’s commentated on, and asked him to share his memories of them

“PEOPLE SAID I WAS MORE FOCUSED ON MODELLING AND L’OREAL – I WANTED TO PROVE THEM WRONG” • David Ginola arrived in England with journalists asking him who he was. After four campaigns of thrilling wing play, they were clambering over one another to vote him the league’s best player. Oh, he was worth it all right...

“10-0? YOU’RE DROPPED”

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