
Interviews


The final whistle: Why grassroots referees are calling it quits

Gus Poyet: Greece manager’s assessment of former club Chelsea’s chances of glory

Women’s Euro 2022: Preparing for England to face Germany in showcase final

Vox in the Box: Elis James

Gerry Armstrong: Remembering Northern Ireland’s 1982 World Cup heroics

Premier League loans: Why short-term moves aren’t always good for players

What’s the secret to great man-management?

Oldham Athletic: League Two relegation, Abdallah Lemsagam and a hope that won’t die

Stonewall Women and Non-Binary FC: Manager Betty Mayeya’s inspirational story

Do strikers get better with age?

Inside Football Twitter: How comedian Bilal Zafar infiltrated social media’s footie underworld

Vox in the Box: The Last Leg’s Alex Brooker

Heurelho Gomes: “Antonio Conte is Tottenham’s new Mauricio Pochettino”

AFCON 2021: How Gambia head coach Tom Saintfiet transformed the Scorpions

Does signing a long-term contract demotivate players?

Andy Hessenthaler: The Gillingham legend on managing Dover and his inspirations

Rickie Lambert: How to take the perfect penalty

Vox in the Box: Semra Hunter

How top clubs are using psychological data to run the rule over new signings

Vox in the Box: Max Rushden

The Sun in Liverpool: Life as England’s most-hated football reporter

The Big Step: How football is dealing with its gambling habit

Through the lens: Life as a football photographer

“English goalkeepers are good again” – David James

Hannes Halldorsson: The Icelandic film director who saved a Lionel Messi penalty

Gareth Ainsworth: From Crazy Gang to building Wycombe’s culture club

Derek Rae: FIFA 21 commentator on broadcast mispronunciations

Nuno Gomes: When Portugal’s talented side nearly won the Euros

Bolo Zenden: The Netherlands brush with home glory at Euro 2000

Euro 2020: How to win a penalty shootout at a major tournament

Iceland 2 England 1: Swedish boss on beating the Three Lions in Euro 2016

Euro 2000: England stars look back on tournament failure

Heysel disaster: Liverpool and Juventus fans remember stadium horror

Gregoire Akcelrod: The fake footballer

Solly March: The ambitious Brighton wing-back on his future plans

Football mascots: Rugby tackling streakers, Mesut Ozil and broken jaws

Jamie Vardy: Non-league team-mates discuss the Leicester star’s early years

Ashwin Raman: The teenage data genius working at Dundee United

The dying art of sticking a man on the post

Matt Crossen: Meet England Cerebral Palsy’s non-league playing captain

Vox in the Box: Gavin Hamilton, former World Soccer editor

Nicklas Bendtner: The Danish striker on Arsenal, gambling and missed opportunities

Christian Burgess: The left-wing footballer making his own way

The Three Kings: Uncovering the stories of Busby, Shankly and Stein

FA Cup: Inside Blyth Spartans’ giant-killing heroics

Mido: Egyptian forward’s memories of Tottenham and Middlesbrough

Derby County: The Premier League’s worst-ever team

Nobby Solano: Newcastle and Aston Villa cult hero remembers his career

Matt Piper: Former Leicester City and Sunderland footballer’s battle with depression

Keith Gillespie: The ex-Man Utd and Newcastle winger on working with the game’s greats

Vox in the Box: James Andrew, FourFourTwo editor

Sir Bobby Robson: Scouting Rivaldo and becoming Sunderland manager

Magnus Hedman: Former Chelsea and Celtic goalkeeper opens up about his battle with addiction

‘I wanted to contribute to political causes outside of football’: Stig Inge Bjørnebye and the Liverpool dockers’ strike

Vox in the Box: The Athletic’s Alex Kay-Jelski

Souleymane Coulibaly: “I could still be playing with Kane at Spurs”

Kevin Phillips: The former Sunderland striker talks goalscoring

Bury AFC: How manager Andy Welsh is laying foundations at phoenix club

James Richardson: The inside story of Gazzetta Football Italia

The unlikely international: The non-league footballer living a double life

Jurgen Klopp’s early years and how he could have coached Manchester United

Newcastle United: The Champions League night at the San Siro that lives long in the memory

Peter Drury: “I’ve always had a fascination with words”

Vox in the Box: Chris Evans, new editor of The Set Pieces

Sven-Goran Eriksson: ‘You have to change a little bit, but my methods are more or less the same everywhere’

Keith Hackett: ‘The current standard of refereeing in the Premier League is low… some ought to hang up their whistle’

Meet Heath Pearce, the US footballer who turned $1,400 into 35 international caps

Mark Hateley on winning the French title and working with Arsene Wenger at Monaco

‘My dream was to play in the Premier League’ – Meet Chelsea’s former longest-serving player… who never played for Chelsea

‘I’ve met kings, sultans, presidents and prime ministers’: The Liverpool-born coach who’s worked in seven Asian countries

‘It’s very tough… you think of chucking in the towel’: The trials and tribulations of a free agent once the season’s begun

Claudio Taffarel on Alisson, Ederson and the history of Brazilian goalkeeping

Gareth Seddon: ‘Gary Neville rang me up and said Salford needed a goalscorer… I thought someone was taking the mick’

‘I wanted to contribute to political causes outside of football’: Stig Inge Bjørnebye and the Liverpool dockers’ strike

Meet the Premier League new boy who represents England… at futsal

Your First Football Shirt

The making of ‘Graham Taylor: An Impossible Job’

Danny Guthrie: ‘I’m happy in Indonesia… I have no desire to return to England’

James Keene: The striker from Somerset who’s played in India, Norway, South Africa, Israel and Sweden

Lee Clark: ‘If I’d kept away from Blackpool and Birmingham, who knows what my next job might have been?’

Deon Burton: ‘The carnival atmosphere was amazing…. Jamaica were most fans’ adopted team at France ’98’

Patrick Suffo on how off-field issues tore Cameroon’s World Cup apart in 2002

Lucio on winning the World Cup and why he’s still playing at 40

Giorgian De Arrascaeta on Uruguay’s World Cup hopes and playing with Suarez

Mandela Egbo: ‘Anyone can beat anyone here… it’s ignorant to slag the Bundesliga off’

Grant Holt: ‘The trouble in this industry is everyone’s put in the same bracket’

Barry Hayles interview: From Premier League Fulham to ninth-tier Windsor

Alan Curbishley on Charlton, West Ham and why he’s been out of management for so long

Leonid Slutsky on Hull City, Russian football and the 2018 World Cup

From London amateur to MLS professional: Interview with Philadelphia Union’s Jack Elliott

Ian Rush and Michael Owen on playing abroad & how well they’d suit Klopp’s Liverpool

From Birkenhead to Brazil: Interview with Paysandu midfielder Ryan Williams

Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr on the Super Eagles, the World Cup and coaching Aubameyang

Jesus Navas on Sevilla return, beating anxiety at Man City & life under Guardiola

Dapo Afolayan: The forward who turned down Chelsea for non-league

Ruben Bover, the Barnet midfielder who learned from Thierry Henry in MLS

Yeovil Town vs Man United: “It’s like the Queen coming; Yeovil’s name all over the world.”

Nigel Pearson interview: On the challenge at Belgian club OH Leuven
