FourFourTwo
Monthly football magazine
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::summary Monthly football magazine ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | FourFourTwo |
| image_file | FourFourTwo 30th anniversary issue cover.webp |
| image_caption | Cover of November 2024 issue, 30th anniversary issue |
| editor | James Andrew |
| frequency | Monthly |
| total_circulation | 27,068 monthly circulation for 2022 |
| circulation_year | June–Dec 2015 |
| company | Future |
| firstdate | 1994 |
| country | United Kingdom |
| based | Paddington, England |
| language | |
| website | |
| issn | 1355-0276 |
| :: |
| title = FourFourTwo | image_file = FourFourTwo 30th anniversary issue cover.webp | image_caption = Cover of November 2024 issue, 30th anniversary issue | editor = James Andrew | frequency = Monthly | total_circulation = 27,068 monthly circulation for 2022 | circulation_year = June–Dec 2015 | company = Future | firstdate = 1994 | country = United Kingdom | based = Paddington, England | language = | website = | issn = 1355-0276 FourFourTwo is an association football magazine published by British company Future. Issued monthly, it published its 300th edition in May 2019. It takes its name from the football formation of the same name, 4–4–2. Future acquired the magazine from Haymarket Media Group in 2018. Haymarket previously acquired Future's earlier football magazine Total Football in 2001 in exchange of subscriber list and the rights to the masthead of its defunct internet magazine The Net, Haymarket later absorbed Total Football into FourFourTwo.
In 2008 FourFourTwo entered into a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Swindon Town.
Rankings and awards
FourFourTwo has a number of annual rankings and awards. In 2007, the magazine put together its first FFT100, their list of the 100 best footballers in the world. At the end of the 2012–13 Premier League season, FourFourTwo announced its first Stats Zone Awards. In May 2015, the inaugural list of the 50 best Asian players in world football was announced. They have also produced a top 50 of players from the Football League.
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Other rankings
In April 2022, FourFourTwo ranked the best footballers of the 21st century. Lionel Messi was ranked as number 1. In September 2023, the magazine also ranked the 100 best football players of all time, with Messi once again ranking first.
Other editions
- Dutch edition – first published in November 2018 by F&L Media
References
References
- Tobitt, Charlotte. (8 June 2018). "Haymarket sells gadget magazine Stuff to Kelsey Media".
- Quinn, Anthony. "Magazine Publisher profiles: Haymarket Publications".
- Quinn, Anthony. "The Net closed".
- (5 June 2008). "Swindon clinch sponsorship deal". [[BBC]].
- (1 December 2014). "100 Best Players in the World". FourFourTwo.
- "FourFourTwo's Top 100 Soccer Players List « mCalcio.com".
- (26 May 2015). "FFT announce Stats Zone Awards 2014/15". FourFourTwo.
- (13 May 2015). "The FourFourTwo 50 Best Asian Players 2015". FourFourTwo.
- (1 April 2015). "Ritchie takes top spot in Football League Top 50". FourFourTwo.
- Brewin, Joe. (28 November 2013). "FourFourTwo's Top 100 Players in the World 2013: 10-1".
- Horncastle, James. (4 December 2015). "FourFourTwo's Best 100 Football Players in the World 2015 No.1: Lionel Messi".
- (15 December 2017). "FourFourTwo's 100 Best Football Players in the World 2017: No.1, Lionel Messi".
- Murray, Andrew. (21 December 2018). "FFT100 2018: No.1, Lionel Messi (Barcelona)".
- (20 December 2019). "The 100 Best Football Players in the World 2019: full list revealed".
- (7 December 2020). "Robert Lewandowski voted Player of the Year in FourFourTwo Awards".
- Pope, Conor. (31 December 2021). "Ranked! The 50 best players in the world, 2021".
- Andrew, Mark WhiteContributions from James. (17 May 2024). "The FourFourTwo End-of-Season Awards: The winners and losers of the 2023/24 season".
- The 100 best players in the world 2025. (19 December 2025). "Ranked! The 100 best players in the world, 2025. The best players in the world right now – according to us".
- White, Alasdair Mackenzie Contributions from Mark. (8 April 2022). "Ranked! The 100 best players of the 21st Century".
- White, Mark. (5 September 2023). "Ranked! The 100 best football players of all time".
- [https://www.fnl.nl/corporate/pers/wereldberoemd-voetbalmagazine-fourfourtwo-komt-naar-nederland/ Wereldberoemd Voetbalmagazine FourFourTwo Komt Naar Nederland], fnl.nl, 9 October 2018
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