FourFourTwo is a football magazine published by 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.[1] 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.[2][3]
 Cover of November 2024 issue, 30th anniversary issue | |
| Editor | James Andrew |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Total circulation (June-Dec 2015) | 27,068 monthly circulation for 2022 |
| First issue | 1994 |
| Company | Future |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Paddington |
| Language | |
| Website | fourfourtwo |
| ISSN | 1355-0276 |
In 2008 FourFourTwo entered into a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Swindon Town.[4]
Rankings and awards
edit
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.[6][7] At the end of the 2012–13 Premier League season, FourFourTwo announced its first Stats Zone Awards.[8] In May 2015, the inaugural list of the 50 best Asian players in world football was announced.[9] They have also produced a top 50 of players from the Football League.[10]
| Year | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Kaká[7]
|
 Milan
|
| 2008 |  Cristiano Ronaldo
|
 Manchester United
|
| 2009 |  Lionel Messi
|
 Barcelona
|
| 2010 | Lionel Messi
|
Barcelona
|
| 2011 | Lionel Messi
|
Barcelona
|
| 2012 | Lionel Messi
|
Barcelona
|
| 2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo[11]
|
Real Madrid
|
| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Real Madrid
|
| 2015 | Lionel Messi[12]
|
Barcelona
|
| 2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo
|
Real Madrid
|
| 2017 | Lionel Messi[13]
|
Barcelona
|
| 2018 | Lionel Messi[14]
|
Barcelona
|
| 2019 | Lionel Messi[5]
|
Barcelona
|
| 2020 |  Robert Lewandowski[15]
|
 Bayern Munich
|
| 2021 | Robert Lewandowski[16]
|
Bayern Munich
|
| 2022 |  Erling Haaland
|
Borussia Dortmund Manchester City
|
| 2023 | Erling Haaland
|
Manchester City
|
| Player | Wins |
|---|---|
| Lionel Messi
|
8 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo
|
4 |
| Erling Haaland
|
2 |
 Robert Lewandowski
|
2 |
| Kaká
|
1 |
| Clubs | Wins |
|---|---|
| FC Barcelona
|
8 |
| Real Madrid
|
3 |
| Bayern Munich
|
2 |
| Manchester City
|
2 |
| AC Milan
|
1 |
| Manchester United
|
1 |
| Borussia Dortmund
|
1 |
Other rankings
editIn April 2022, FourFourTwo magazine ranked the best footballers of the 21st century. Lionel Messi was ranked as number 1.[17] In September 2023, the magazine also ranked the 100 best football players of all time, with Messi once again ranking first.[18]
Other editions
edit- Dutch edition - First published in November 2018, by F&L Media[19]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (8 June 2018). "Haymarket sells gadget magazine Stuff to Kelsey Media". Press Gazette. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Quinn, Anthony. "Magazine Publisher profiles: Haymarket Publications". Magforum. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
Despite high sales for sector, closed and rights swap deal made with Future in 2001 involving Total Football.
- ^ Quinn, Anthony. "The Net closed". Magforum. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
The Net had led the sector in the last set of ABCs with a circulation over 51,000, but the collapse of the dotcom market and increased competition brought it down. Haymarket sold subscriber list and masthead usage rights to Future, who merged it with .Net. In return for swap deal on Total Football.
- ^ "Swindon clinch sponsorship deal". BBC Sport. bbc.co.uk. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ a b "The 100 Best Football Players in the World 2019: full list revealed". fourfourtwo.com. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "100 Best Players in the World". FourFourTwo. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ a b "FourFourTwo's Top 100 Soccer Players List « mCalcio.com". Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "FFT announce Stats Zone Awards 2014/15". FourFourTwo. 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "The FourFourTwo 50 Best Asian Players 2015". FourFourTwo. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Ritchie takes top spot in Football League Top 50". FourFourTwo. 1 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Brewin, Joe (28 November 2013). "FourFourTwo's Top 100 Players in the World 2013: 10-1". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ Horncastle, James (4 December 2015). "FourFourTwo's Best 100 Football Players in the World 2015 No.1: Lionel Messi". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "FourFourTwo's 100 Best Football Players in the World 2017: No.1, Lionel Messi". fourfourtwo.com. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ Murray, Andrew (21 December 2018). "FFT100 2018: No.1, Lionel Messi (Barcelona)". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Robert Lewandowski voted Player of the Year in FourFourTwo Awards". fourfourtwo.com. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ Pope, Conor (31 December 2021). "Ranked! The 50 best players in the world, 2021". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ White, Alasdair Mackenzie Contributions from Mark; Pope, Conor; published, Greg Lea (8 April 2022). "Ranked! The 100 best players of the 21st Century". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ White, Mark; et al. (Warrington, Declan; Haugstad, Thore; Stafford-Bloor, Seb; Spurling, Jon; Murray, Andrew; Yokhin, Michael; Hess, Alex; Reid, Alex; Alves, Marcus) (5 September 2023). "Ranked! The 100 best football players of all time". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ Wereldberoemd Voetbalmagazine FourFourTwo Komt Naar Nederland, fnl.nl, 9 October 2018