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First a message from our editor, James Andrew:
The 2023-2024 season has arrived and this feels like it’s a season of change – at least off the pitch.
For the first time in the Premier League era, Martin Tyler will no longer be commentary for Sky Sports. For the first time since 1994, Soccer AM will not start on a Saturday morning, and the ever engaging Jeff Stelling will not present Soccer Saturday in his own inimitable way, giving him more time to watch his beloved Hartlepool United. Each of them will be missed, but like all things, life goes on – new programs and presenters will take their place and become new favorites.
On the field, this season promises to be one of the most exciting ever. As it is often said, predictions are a cinch, but the Premier League looks set to be a thriller with so many sides vying for places in the top echelons of the table. Every year the Championship is hailed as the most exciting competition in the country and this season looks no different, as teams in League One and Two will dream of following Luton’s path and climbing all the way to the top.
Enjoy the magazine and the season – and come on, Fulham!
Dream problem
Dare to dream. That’s what Luton Town did, and now Kenilworth Road is about to host some of the world’s best players.
This month’s issue includes our legendary Season Preview supplement – an extra 100 pages to your usual great copy of FFT. Our experts weigh in on every team in the Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, National League, WSL and Scottish Premiership – with a lot of help from you, the fans…
Reasons to be VERY excited – 67 to be exact
Ah, sweet normalcy.
For the first time in five seasons there will be no winter World Cup, no pandemic, but that doesn’t mean it will be boring. Can anyone stop Manchester City? Will Wrexham storm League Two? Are Charlton’s games about to turn into a rave? There is plenty to look forward to…
Fabio Cannavaro answers YOUR questions
“Take a penalty kick? I’m not crazy! I know my limits…”
Crush Diego Maradona in training (and be rewarded with his Puma Kings), become a world-class centre-back at 1.75m, oh and err… win the WORLD CUP and the BALLON D’OR.
Fabio Cannavaro answers all your questions.
Peter Crouch: Who’s Laughing Now?
“It was a constant battle to keep people from laughing at me for how I looked”
As a young footballer, Peter Crouch was the butt of all jokes – but after a stellar career made him a popular media personality, they now laugh at him. He tells FFT how he got through the tough times to become a cult hero
Luton’s incredible journey to the promised land
After climbing out of non-league in 2014, Luton have gone from League Two to the Premier League in just six seasons. These clubs shot even faster between the first and fourth tiers – albeit not always in the right direction…
Burnley’s beloved boss
Having learned from Pep Guardiola as Man City captain, Burnley’s beloved boss, Vincent Kompany, is now ready to mix it up with his old gaffer in a top-class dugout. FFT speaks to those who know him – even those who introduced him to his wife…
30 years Kick It Out
Kick It Out is David to the Goliath of discrimination in football. For thirty years, the organization has tirelessly fought boycotts, controversies, and misconceptions with a frugal workforce and small budgets, all the while trying to avoid biting the hand that feeds it. It’s a thankless existence, but essential to the future of the game
Preview European competitions
Can anyone stop Bayern, is Bellingham the answer to Madrid’s prayers, who’s in the mood to win Serie A this season and is PSG without Messi the usual shoo-in?
We expertly analyze the four major European leagues.
around the grounds
Our dedicated section for the EFL, non-league and Scotland brings you a brilliantly honest talk with the Norwich boss David Wagner. We are sitting at the table with departing Football Saturday anchor Jeff Stel. Danny Smith from Dundee podcast Up Wi’ The Bonnets remembers Diego’s bestie and a possibly dead chairman. And after years of financial woes, EFL eviction and bickering, Bury is back! Their fans have united to chart a brighter future…
The Blender
We collect the best football kit, fashion, art, design, books and technology. There’s a remake of THAT incredible Denmark kit, we’re discussing Franz Beckenbauer’s wonderful biography of Uli Hesse, and there’s also beer, boots, and other trinkets.
See something you want to put in The Mixer? DM deputy editor Matt Ketchell on Instagram
In front
Playing off against the last defender, it’s the big-man-little-man collaboration of football and jokes…
We’ve picked two great shots from West Ham and Man City’s successful Euro finals for you to enjoy, Lauren explains to us the five games that changed his life, FFT columnist Jules Break gives us her look ahead to the 2023/24 season as presenter and Olympic hockey gold medalist Sam Quek explains how she owns part of the Anfield sofa and adores Steve McManaman.
The 2023 fantasy premier league champion tells us how he owns everything to get Callum Wilson’s replacement appearance. In the meantime, this month’s journey through the strange and beautiful football landscape has revealed wives and children feuding, red-card bat boys and a streaker in a wheelchair. Okay then.
Finally, our deputy editor and editor plant their posts on opposite sides of the #FFTDebate discuss who will challenge Man City for the Premier League title in 2023-24. An unenviable task.
This month in the Players’ Lounge
There is not much room to move at all Julian Dicks broadcasts a disgustingly predictable story about a West Ham teammate and a bath, Ledley King tells us why he stopped talking to Ashley Cole, Henry Berg talk about beating Brazil at the World Cup and tasting title glory with Blackburn and Manchester United, and Jonathan Walters explains how he got along with Roy Keane (until he asked to leave Ipswich).
Perfect XI: Andreas Brehme
The Italia 90 champion includes teammates from Kaiserslautern, Inter and the German national team – and even finds room for his Ballon d’Or-winning bestie…
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