FourFourTwo is a football magazine published byFuture. Issued monthly, it published its 300th edition in May 2019. It takes its name from the footballformation of the same name,4-4-2. Future acquired the magazine fromHaymarket Media Group in 2018.[1] Haymarket previously acquired Future's earlier football magazineTotal Football in 2001 in exchange of subscriber list and the rights to the masthead of its defunct internet magazineThe Net, Haymarket later absorbedTotal Football intoFourFourTwo.[2][3]
In 2008FourFourTwo entered into a three-year shirt sponsorship deal withSwindon Town.[4]
ArgentineLionel Messi has won the award a record 8 times, 4 of which in consecutive years (2009–12).[5]
FourFourTwo has a number of annual rankings and awards. In 2007, the magazine put together its firstFFT100, their list of the 100 best footballers in the world.[6][7] At the end of the2012–13 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 theFootball League.[10]
In April 2022,FourFourTwo magazine ranked the best footballers of the 21st century.Lionel Messi was ranked as number 1.[18] In September 2023, the magazine also ranked the 100 best football players of all time, with Messi once again ranking first.[19]
^Quinn, Anthony."The Net closed".Magforum. Retrieved3 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.
^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. Retrieved24 June 2024.
Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Erling Haaland
Robert Lewandowski
Kaká
Rodri
Bayern Munich
Manchester City
AC Milan
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