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]
In 2008 FourFourTwo entered into a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Swindon Town.[4]
Rankings and awards
Argentine Lionel 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 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]
In 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
Dutch edition - First published in November 2018, by F&L Media[19]
^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.
^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.
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