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FourFourTwo is a football magazine published by Haymarket. Published monthly, costing £4.50, and at about 164 pages long, it published its 200th edition in February 2011. It takes its name from the football formation of the same name, 4-4-2, which is considered to be a basic, trustworthy and standard formation in English football; it has been one of the most popular formations for 11-a-side matches for several decades.

The Audit Bureau of Circulations reports that as of 2011 FourFourTwo had a Total Average Net Circulation Per Issue of 90,077. Of this:

• 75,212 was in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland ^{[note 1]}
• 14,865 was overseas.

In 2008, it was announced that FourFourTwo had entered into a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with Swindon Town, which commenced in the 2008–09 season.

Columnists[link]

Present[link]

Currently^[when?] the following high-profile people are amongst the regular contributors to FourFourTwo (UK edition):

• James Richardson, who presented Football Italia, who used to give his views on Italian football before being replaced.
• Jonathan Wilson, football journalist and author of Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics.
• Michel Salgado, footballer formerly of Real Madrid and currently playing for Blackburn Rovers.

Past[link]

Previously, the following high-profile people were amongst the regular contributors to FourFourTwo (UK edition):

• Henry Winter — Leading football journalist.
• Brian Clough — Ex-player and manager, up to his death in 2004.
• Bobby Robson — Ex-player and manager who briefly replaced Brian Clough.
• Stan Bowles — The ex-Queens Park Rangers and England player, who wrote an anecdotal column.
• Robbie Savage — The former Wales midfielder, who wrote about the game from a current Premiership footballer's perspective.
• Sam Allardyce — Ex-Newcastle United manager who answered readers' questions.
• David Platt — who wrote columns discussing tactics for particular matches or teams.
• Arsène Wenger — Arsenal manager. FourFourTwo's 5-a-side "guru" who is questioned by two people every month and gives tips on the 5-a-side game.

Editors[link]

Notable editors of FourFourTwo have included Mat Snow and Hugh Sleight. The founding editor was Karen Buchanan, now a journalist and presenter with BBC Radio Norfolk.

Content[link]

The magazine is split up as such:

First Section[link]

The following four features are always in the first part of the magazine:

• Magic Moment or FourFourTwo Moment — A usually-sponsored feature on the first page showing a moment of triumph from the past month, for example, Northern Ireland beating Spain 3-2.
• A Word from the Editor — David Hall refers to the month gone by and the current month's issue.
• Letters to the Editor– Every month a chosen letter written to the editor appears in the issue and wins a prize.
• One on One — Readers send in questions which are put directly to either a football player or manager.

Upfront[link]

Upfront runs from about page 25 to 60 of the magazine, consisting of shorter interviews and regular features. It is often more comedy based than the rest of the magazine. Amongst others, it contains:

• The Diary — Takes a comedy based look at the latest month in the football world.
• The Boy/Girl's a Bit Special — A short article informally interviewing a young star (male or female) in-the-making. Questions range from "who has had the biggest influence on your game?" to "what car do you own?." Issue one featured an unknown 16-year-old Liverpool youth team player named Michael Owen.
• I'll Tell You This — Transcript of a short, irreverent telephone interview with a well-known football personality, where questions rarely involve football, and often border on the surreal, unless of course the interviewee has a book or other product to promote.
• Reviews — of football related products, predominantly books and video games.
• They Said What?! — A short column of funny, strange or witty quotes from football personalities in the month beforehand.
• The Insider — Another short column listing all the rumours in the Premier League at the present moment.
• On the Couch — A psychologist analyses a part of football to find its basis.
• Ask a Silly Question — Where a footballer or football-related person is asked a selection of odd questions which tend to culminate in still stranger answers.
• You Asking? — Where four present or former footballers answer two questions: one relating to football and the other not.
• The Big Debate — A look at two differing opinions on a controversial footballing issue.

Features[link]

Between Up Front and Planet Football, so usually stretching from about page 60 to 125."Regular" features include:

• Extended interviews.
• And Another Thing... — Four of a kind (e.g. four disabled fans, four referees, four journalists, four fans supporting West London clubs) are gathered together in a pub and asked to comment on different footballing issues.
• More Than a Game — An in-depth look at one of football's biggest rivalries, often involving deep social and political parameters. A recent example was Fenerbahçe vs Galatasaray
• My Secret Vice — A report on a particular footballer's unusual hobby.
• Sing When You're Winning — One celebrity (although past "specials" have seen multiple English rugby World Cup winners or Cabinet Politicians) talks about their football fandom.
• Action Replay — A retrospective look at a significant, obscure, landmark or forgotten event in football history.
• At the End of the Day — A a footballing personality talks about the defining moments of their career.

Planet Football[link]

This covers two main areas: UK football other than the Premiership and overseas football. It consists of a number of short interviews, features, and a results service. Among many reports from top-level football leagues across the globe, the section includes a report from James Richardson.

Elsewhere in the magazine[link]

• My Perfect XI — A football personality's favourite team, often within certain criteria (e.g. players played against, players who have played for Liverpool clubs), normally with one or more substitutes and a manager. The interviewee may name themselves in the team, but often rejects it, instead settling for a place on the bench, or as coach of the team.
• Spine Line Competition — To win a prize, readers can decipher the riddle printed along the magazine's spine line, which always relates to some content in that edition.

Other editions[link]

Australian edition[link]

FourFourTwo launched an Australian edition in October 2005, to coincide with new A-League.

The launch publicity ran with the tagline of "It's footy, but not as you know it," a reference to the popularity of Australian rules football and rugby league and the fact that association football is referred to as soccer in Australia. This also referred to the launch slogan of the A-league: "It's football, but not as you know it" — part of the work Football Australia is doing to rebrand and relaunch the game. Further to this, the first edition's frontpage contained the motto "Goodbye Soccer, Hello Football." The launch party was attended by, amongst others, cricketer Ricky Ponting.

Brazilian edition[link]

In 2009, the first issue of the Brazilian edition was published, by Brazilian publishing company Cadiz.

Bulgarian edition[link]

Mark Sterling has signed a contract with Haymarket Media Group. Mark Sterling has thus acquired the exclusive rights to publish FourFourTwo Magazine. The first issue was out on the Bulgarian market in April, 2010, having pre-World Cup information about the England national football team and coach Fabio Capello for its cover story. The first three issues contained extra materials, reviewing the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups respectively. The Bulgarian edition incorporates articles from UK and international, as well as Bulgarian football.

Croatian edition[link]

In October 2010, the first issue of the Croatian edition was published.

Egyptian edition[link]

In June 2010, the first issue of the Egyptian edition was published, by Egyptian publishing company Omedia.

Hungarian edition[link]

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Indonesian edition[link]

In 2009, the first issue of the Indonesian edition was published, by PT Tunas Bola.

Korean edition[link]

In June 2007, the first issue of the South Korean edition was published, by Korean publishing company MediaWill. The Korean edition contains many articles on domestic football, which normally take up about half of the 190-pages per issue.

The price is W6,800. Although the English edition is imported in Korean market, it costs W16,000 and therefore has a very limited market share.

Malaysian edition[link]

In 2009, Measat publications took over the license of the Malaysian edition, which is also on sale in Singapore. On 11 August 2009, a weekly FourFourTwo TV Show began on affiliated television station, Astro SuperSport, hosted by former ESPN anchor Jason Dasey. There are now three weekly editions: FourFourTwo EPL, FourFourTwo EuroZone and FourFourTwo EuroGoals.

Nigerian edition[link]

In 2006, the first issue of the Nigerian edition was published. In May 2008, the relaunched edition came on board with the veteran editor Samm Audu as the editor. The senior staff writer is Ikenwa Nnabuogor. It's currently the biggest-selling soccer magazine in West Africa. It also sells in South Africa.

Polish edition[link]

In May 2010, the first issue of the Polish edition will be published by Ginza Media Group.

Swedish edition[link]

In April 2008, the first issue of the Swedish edition was published.

Thai edition[link]

In November 2009, the first issue of the Thai edition was published, by Plus One Media Co., Ltd. In 3rd Day Of The Month For Every Month.

Turkish edition[link]

In April 2006, the first issue of the Turkish edition was published.

Vietnamese edition[link]

In May 2010, the first issue of the Vietnamese edition was published by Le Media.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Hungarian edition
• FourFourTwo on Twitter
• Turkish edition
• Australian edition
• Swedish edition
• Thai edition
• UK Subscription Site

Notes[link]

1. ^ This includes the Isle of Man and Channel Islands which ABC include in their United Kingdom figure.

Gustavo Poyet

Poyet in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Augusto Poyet Domínguez
Date of birth	(1967-11-15) 15 November 1967 (age 44)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Brighton & Hove Albion (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1988–1989	Grenoble	37	(8)
1989–1990	River Plate (UY)
1990–1997	Real Zaragoza	239	(63[1])
1997–2001	Chelsea	105	(36)
2001–2004	Tottenham Hotspur	82	(18)
National team
1993–2000	Uruguay	26	(3)
Teams managed
2009–	Brighton & Hove Albion
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Gustavo Augusto Poyet Domínguez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpoʝet]; born 15 November 1967) is a former Uruguay international footballer and current manager of English side Brighton & Hove Albion.

During his playing career, Poyet featured for teams including Real Zaragoza, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.

After his playing career ended he moved into coaching, with spells as assistant manager to Dennis Wise at Swindon Town and Leeds United. Poyet was also assistant manager to Juande Ramos at Tottenham.

Club career[link]

This section requires expansion.

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, a powerful goalscoring midfielder, Poyet moved to Zaragoza in 1990. His team won the Copa del Rey in 1994 and the Cup Winners' Cup a year later, beating Arsenal in the final.^[2] He became Zaragoza's longest-serving foreign player. He scored an impressive 60 goals in 240 games for the club. Poyet joined Chelsea on a free transfer in June 1997.

Not long into his first season at Chelsea, he suffered cruciate ligament damage, but recovered to play in the team's successful Cup Winners' Cup Final against VfB Stuttgart. The following year he contributed 14 goals – making him the club's 2nd highest scorer – to help Chelsea finish third in the Premiership, including a crucial headed goal in 1–0 win against Leeds United.^[3] He also scored the winner for Chelsea in the 1998 UEFA Super Cup against Real Madrid.^[4] In 1999–2000, he scored 18 goals (which again made him Chelsea's second highest scorer), with a scissors-kick volley against Sunderland,^[5] a long range strike against Lazio,^[6] and both of Chelsea's goals in the FA Cup semi-final against Newcastle United,^[7] among the most memorable, as the team won the FA Cup and reached the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.

With the arrival of new manager Claudio Ranieri in September 2000, Chelsea was a team in transition. With Ranieri seeking to reduce the average age of the squad, Poyet became surplus to requirements and requested a transfer. He joined Tottenham Hotspur in May 2001 for around £2.2 million. In 145 appearances for Chelsea, Poyet scored 49 goals.

Poyet scored 14 goals in his debut season for Spurs and helped his team reach the League Cup final, but they lost 2–1 to Blackburn Rovers.^[8] His time at the club was blighted by injuries, and he again sustained cruciate ligament damage in August 2002,^[9] but still managed 23 goals in 98 games.

International career[link]

He was also a Uruguay international and helped his country win the Copa América in 1995 (and in doing so was voted as the best player in his position at the tournament^[10]). He won 23 caps, scoring three goals. He made his international debut on 13 July 1993 in a friendly match against Peru (1–2). After 67 minutes, he was substituted by Carlos Aguilera.^[11]

Coaching career[link]

In July 2006, he became a player and assistant manager at Swindon Town alongside ex-Chelsea team mate, Dennis Wise.^[12] Both Poyet and Wise were given permission to talk about forming the new Leeds United management team on 23 October 2006 and looked set to take the place of caretaker manager, John Carver, until Swindon Town withdrew permission due to disagreements over compensation.^[13] On 24 October 2006, Poyet was confirmed as assistant manager of Leeds with Dennis Wise as the manager. He fast became regarded as a cult hero with his wit and charm with the fans behind the team's bench. Poyet was reportedly considering coming out of retirement and playing professionally again for Leeds, following his appearance in two of the club's friendly matches whilst on a mid-winter training camp in Cyprus (January 2007). During one of these games he scored a volley described by United's manager Dennis Wise as "stunning".^{[citation needed]}

On 29 October 2007, Poyet rejoined his former club Tottenham Hotspur to work alongside new head coach Juande Ramos as a first team coach with Marcos Álvarez as a fitness coach.^[14] During his first season as assistant manager at White Hart Lane, he won the 2007–08 League Cup, beating Chelsea 2–1 after extra time in the Final after a penalty from Dimitar Berbatov in normal time and a header early into extra time from Jonathan Woodgate.^[15]

On 25 October 2008, Poyet parted company with Tottenham Hotspur along with manager Juande Ramos, first team coach Marcos Álvarez and sporting director Damien Comolli.^[16]

Management career[link]

Brighton & Hove Albion[link]

Poyet as Brighton manager in 2011.

On 10 November 2009, Poyet was announced as the new manager of English League One side Brighton & Hove Albion on a one-and-a-half-year contract.^[17][18] Former Tottenham teammate Mauricio Taricco was also announced as Poyet's assistant manager. He steered the club to safety as he had a brilliant start to his career at Brighton by going to Southampton and winning 3–1. He started the 2010–11 season by making a number of signings including Gordon Greer, Radostin Kishishev, Liam Bridcutt, Matt Sparrow, Casper Ankergren and Ashley Barnes. He also signed a new four-year contract along with his assistant Mauricio Taricco.^[19]

The season started brilliantly with five wins from the first eight games putting Brighton top of the League One table. Brighton started the year 2011 with a 5–0 home win on New Year's Day against Leyton Orient. ^[20] Most notable was a run of eight straight league victories in March, leaving the club 13 points clear at the top with games in hand over all of their closest rivals with the exception of Southampton. Brighton secured promotion to the Championship following a 4-3 home win over Dagenham & Redbridge, Ashley Barnes scoring the winner in the 63rd minute. The League One title was clinched on 16 April 2011, as Brighton beat Walsall 3–1, having been top without slipping since the eighth game of the season and with four games of the season still to play.^[21] On 23 May 2011, Poyet was voted LMA League One Manager of the Year for his achievements in the 2010–11 season - his first full season as a football manager.^[22]

During pre-season 2011, Poyet made three notable signings, twice breaking the record transfer-fee paid out by Brighton to sign Will Buckley and then Craig Mackail-Smith. On 2 September, Poyet signed former Spain and Valencia playmaker Vicente on a free transfer. After a positive start to the 2011–12 season and the team still unbeaten, Poyet was named as Championship manager of the month for August 2011.^[23] Poyet signed a new and improved five-year contract to remain at the club until 2016 on 30 September, 2011.^[24] On 11 March 2012, Poyet was nominated and won the Outstanding Managerial Achievement Award at the Football League Awards ceremony, beating Crystal Palace manager Dougie Freedman and former Huddersfield Town boss Lee Clark.^[25]

Personal life[link]

His son, Diego, plays for the academy of Charlton Athletic and the England national under-16 football team.^[26] He is also eligible to play for Spain by birth, and for Uruguay through his father's nationality.

Managerial statistics[link]

As of 28 April 2012

Team	Nation	From	To	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	Ref
Brighton & Hove Albion	England	10 November 2009	Present	143	66	40	37	46.15	[27]
Total				143	66	40	37	46.15

Playing honours[link]

Real Zaragoza

• Copa del Rey: 1994
• (runner-up): 1993
• Spanish Super Cup:
• (runner-up): 1994
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1995

Chelsea

• FA Cup: 2000
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1998
• European Super Cup: 1998

Uruguay

• Copa América: 1995

Managerial honours[link]

Brighton & Hove Albion

• Football League One: Champions 2010–11
• Football League One: Manager of the Year 2010-2011
• Football League Awards: Outstanding Managerial Achievement

References[link]

Uruguay squads v t e Uruguay squad – 1995 Copa América Winners (14th Title) 1 Alvez 2 Aguirregaray 3 Moas 4 Herrera 5 Gutiérrez 6 Adinolfi 7 Otero 8 Bengochea 9 Fonseca 10 Francescoli 11 Poyet 12 Arbiza 13 Da Silva 14 Méndez 15 Saralegui 16 López 17 Martínez 18 Silva 19 Abeijón 20 Sosa 21 Dorta 22 Ferro Coach: Núñez

Malky Mackay

Personal information
Full name	Malcolm George Mackay
Date of birth	(1972-02-19) 19 February 1972 (age 40)
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Cardiff City (Manager)
Youth career
	Queen's Park
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1993	Queen's Park	70	(6)
1993–1998	Celtic	34	(4)
1998	→ Norwich City (loan)	1	(0)
1998–2004	Norwich City	212	(15)
2004–2005	West Ham United	18	(2)
2005–2008	Watford	52	(3)
National team
2004	Scotland	5	(0)
Teams managed
2008	Watford (caretaker)
2009–2011	Watford
2011–	Cardiff City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Malcolm George "Malky" Mackay (born 19 February 1972, in Bellshill) is a Scottish football manager and former player, who played as a central defender. He is currently the manager of Cardiff City. Mackay began his playing career in Scottish football, with Queen's Park and Celtic. He joined English side Norwich City in 1998, remaining there for six years. Between 2003 and 2006, he achieved consecutive promotions to the Premier League with Norwich, West Ham and finally Watford. He played for Watford in the Premier League, and after retiring as a player in 2008, reached the position of full-time manager in June 2009. He was appointed manager of Cardiff City in June 2011. Mackay won five caps for Scotland towards the end of his playing career.

Club career[link]

Early career[link]

Mackay began his career in his native Scotland, coming through the youth ranks of Queen's Park, before joining Scotlands vice champions Celtic in the summer of 1993. He made 46 appearances in 5 years with the Glasgow club, and in September 1998 moved to England, joining Norwich City for a fee of £350,000 after a one-game loan spell.^[1]

Norwich City[link]

At the end of the 2001–02 season Norwich fans voted Mackay in second place behind Gary Holt in the voting for Norwich City player of the year. In the 2003–04 season, his sixth at Norwich, the club was promoted to the Premier League after winning the then Division One, however he was released by Norwich at the end of the season. He was named in the Football League First Division Team of the Year in the 2003–04 in which they got promoted. Arguably Mackay's most famous moment at Norwich was during a local derby against Ipswich Town, in which he scored two goals.^[2]

West Ham[link]

Mackay signed for West Ham United, before getting a chance to play in the Premier League, for £300,000 on 10 September 2004. He played 18 league games for the Hammers, although none after March, as West Ham reached the play-offs, beating Preston North End in the final to reach the Premier League. Mackay was released before playing a top flight game.^[1]

Watford[link]

Mackay was picked up on a free transfer by Aidy Boothroyd as part of his rebuilding of Watford and soon become one of the key figures in Boothroyd's side. Mackay was involved in some fantastic defensive displays as well as scoring some vital goals, including one against fierce rivals Luton Town at Kenilworth Road in a 2–1 victory.^[3] At the end of the 2005–06 season Mackay achieved the feat of being promoted to the Premier League for the third successive season, as Watford defeated Leeds United 3–0 in the play-off final.^[4]

After having been released following his two previous promotion campaigns, Mackay was assured by Boothroyd that he would play a part in Watford's Premier League campaign, citing his experience as an important asset to the team. Although he was not a first-team regular, Mackay made 14 Premier League appearances in 2006–07. In January 2007, Mackay took his first step into coaching by being promoted to first team coach, following the departure of Dave Hockaday.^[5]

In the 2007–08 season Mackay's only first team appearance came during an FA Cup tie against Wolves in January 2008. He took over as caretaker manager at Watford on 4 November 2008 following the departure of Aidy Boothroyd.^[6] but his spell in charge lasted just 5 games after former Chelsea reserve coach Brendan Rodgers was appointed on a long term basis by then Watford chairman Graham Simpson.

Managerial career[link]

Watford[link]

After Brendan Rodgers resigned in June 2009, Mackay took over as the manager of Watford. Watford drew 1–1 on their league visit to Reading on 26 September 2009, and by their second meeting late in the season Rodgers had been dismissed by Reading after only a few months in charge.^[7][8] As for Mackay and Watford, 2009–10 was a difficult season where their Championship status was under threat for a long time, but by the end of April survival had been achieved against Reading, ending the season 14th place in the league.^[9]

Cardiff City[link]

Mackay signed a three year contract as Cardiff City manager on 17 June 2011, with Watford receiving an undisclosed fee in compensation.^[10] His competitive reign began with a 1-0 win over West Ham United. On 6 October, Mackay was nominated for the September Championship Manager of the Month award after being undefeated in September, which was ended by a 2-1 loss to Hull City on 1 October.^[11] He missed out on the award to Middlesbrough's Tony Mowbray. An unbeaten month for Cardiff lead to Mackay being named Championship Manager of the Month for November.^[12] He lead Cardiff to their first ever League Cup final, following wins over Oxford United, Huddersfield Town, Leicester City, Burnley, Blackburn Rovers and Crystal Palace.^[13][14] On the week before the Carling Cup final, Mackay signed a three and half year contract extension, keeping him at Cardiff till June 2016.^[15] Mackay's side lost to Liverpool in the final, after drawing 2-2, Cardiff lost 3-2 on penalties. Following the final, Cardiff's form had dipped and they slipped away from the automatic promotions spots but at the end of the season they found themselves clinching to the final Play-offs spot before losing to West Ham United in the semi final two leg stages.

International career[link]

During his sixth and final season at Norwich, at the age of 32, Mackay became the oldest man to make his debut for Scotland in 37 years.^[16] It came in a 1–0 defeat to Denmark; Mackay later played in a 1–0 victory over Estonia and a 4–1 win against Trinidad & Tobago. In total, Mackay won five caps for Scotland.^[17]

Honours[link]

As a player[link]

Celtic

• Scottish Premier League champions: 1997-98

Norwich City

• Football League First Division champions: 2003-04

West Ham United

• Championship play-off winners: 2004-05

Watford

• Championship play-off winners: 2005-06

As a manager[link]

Individual

• Championship Manager of the Month (2): March 2011, November 2011

Cardiff City

• League Cup Runners-up: 2011-12

Managerial statistics[link]

As of 7 May 2012.

Personal life[link]

Mackay's father (also named Malky Mackay) is a former footballer, who played as a striker. The Mackay family are all supporters of Glasgow-based club Queen's Park. Mackay Snr is a member of the board at the club.^[18] Mackay Jnr played for amateur side Queen's Park as a teenager, whilst working in a branch of the Bank of Scotland.^[19]

References[link]