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Has the game of football ever produced a brain – or feet – quite like those packed into the whiplash frame of Johan Cruyff? I think not.   In July 2009, FourFourTwo undertook the sizeable task of unpicking the genius of the world’s first total footballer, the man...

We’re rolling the clock back to February 1925 with this edition of Golf Monthly which would give any PR professional the screaming abdabs in 2025.   There on the cover – right next to an ad for an alcoholic beverage that is certainly not on his sponsorship roster...

The great JPR Williams would have been celebrating his 76th birthday on 2 March had he not been taken from us too early just over a year ago.   Rugby World featured him on their cover in October 1973, an issue that included a fascinating article entitled...

After a lengthy hiatus, Dr Who finally returned to TV screens in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston as The Doctor.   Not that he hung around much, for after just one season, he was gone and that central feature of the whole series, the regeneration of the Time Lord,...

Formula 1 indulged itself in a 75th birthday party last week, as it launched the new cars and the new 2025 season, marking the anniversary of the World Championship which began in 1950.   There from the start, near enough, was Autosport, which launched just three...

Jerry Garcia, full-on exploding hair, fully armed, and on the cover of Guitar Player. If that doesn’t scream April 1971 at you, you’ve missed a memo somewhere.   The leader of the Grateful Dead sat down with Fred Stuckey and amongst much else, discussed how music...

Has any album cover ever been so regularly plundered and copied over the years as The Beatles’ ‘Sgt Pepper’? Probably not and ‘Guitar World’ has got in on the act on occasion too, as with their September 1998 edition.   Piecing together a montage of some of the...

Spring might, at last, be in the air, so let’s celebrate with this cover from ‘Horse & Hound’ back on 8 April 1977, capturing the departure of winter at long last and the promise of brighter days ahead. But we’ve picked this issue out for more than just a chance...

Over the jumps they go at Newbury in this cover shot for Horse & Hound in February 1974, Richard Pitman leading the way on the appropriately monikered Outstanding.   Elsewhere in the magazine came the crucial news that the Grand National would continue to be...

Liverpool might be bound for the Premier League title this season, but before Bill Shankly arrived on Merseyside, they were stuck in the Second Division and going nowhere fast.   It was Shankly that rebuilt Liverpool and set in motion over 60 years of regularly...

February 1995 and Golf Monthly was coming to terms with Nick Faldo’s decision to dump the European Tour and concentrate on his career in the United States.   An extensive interview with Ken Schofield, Executive Director of the tour, showed him in bullish mood:...

February 1972 and Autosport featured John Davenport’s brilliant summary of the Monte Carlo rally, illustrated by some great photography, including on the cover.   “After what was one of the most exciting Monte Carlo rallies for years, Sandro Munari and Mario...

Coronation Street, a British institution so entrenched that it will probably outlast the monarchy and the regal occasion it was named after.   It celebrated its 21st anniversary in December 1981, a seemingly unbelievable run at the time, but here we are with it...

Look back at the infancy of Rugby World, an issue from February 1965, just four years on from its inception and you have to wonder if any sport has changed quite so much in those intervening 60 years as rugby union.   Take the ‘famous club’ feature from that...

Horse & Hound magazine has never been shy of capturing the Royal Family’s love of the country sports within its pages, but this picture from August 1967 captures Firecrest, the mount of Peter Robeson, looking more than a little startled at the arrival of Princess...

The great Denis Law passed away last week but if we cast our gaze back to March 2012, the King of Old Trafford answered a string of questions from readers of FourFourTwo.   With thoughts on beating England, playing for Matt Busby and Bill Shankly, having an FA...

In its November 1973 issue, Golf Monthly was unveiling a different view on carbon dating, noting that, “A golfer can be dated from whether he is, or is not, a waggler. The waggle practically disappeared from golf many years ago and when seen today, it will invariably...

May 2007 and a new British F1 driver was beginning to earn himself some attention – one Lewis Hamilton.   In his debut season with McLaren, scoring a podium in his first race, going on to battle with team-mate Fernando Alonso for a title neither won in the end,...

The TV Times was all for prompting a bit of moral hysteria in June 1981, featuring Adam Ant on the cover and asking. ‘How would you feel if your son looked like this?’, a traditional response to pop music from the days of Mick Jagger through David Bowie, Marc Bolan,...

Former England skipper Bill Beaumont was a regular columnist for Rugby World and in his January 1983 column, he previewed the upcoming Five Nations Championship.   Proclaiming the sides much of a muchness, he reflected, “Ten years ago, a unique event occurred in...