FourFourTwo is a football (soccer) magazine published by Haymarket Group's Australian operations. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Haymarket Media Group is the largest privately-owned publishing company in the United Kingdom It takes its title and layout from the UK magazine of the same name. This page concerns the UK edition of the magazine however details about the others can be found further down the page
It was launched in October 2005, to coincide with the launch of the new A-League competition, and with the upcoming Australia vs Uruguay FIFA World Cup qualification playoff, which Australia won. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football
Previously, the British edition was sold in Australia, delivered via air freight from the UK. Some retailers still sell this version alongside the Australian edition. However, the Australian version does feature a lot of the English articles, as there is not enough Australia-specific football news to fill 100 pages.
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 historically and still occasionally referred to as "soccer" in Australia. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered 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 (formerly known as 'Soccer Australia') is doing to rebrand and relaunch the game. The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition Football Federation Australia (FFA is the governing body for the sport of football (soccer in Australia. Further to this, the first edition's frontpage contained the motto "Goodbye Soccer, Hello Football".
Staff
- Editor: Paul Hansford
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