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If you’ve got a football-mad kid, then you need to get them a digital subscription to MATCH Magazine! Packed full of the latest Premier League news, interviews with the games biggest stars, and more stats and facts than you can shake a stick at, each issue brings young fans closer to the teams they love! For your budding future stars, MATCH Magazine also has detailed tips and guides to help them hone their talents and show off their footballing skills. There’s also quizzes and jokes in every issue to keep them entertained and all the scores from the Premier and Football Leagues.

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! • These footy superstars are ready to go trick or treating on October 31!

THE DEADLIEST DERBY • With EL CLASICO happening less than a week before Halloween, football’s fiercest rivalry could turn into a full-blown horror show!

GIANT KILLING! • The EFL Cup fourth-round clash between FLEETWOOD and ARSENAL could produce one of the biggest giant-killings in the competition’s history! The League Two side have already taken down a Championship club – but could they really slay one of the Premier League’s biggest giants?

DREADFULLY DRAWN

THE ONLY GIFT… • …YOU NEED THIS CHRISTMAS!

DON’T MISS! MATCH! ANNUAL 2027

BATTLE! • Check out the contenders for the 2026 Men and Women’s Ballon d’Or awards and then return to this page to vote for your winners. Remember, it’s based on their displays from the 2025-26 season, starting on 3 August 2025 and ending 19 July 2026!

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DON’T MISS! MATCH! FOOTBALL SKILLS 2027

MATCH’S 2026 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! • This Halloween, we’re turning football into a fright-fest! Create your own football nightmare, meet our scariest XI and take a terrifying tour through our haunted stadium!

BUILD YOUR OWN FOOTBALL NIGHTMARE! • We want you to create the scariest, spookiest, most terrifying football nightmare that could ever exist! Either pick one of our options for each scenario or write down your own suggestion for extra spook points!

FOOTBALL’S SCARIEST XI! • Check out our frightening football line-up of stars currently playing professionally – then have a go at picking YOUR OWN scary XI!

SPOOKY STADIUM! • A stadium tour like no other – this ground will scare your footy pants off! Enter if you dare…

THE ONLY GIFT… • …YOU NEED THIS CHRISTMAS!

Boot DNA personalisation for your entire team • Our friends at Boot DNA are giving away boot personalisation for a full team of up to 25 players, with each player able to personalise their boots with their own names, numbers, flags, club badges or other designs. So cool!

FOOTY ON THE BOX! • MATCH looks ahead to the live football to watch over the next fortnight!

PREDICT THE RESULT! • We take on 15 massive upcoming fixtures! Can you beat MATCH?

CAN YOU BEAT MATCH!? • If you haven’t entered our private FPL league yet, why not? Check out some of our biggest signing tips below…

MATCH GEAR! • THE STUFF WE’RE MAD ABOUT, ON AND OFF THE PITCH

BIG MATCH QUIZ • How many of these terrifyingly tricky brain-teasers can you get right?

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