The October issue of FourFourTwo magazine, on sale now, is dedicated to the creative hubs which make the game worth watching.

In South Africa we saw a shift back to the value of their talents, as Germany's Mesut Ozil and Netherland's Wesley Sneijder, both profilled in this issue, emerged as the stars of the tournament.

We also chart the death and rebirth of the playmaker, speak to Steve Corica and Nicky Carle about why Australia doesn't produce more No.10s (plus how we can produce more moving forward), name the 10 best playmakers to grace the A-League and list the 16 playmakers who changed football forever, including Maradona, Zico and Zidane.

This issue is bagged with a FREE Festival of Football program too - worth $10.

The October issue also features the following: 

  • MLS Lessons For A-League - How the US - another country dominated by its sporting pastimes - may have laid down the lessons that could save the A-League
  • Cahill On FIFA 11 - What he thinks of his red card in South Africa and the new FIFA game
  • Manchester City - Our exclusive seven-page look the blue side of Manchester trying to buy the EPL title
  • Sergio Canales - Forget Kaka, meet Real Madrid's Canales
  • Average Player, Great Coach - Why the likes of Arsene, Jose and Melbourne Victory's Ernie were destined for the dugout
  • The Serie A Slobs - Italy's stars get one ugly make-over
  • Football Record Holders - The 85-year old star, the player with the most red cards, the goal-scoring keeper
  • Foul Play - Tales of cheating rather than trying to actually win the game
  • Michael Lynch - The A-League should be recruiting state league players, not foreigners
  • Simon Hill - The handball rule could actually encourage more cheating
  • Gary van Egmond - How best to use your team's playmaker and how Australia can produce more creators
  • Top 10 - The A-League's best ever playmakers, some of who didn't really hang around
  • Matt Le Tissier - The former England playmaker answers fans' questions
  • Albino United - The quite incredible story of the team hunted for their body part in Africa
  • My Perfect XI - Goal-machine Andriy Shevchenko names his best side