Outside Write

On the Trail of Diego Maradona’s Roots in La Paternal, Buenos Aires

The Buenos Aires suburb of La Paternal is something of a pilgrimage site for fans of Diego Maradona. It’s the home of

One of my biggest bugbears is when English-language commentators refer to Real Madrid as simply ‘Real’, worse still when pronounced ‘Reel’. In

My guest is Will Wardrop, otherwise known as ‘Will in Brazil’ over on Instagram. He’s based in the capita, Brasília, and we’re

In the sprawling western suburbs of Buenos Aires, there is an iconic ground that may not be a priority for the typical football

What are you doing on St. Patrick’s Day, Monday, 17 March? I am going to be launching my new book at Dulwich Hamlet’s

I am joined for a third time by Dr Pete Watson from the University of Leeds to discuss the ultimate grudge match

Walking through the Montevideo district of La Blanqueada, the red and blue graffiti on white walls leaves you in no doubt that

I welcome Christopher Hylland, author of Tears at La Bombonera, back onto the podcast to discuss his second book, Dame Bola: A

At the time of writing, the world’s oldest football club, Sheffield FC, is scheduled to play the world’s second-oldest club, Hallam FC,

My guests are Sam Kelly and Daniel Edwards from the Hand of Pod podcast, the original podcast about Argentine football in English,

Club Atlético River Plate – not to be mistaken for its more illustrious namesake across the water in Buenos Aires – is

In this podcast, I speak to Fernando Romero Nuñez, a sports journalist with the Buenos Aires Herald, about the evolution of Argentinian

I can finally reveal that my third book, Shades of Green: A Journey Into Irish Football, is coming out on 10 March 2025

One of the easier groundhopping experiences in Argentina is Club Atlético Banfield, located in the south of Buenos Aires. Here’s more on

I was in Buenos Aires recently and visited a number of places that I had already written about in my first book,