Outside Write

Podcast: Football and Argentinian Identity

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,

It’s ten years since I reserved the Outside Write domain and bagged the social media feeds. It was designed as an outlet for me

In November 2024, having just returned from a footballing trip to Buenos Aires and Montevideo, I gave a lecture to Latin American

I’m joined by Niamh O’Mahony from Football Supporters Europe (FSE) and JulieAnn Thomas from Fulham Lillies. We look at fan cultures within

In this guest post, Vedran Dedić – originally a refugee from the Yugoslavian Civil War in the 1990s – discusses his new

I welcome Alex Ireland back onto the podcast to discuss his new book on Manchester sports manufacturer, Umbro, which celebrated its centenary

My guest is David Proudlove, whose new book Work and Play: The Industrial Roots of English Football looks at the relationship between

My guest is Michael Hamlin, who runs the 80s90sFootball Twitter/X account, and runs a blog about football nostalgia. Michael and I discuss

I welcome Belgrade-based Kirsten Schlewitz back onto the podcast for a third time to discuss identity in Balkan football. There is never

My guest is Luka Lagvilava, whose @GeorgianFooty feed on Twitter/X has become an extremely popular resource on football in Georgia, especially when

I put a post up on Threads after seeing a few Americans asking about protocol when visiting football matches in England for the first

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