Outside Write

Podcast: Spanish Football Culture with Miguel Pereira

I welcome Miguel Lourenço Pereira back onto the podcast to discuss his new book, Pasión: A Journey to the Soul of Spanish

Between them, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have won ten of the 22 FIFA World Cups contested going back to 1930. Uruguay’s victories

In this podcast, I speak to four people involved in the telling of the story of Argentinian club Newell’s Old Boys. Founded

Down in the ninth tier of the English football pyramid in the suburban sprawl of south-west London, you’ll find one of the

I am joined by Dr Pete Watson from the University of Leeds, and Karen Ariza Carranza, journalist and founder of Tribuna Krizol,

If you arrive in Northern Ireland at Belfast City Airport, your first impressions will include the country’s football heritage. The airport is

My new book, Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football, is out NOW! It’s part-groundhop, part-history discovery of football on the

Ahead of the launch of my new book, Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football, I want to share some of the

My guest is Joseph O’Sullivan, better known as ‘Football Travel Man’ on Instagram and YouTube. You can also find him writing about

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

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