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Clear the Table, Iron the Pitch, and Lock up the Cat – (Table) Football’s Coming Home…

The Subbuteo World Cup 2024 returns to the game's roots at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (Photo: The English Subbuteo Association)…

3 months ago

There is no single ‘home of football’: Here’s who contributed what…

Clockwise from top-left: FA foundation plaque, London; Queen's Park FC (photo: Queen's Park FC); the Football League foundation plaque, Manchester;…

4 months ago

I’m available for football history talks, conferences, workshops and lectures

I speak and train as part of my day job as a content marketer. Now, I am looking to do…

8 months ago

Outside Write partners with Pibe de Barrio as podcast sponsor

I’ve been looking for an appropriate media partner for the podcast and am delighted to reveal that Pibe de Barrio will be…

9 months ago

Outside Write: On Tour this Spring

I’m doing a mini book tour this spring! If you’re in Leeds, Dublin or London, and are interested in the…

2 years ago

25 Years of International Groundhopping: My Highlights and Observations

My favourite groundhopping shot ever - walking to a drenched San Siro for Milan v Udinese The Futbology App kindly…

3 years ago

The political significance of fan-ownership in tackling working class alienation

Sussex-based Lewes FC is a great example of a fan-owned football club in England's non-league system In this guest article, Sam…

3 years ago

BOOK LAUNCH: Origin Stories – The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World

Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World is out NOW! It's finally out! Origin Stories: The Pioneers…

4 years ago

Podcast: The Joy of Retro Football Shirts

England's iconic 1990 Third Kit and FC Nantes (1970s) Our guest is Josh Chapman, AKA The Kitsman, whose Twitter feed…

4 years ago

Podcast: David Squires on Cartooning Football

We talk to cartoonist David Squires, whose illustrations appear in The Guardian (UK) and L'Equipe (France), as well as in…

6 years ago