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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…

5 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

Review: The Futbology (Groundhopper) App

For dedicated football travellers, it’s easy to lose track of where you’ve been, when, who you saw play and the…

6 years ago

The Best Vintage Football Shirt Accounts to Follow on Instagram

There is a reason nostalgia is so appealing in football, as apparently we look most fondly upon our younger years…

6 years ago

Anyone but England: Five reasons some people want England to lose

I can vividly remember the first night out I had as a student just arrived in Madrid in the late…

6 years ago

World Cup Books 2018: A Literary Guide to 32 Countries

I am on a mission to find a cracking read on each of the 32 countries competing at Russia 2018.…

7 years ago

The CONIFA World Football Cup

 In London in early June 2018, a very special international football tournament is taking place. We went along to one…

7 years ago

17 stunning Art Deco football stadiums from around the world

The Arts Décoratifs (Art Deco) style of design and architecture was a distinctive modern movement peaking in the 1920s and…

7 years ago

Podcast: The Future of Safe Standing

Research shows that 15% of football fans would like to stand at football matches in the top flight of English…

7 years ago

Opinion: Time to bring back the European Cup-Winners’ Cup?

As the Champions League millions continue to concentrate power on the few, producing predictable outcomes at a continental and certainly…

7 years ago