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Football’s symbiotic relationship with Spanish regional identity

As the 2017 Catalan independence referendum highlighted, Spain is a country of countries. Franco may be long dead, but his…

7 years ago

Enter the Dragon: An Englishman’s tale of following Wales

West Ham fan Andy Crisp moved to Cardiff some years ago. At Euro 2016, he even travelled to Lille to…

7 years ago

Football in Bangkok: Port FC

In this guest post, our friend James of the From Boothferry to Germany blog discusses his favourite team in Thailand…

7 years ago

Non-League: Leyton Orient

After 112 years of league football, Leyton Orient of East London dropped down into the National League. A stone’s throw…

7 years ago

Review: The Art of the Football Shirt

We pop down to London’s Brick Lane to see The Art of the Football Shirt by author Neal Heard. It…

8 years ago

The Bill Shankly Show: End of An Era?

In this guest post, Sam Riding looks back on then Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s appearance on the Bill Shankly Show…

8 years ago

Opinion: Seven reasons to get behind Non-League Day

As fans become continually discontented with the sterility and cost of football in the top tiers, so the appeal of…

8 years ago

Football Travel Podcast: Arsenal, Denmark and Non-League Football

Welcome to the inaugural Outside Write monthly podcast, 'Football Travel'. In this episode, we meet:   Ben Frost, organiser, REDaction: REDaction is…

9 years ago

Opinion: Football hegemonies will strangle the game

This season there were domestic cup doubles in Germany, Spain and France, while in Italy Juventus won the double for…

9 years ago

Why Crystal Palace and Brighton Are Rivals

Crystal Palace fans at Brighton's Amex Stadium, season 2018-19 This is the story of Eagles and Seagulls. Just how did…

10 years ago