Eastern Europe

Podcast: Identity in Balkan Football

The Belgrade Derby as Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) take on Partizan (Photo: Kirsten Schlewitz) I welcome Belgrade-based Kirsten Schlewitz back…

2 months ago

Podcast: Georgian Football

Dila Gori v Lok Tbilisi (Photo:Matt Walker / 55 Football Nations) My guest is Luka Lagvilava, whose @GeorgianFooty feed on…

2 months ago

Podcast: Football in Stalinist Albania

Phil Harrison's new book explores football in communist Albania [Photo: Pitch Publishing] My guest is Phil Harrison, who discusses his…

7 months ago

Podcast: Football and the Breakup of Yugoslavia

I am joined by Chris Etchingham, whose first book Emancipation for Goalposts: Football's Role in the Fall of Yugoslavia, is…

1 year ago

What a load of old Tosh. Toshkent that is.

Tim and Helen at Olympic Tashkent's JAR Stadium [Photo: Tim Hartley] In this guest post, football writer and Cardiff City…

1 year ago

Podcast: Matchday Programmes of the DDR (East Germany)

Just three of Anthony Russell's extensive collection of DDR programmes [Credit: Anthony Russell] Anthony Russell runs a fascinating Instagram account…

3 years ago

Podcast: Football Under Nazi Occupation

Prisoners would watch matches on the Appelplatz from the roof of the kitchen barracks (on the left) of the Gross-Rosen…

4 years ago

Podcast: Studying the Far-Right in Eastern European Football

The 'Holy War' - the Krakow Derby between Cracovia and Wisła (Photo: Michael Cole) Our guest is Michael Cole, an…

4 years ago

Podcast: Romanian Football History

5th tier football in Bucharest, with the imposing Casa Presi Liber (House of the Free Press) in the background [Credit:…

4 years ago

Podcast: Football in the Former Soviet Republics

Robert O'Connor's Blood and Circuses chronicles his travels in the former Soviet Republics Our guest is Robert O'Connor, who has…

4 years ago