Football History

Podcast: Footballing Pioneers with Jon Driscoll

Our guest is the journalist Jon Driscoll, author of The Fifty: Football's Most Influential Players. We look back at players…

5 years ago

11 clubs that changed the course of football history

An early photo of Sheffield FC, the world's oldest football club [Photo: Sheffield FC] I’d been researching the roots of…

5 years ago

Podcast: Trinidad and Tobago’s Epic 2006 World Cup

Image by David Peterson from Pixabay Do you remember Trinidad and Tobago making its first - and so far, only…

5 years ago

Podcast: Football in South Korea

Devon Rowcliffe's new book explores South Korean soccer [Photo: Devon Rowcliffe] Our guest is Devon Rowcliffe, whose new book is…

5 years ago

Podcast: Black Pioneers of the Football League

Our guests are Bill Hern and David Gleave as they discuss the experience of the first black professionals at each…

5 years ago

Podcast: Portugal’s Golden Generation and the Copa del Rey

There's a new book out on 5 October 2020 called Iberia Chronicles: A Brief History of Spanish and Portuguese Football.…

5 years ago

The Mystery of Andrés Jaso Garde: Sporting de Gijón’s Fearsome Striker and Missing Victim of Fascism

Mikel Huarte from Pamplona/Iruñea in Navarre, Spain, has been researching the fascinating story of Andrés Jaso Garde, a striker with…

5 years ago

Podcast: The Story of the UEFA Cup

We welcome Steven Scragg back onto the podcast to discuss his new book about the UEFA Cup. Where the Cool…

5 years ago

The incredible story of GB’s last overseas Olympic odyssey

GB Olympic team vs Arsenal 1960 [Photo courtesy of Steve Menary] Steve Menary is the author of GB United? British…

5 years ago

Podcast: A Global History of Modern Football

Alan McDougall's new book explores the role of economics, race, gender and much more in the spread of football We…

5 years ago