Football History

Podcast: Football and Politics in Poland

Gornik Zabrze fans in Poland [Credit: Mieszko Rajkiewicz] Our guest is Mieszko Rajkiewicz from Warsaw, Poland, who presented at the…

5 years ago

Podcast: USA at World Cup 1930

The US team at the 1930 World Cup semi-final [Source: Brown Family World Cup Collection] Our guest is James Brown…

5 years ago

Podcast: Sevilla v Betis – El Gran Derbi

We welcome Colin Millar back onto the podcast to discuss his new book, The Frying Pan of Spain, which explores…

5 years ago

Podcast: World Football Club Crests

World Football Club Crests [Credit: Leonard Jägerskiöld Nilsson and Bloomsbury] We talk to Leonard Jägerskiöld Nilsson, author of World Football…

5 years ago

Historic Grounds: Le Stade Yves-du-Manoir

Le Stade Yves-du-Manoir is getting a refit for its second Olympiad (taken in 2019) It was the host stadium for…

5 years ago

Podcast: The History of Women’s Football

Women's football in the US [Credit: Jeffrey Lin via Unsplash] Recorded ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup in France…

6 years ago

Podcast: Football Under Franco

Valle de los Caidos, the infamous burial basilica of General Franco [Source: pixabay.com] The dictatorship of General Francisco Franco ruled…

6 years ago

Podcast: Il Grande Torino

Torino FC fans wave a flag featuring Il Grande Torino captain Valentino Mazzola - sleeves rolled up - and the…

6 years ago

Podcast: The Corinthian-Casuals

The Corinthians in 1894 [Credit: Corinthian-Casuals FC] Down in the seventh tier of English football you will find one of…

6 years ago

Great Football Murals: 6:3

The Mighty Magyars are immortalised in this Budapest street mural. Budapest’s Rumbach Sebestyén street is a narrow thoroughfare in the…

6 years ago