Football History

Women’s Football and the Scottish Football Association

A match between Stewarton Thistle and Holyrood Bumbees in May 1964. Finding match officials was a perennial problem for women's…

4 years ago

Portugal: When Football Kicked Against a Dictatorship

Académica de Coimbra players in their gowns before the 1969 Taça de Portugal final [Photo: Formidável] Portugal lived under Western…

4 years ago

The Philadelphia Story: Irish Footballers in Early US Soccer

Modern Philadelphia [Photo by ActionVance on Unsplash] In this guest post, Irish football historian Gerard Farrell explores the role of Irish footballers in…

4 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: The History of Subbuteo

Juventus in Subbuteo form at the Juventus Museum, Turin Our guest is Stephen Hurrell, who blogs about the table-top football…

4 years ago

Podcast: What happened to East German football clubs after reunification?

Sportforum Berlin, once home to BFC Dynamo [Photo: Michael Wagg] The Turning Season is out via Pitch Publishing What happened…

4 years ago

Podcast: Pioneers of Women’s Football

The statue of Lily Parr. The UK's first-ever statue of a female footballer [Photo: National Football Museum, Manchester] My guest…

4 years ago

Podcast: How FC St. Pauli Became a ‘Cult Club’

FC Sankt Pauli's Millerntor Stadium, Hamburg Our guest is Natxo Parra, co-author of St Pauli: Another Football is Possible. We…

4 years ago

BOOK LAUNCH: Origin Stories – The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World

Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World is out NOW! It's finally out! Origin Stories: The Pioneers…

4 years ago

Podcast: Bill Shankly, maker of modern Liverpool FC

Bill Shankly's statue at the Kop End, Anfield Bill Shankly is credited by many as creating the platform on which…

4 years ago