Portugal

Podcast: Portuguese Football History with Miguel Pereira

My guest is Miguel Lourenço Pereira, who's written a number of football books, but his latest is his first in…

8 months ago

How Clubs Got Their Colours: Portugal’s Seleção

Portugal fans at Euro 2016. But why is the Portuguese flag - and therefore national kit - red and green?…

2 years ago

Cândido de Oliveira: The Most Important Figure in Early Portuguese Football

Cândido de Oliveira, standing third from right, in his Casa Pia days (Photo: Casa Pia Atlético Clube) Each Portuguese football…

3 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

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.…

4 years ago

Podcast: Travels with the Portuguese Cup

Sporting Clube de Portugal fans gather for the Taça de Portugal final [Credit: Filipe d'Avillez] Lisbon-based journalist Filipe d'Avillez spent…

5 years ago

Podcast: Groundhopping in Lisbon

En route to the Estádio da Luz, home of SL Benfica Our guests are Ricardo and Eupremio from Vintage Football…

5 years ago

Football City Guide: Lisbon

The Portuguese capital Lisbon is home to two of the country’s ‘Big Three’ football clubs, but there are other teams…

8 years ago

Football Travel Podcast: FC St.Pauli and Portugal

In this month’s Football Travel Podcast we speak to one of Germany’s most famous clubs - FC St Pauli of…

8 years ago

Football Travel: Belenenses

We visit one of the most scenic grounds in world football, Restelo, the home of Os Belenenses, and its privileged…

9 years ago