The Pioneers

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…

4 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…

4 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: 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

Podcast: Romanian Football History

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

5 years ago

Podcast: The History of Football in Africa

Al Ahly from Cairo, Egypt, is Africa's most successful club side Our guest is football historian Peter Alegi, who has…

5 years ago

The Story of Uruguay’s Olympic Triumphs: Amsterdam 1928

Uruguay's Olympic Heroes from Paris 1924 at the Estadio Centenario - many played again in 1928 (Photo: Chris Lee/Outside Write)…

5 years ago

The First Two Stars: The Story of Uruguay’s Olympic Triumphs

Uruguay's Olympic Heroes from Paris 1924 at the Estadio Centenario - many played again in 1928 (Photo: Chris Lee/Outside Write)…

5 years ago

Podcast: The History of Argentina v Uruguay

Argentina fans gather on Ipanema Beach during World Cup 2014 in Brazil. The world's oldest international rivalry outside of the…

5 years ago

Podcast: 100 Years of ‘Oriundi’

Raimundo Orsi (front row, far right) in the colours of Juventus [Photo courtesy of Esteban Bekerman] Our guest is Zach…

5 years ago