Outside Write

Podcast: How the European Cup became the Champions League

James Dixon is the author of a new book, The Fix: How the First Champions League Was Won and Why We All

In this guest post, Ronald Schut tells us about French club RC Lens’ Polish connections. This piece originally appeared in Panenka (Dutch

I am joined by George Tsitsonis, whose book Achieving the Impossible charts the story of Greece’s unexpected triumph at Euro 2004. We

I welcome Gary Thacker back onto the podcast to discuss his upcoming book on the history of Dutch football. Beautiful Bridesmaids Dressing

My guest is David Hartrick, author of a new book Silver Linings on Bobby Robson’s time as England manager (1982-90), which coincided

Between them, Peñarol and Nacional have won 98 of the 116 Uruguayan championships contested since the league’s launch in 1900. This is

In this guest post, Sam Harris introduces us to the match day experience at Hertfordshire club, Berkhamsted FC. Southern League Division One

My guest is Liam Bambridge, Real Zaragoza fan and co-host of Belpod, the Belarussian football podcast. Like me, Liam was a student

My guest is Sivan John, Malaysia based blogger and podcaster with the Bola Bola Show. We look at the major football clubs

In this guest post, Arsenal fan and author of Tears at the Bombonera, Christopher Hylland, retraces the roots of Arsenal around Woolwich

We’re joined by Craig King, who runs the @FootballSwissEN account on Twitter, to discuss all things Swiss football. We look at the

What do the songs that football fans sing on the terraces say about them and wider society? My guest is Andrew Lawn,

My guest is Adam Brandon, who has spent more than a decade examining Chile’s football scene. We look at the domestic set-up,

In this guest post, Sam Harris gives us his tips for a visit to his local side, Chesham United. In the Buckinghamshire

My guest is Antony Sutton who runs the Indonesian football blog, Jakarta Casual, and wrote a book called Sepakbola: The Indonesian Way