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Podcast: The Rise of Icelandic Football

We welcome Matt McGinn back onto the podcast to talk about his new book, Against the Elements: The Eruption of Icelandic Football.

The Hamburger Stadt Derby – between Hamburger SV (HSV) and FC Sankt Pauli is one of Germany’s hottest cross-city rivalries. There haven’t

Our guest is Jamie Ralph, who blogs about Argentine football club Newell’s Old Boys in English at Newell’s Carajo. We discuss ‘El

Our guests are Bill Hern and David Gleave as they discuss the experience of the first black professionals at each of the

There’s a new book out on 5 October 2020 called Iberia Chronicles: A Brief History of Spanish and Portuguese Football. The book

Mikel Huarte from Pamplona/Iruñea in Navarre, Spain, has been researching the fascinating story of Andrés Jaso Garde, a striker with a fierce

We welcome Steven Scragg back onto the podcast to discuss his new book about the UEFA Cup. Where the Cool Kids Hung

Steve Menary is the author of GB United? British Olympic Football and the End of the Amateur Dream. In this guest post,

Sócrates, Zico, Éder, Falcão, Júnior…all names that conjure up a certain mystique. The Brazil side that travelled to Spain for the 1982

We welcome Alan McDougall from the University of Guelph in Canada back onto the podcast to discuss his new book, Contested Fields,

In this guest post, James Stephens transports us back to a time when Scottish football wasn’t all about the Old Firm… Just

Our guest is Jordan Florit, whose new book Red Wine and Arepas: How Football is Becoming Venezuela’s Religion, explores the rise and

Jordan Florit is the author of a new book on Venezuelan football – Red Wine and Arepas: How Football is Becoming Venezuela’s

We’re joined by Craig McCracken from the football history and nostalgia site, Beyond the Last Man, to discuss the complex and often

In this guest post, Shubi Arun reviews Michael Cox’s book Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football. Football, like everything else