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

What happened to the 14 clubs of the former DDR-Oberliga, East Germany‘s football league top flight, after the reunification of Germany in

My guest is Belinda Scarlett, curator at the National Football Museum in Manchester. We’re talking ahead of a new exhibition in 2021

Our guest is Natxo Parra, co-author of St Pauli: Another Football is Possible. We discuss the club’s transition from being a small

It’s finally out! Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World is out via Pitch Publishing now! Listen to the podcast to learn

Bill Shankly is credited by many as creating the platform on which Liverpool FC became the dominant team in England and Europe.

Our guest is Dr. Kevin Moore, former CEO of the National Football Museum. He is also the author of What You Think

Our guest is the journalist Jon Driscoll, author of The Fifty: Football’s Most Influential Players. We look back at players who have

I’d been researching the roots of football for my debut book, Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World. During

Our guest is Michael Cole, an Early Stage Researcher on the FATIGUE Project, based at the University of Tartu, Estonia, and a

We’re joined by Croatian sports journalist Juraj Vrdoljak, to talk about the historical significance of Hajduk Split. Did you know the club

Our guest is James Hendicott, author of CONIFA: Football for the Forgotten. Who is CONIFA? What is their objective? How does the

We welcome Rich Hall, founder of Italian football website and podcast, The Gentleman Ultra, back onto the podcast to discuss the past,

Do you remember Trinidad and Tobago making its first – and so far, only – appearance at the World Cup back in

Our guest is Devon Rowcliffe, whose new book is called Who Ate All the Squid? Football Adventures in South Korea. Rowcliffe outlines

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