Outside Write

Podcast: The Great Brazil Side of 1982

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

We are joined by Tobias Jones, author of Ultra: The Underworld of Italian Football. Jones talks us through his travels with Cosenza’s

Away from the glitz and glamour of Spain’s La Liga there are so many great experiences that often go overlooked. To shed

Our guest is football historian Peter Alegi, who has researched the history of African football extensively and also coached in South Africa.

Our guest is Robert O’Connor, who has observed football’s state and role in the former Soviet republics and other countries formerly under

Following on from his piece on the history of football in the Dutch Caribbean, Steve Menary explores the modern game in the

Our guest is Vadim Furmanov, originally from Ukraine, to discuss the current state of football in Ukraine since the Russian intervention of

In the first of a two-part series, Steve Menary explores the rich history of football in the Dutch Caribbean Islands of Aruba,

Our guest is Josh Chapman, AKA The Kitsman, whose Twitter feed has gone stratospheric since he first shared a few of his