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Podcast: Football in the Eastern Bloc

We welcome football writer Onur Bilgic back onto the podcast to discuss football in the former Eastern Bloc, the countries ‘behind the

Join us as we explore the football clubs of Sicily with Anthony Barbagallo, who writes about Sicilian football in English. We look

In the very first season of the Football League, 1888-89, Preston North End went the league season unbeaten plus won the FA

Our guest is Austrian groundhopper, Richard Turkowitsch. Join us as we travel around the football grounds in Austria and get to know

The 1990s was a pivotal decade in football. The Italia ’90 World Cup kicked off a decade which would see countries disappear,

Football fans are often quick to accuse the ref of being biased when decisions go against their team. But what if there

[This post contains affiliate links. For more information, read our Disclosure page] Our guest is Alan McDougall, author of The People’s Game,

Our guest is the Hungarian sports writer Gergely Marosi. Join us as we discuss the famous football clubs of Budapest, including with

Our guest is Matt Walker, author of Europe United, which chronicles his groundhopping mission to watch a top-flight match in each of

After a gap of 40 years, nearly a third of its history, Wolverhampton Wanderers are back in European competition. Wolves were England’s

We are joined by Paul Musco, who runs Berlin Football Weekends, a company that helps groundhoppers enjoy a football break in the

Our guest is Matthew Caldwell, whose Instagram feed @1_Shilling chronicles the wonderful world of the football matchday programme. Join us as we

[This post contains affiliate links. For more information, read our Disclosure page] Our guest is John Nicholson, whose new book Can We

Our guest is Chris Clements, who set up the website España Estadios to chronicle his favourite football grounds in Spain. Join us

In a 13-year period from the turn of the twentieth century, the three modern giants of Dutch football – Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord