Podcast: What was the ‘Ruhleben Football Association’?

We welcome back Paul Brown onto the podcast to discuss his new book, The Ruhleben Football Association. The book looks at the
We welcome back Paul Brown onto the podcast to discuss his new book, The Ruhleben Football Association. The book looks at the
Our guest is Philip O’Rourke, who runs the Forgotten Clubs blog. Join us as we delve back into the archive to discover
In this guest post, Matthew Glossop-Freebody describes his experience at historic Parisian club, Red Star FC. The History of Red Star FC
We’re joined by football writer Aidan Williams to discuss the impact and legacy of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1922-43) on the game
We welcome Thomas Farines back onto the podcast to give us his tips for groundhopping in Greece. From incredible tifos to gun-toting
Our guest is Greg Lansdowne, author of Stuck On You: The Rise and Fall…and Rise of Panini, and other nostalgia writing. We
We often hear Olympic committees talk about ‘legacy’ and how a venue will be used after the competitors and spectators have gone
Our guests are Ricardo and Eupremio from Vintage Football City Tours, a group of football historians who run tours of Lisbon’s historic
Our guest is Nick Green, who’s completed the equivalent of the ‘92 Club‘ but in Japan. He covered 72 grounds in less
Our guest is Richard Mills, author of The Politics of Football in Yugoslavia: Sport, Nationalism and the State. We look at the
Our guest is archivist Petra Tabarelli, who researches and blogs about the history and evolution of football rules. Join us as we
Our guest is Mark Wilson, who in 2009 refounded Wanderers, the original winners of the FA Cup. We talk to him about
There’s a lot of snobbery – particularly in England – around the use of the word ‘soccer’. But I want to put
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