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Groundhoppers’ Guide: Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield

In the sprawling western suburbs of Buenos Aires, there is an iconic ground that may not be a priority for the typical football

I am joined for a third time by Dr Pete Watson from the University of Leeds to discuss the ultimate grudge match

Walking through the Montevideo district of La Blanqueada, the red and blue graffiti on white walls leaves you in no doubt that

I welcome Christopher Hylland, author of Tears at La Bombonera, back onto the podcast to discuss his second book, Dame Bola: A

At the time of writing, the world’s oldest football club, Sheffield FC, is scheduled to play the world’s second-oldest club, Hallam FC,

My guests are Sam Kelly and Daniel Edwards from the Hand of Pod podcast, the original podcast about Argentine football in English,

Club Atlético River Plate – not to be mistaken for its more illustrious namesake across the water in Buenos Aires – is

In this podcast, I speak to Fernando Romero Nuñez, a sports journalist with the Buenos Aires Herald, about the evolution of Argentinian

I can finally reveal that my third book, Shades of Green: A Journey Into Irish Football, is coming out on 10 March 2025

One of the easier groundhopping experiences in Argentina is Club Atlético Banfield, located in the south of Buenos Aires. Here’s more on

I was in Buenos Aires recently and visited a number of places that I had already written about in my first book,

It’s ten years since I reserved the Outside Write domain and bagged the social media feeds. It was designed as an outlet for me

In November 2024, having just returned from a footballing trip to Buenos Aires and Montevideo, I gave a lecture to Latin American

I’m joined by Niamh O’Mahony from Football Supporters Europe (FSE) and JulieAnn Thomas from Fulham Lillies. We look at fan cultures within

In this guest post, Vedran Dedić – originally a refugee from the Yugoslavian Civil War in the 1990s – discusses his new