Outside Write

Podcast: The Basque Derby

I am joined by Christopher Evans, author of Los Leones, an absolutely superb book on the history of Athletic Club de Bilbao.

My guest is Ceylon Andi Hickman, director of the charity Football Beyond Borders (FBB). We’re discussing how football is making a positive

In my first book, Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World (Pitch Publishing, 2021), I explored the roots of football in

In April 2021, Pitch Publishing released my first book, Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World. It’s a country-by-country

My guest is Norwegian groundhopper Marius Helgå as we discuss groundhopping in Norway. It’s Western Europe’s longest country at 1,750km with clubs

I’ve got a book coming out in spring 2025 about discovering Irish football as an outsider. I cover both the Irish League

My guest is Aidan Williams, whose new book Euro 1984: The Greatest Tournament You Never Saw. Back when the Euros was a

My guest is Ben Jackson, whose book The Africa Cup of Nations: The History of an Underappreciated Tournament came out in time

My guest is Roberto Pennino, whose book Immortal Torino covers the story of ‘Il Grande Torino’ – the Great Torino FC side

My guest is Phil Harrison, who discusses his new book, Inside the Hermit Kingdom: Football Stories from Stalinist Albania. We cover: Origin

For my day job as a technology sector content marketer and copywriter, I’ve run hundreds of group workshops, hosted roundtables and spoken at

In this guest post, Steve Sharman, a writer and psychologist based in Essex and London, covers one of England’s oldest surviving cup

My guest is Ruben Clark (RM Clark), whose new book Winner Stays On covers his travels around England following clubs through every round of

In this guest post, Tom Wardle explores the impact of Billy Barnes on the history of Athletic Club de Bilbao. On 6

My guest is Miguel Lourenço Pereira, who’s written a number of football books, but his latest is his first in English, Bring