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Football Travel Podcast: The State of Calcio and Netherlands Groundhopping

Coming up in Episode 13: The State of Calcio (00:51): You remember Channel 4’s Gazzetta Football Italia from the nineties, right? James

Berlin. The very name conjures images from history. It’s also home to a number of football clubs, including Hertha BSC at the

We travel from Siberia to Yorkshire in this edition of the Football Travel Podcast: Russia (00.36): With the Russia 2018 World Cup

For fans of stadia, floodlights and paraphernalia, there’s nothing quite like Instagram to widen your footballing horizons. Below are a few of

Tucked behind the eclectic Mauerpark is a very attractive sports complex. In it plays something of a fallen giant. We visit BFC

We visit two opposite ends of the modern football landscape in this podcast. First up, we get the lowdown the Chinese Super

Following “Pompey” must be a rollercoaster ride. A team once picking up silverware in the Premier League is now in the

I reflect on the leafy West London suburb of Brentford and my last visit to lively Griffin Park, former home of Brentford

Beneath the towering green banks of the South Downs there is a sloping pitch surrounded by friendly and boisterous fans. We

We venture into Eastern Europe and southern Spain in this episode. Introduction to Polish Football (00:43): We talk to Chris Lash,

The Portuguese capital Lisbon is home to two of the country’s ‘Big Three’ football clubs, but there are other teams worth visiting

Another season, another long farewell to one of London’s iconic football grounds. 2016-17 season will be Spurs’ last at White Hart Lane

In this episode we travel down London’s Central Line to Shepherds Bush to talk Queens Park Rangers and get

Nestled beneath the wires and pylons of industrial North Kent is a rising force in non-league football. We visit Ebbsfleet United.

Almost a decade before Jonathan Wilson wrote the brilliant Angels with Dirty Faces, he chronicled his travels in the former Eastern Bloc