Outside Write

Podcast: Football and the Breakup of Yugoslavia

I am joined by Chris Etchingham, whose first book Emancipation for Goalposts: Football’s Role in the Fall of Yugoslavia, is fairly self-explanatory.

In the first of a new series of podcasts, I interview Dr Mark Orton, whose new book El Más Grande (The Greatest) chronicles the history

In this guest post, football writer and Cardiff City and Wales fan Tim Hartley takes us on a central Asian groundhop in

Danny Last is one of the most high-profile groundhoppers, having founded the European Football Weekends blog way back in 2007. He now

On 30 May, I gave a talk at Dulwich Hamlet in conjunction with the University of Wolverhampton’s Football and War Network and

I recently went on both the Anfield and Goodison Park stadium tours and, having decided to walk from Liverpool Lime Street station,

As you creep into Greater Manchester on the train coming north, you’ll pass the wonderful old school stadium of Edgeley Park, home

I’m doing a mini book tour this spring! If you’re in Leeds, Dublin or London, and are interested in the history of

Many of the world’s most famous names did not start out at standalone, dedicated football clubs. Many span out of other institutions.

There’s nothing quite like the romance of South American football. I was inspired to learn Spanish in my teens because of the

Followers of the British sports media will be familiar with the phrase “a cold wet Tuesday night in Stoke” – or variations

I’ve compiled a list of football clubs named after famous people – both real or myth. The criteria is that they must

Inspired by a recent Twitter conversation around the launch of my second book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism, I’ve put

I am joined by Bess Dawson and – for a third time on the podcast – Alan McDougall to discuss a book

England versus Hungary at Wembley in November 1953 was dubbed ‘The Match of the Century’. The ‘Mighty Magyars’ ran out 6-3 winners