Welcome to the world of Peruvian football, from the scintillating to the scandalous
For many fans, Peru are the hipster team of various World Cups. The iconic white shirts with the broad red sash are instantly recognisable and conjure up memories of great players from the past. Benea...
1 Mar 20191h 11min
Jeff Goulding talks Stanley Park Story, the benchmark for modern football faction
Crossing football fact with fictional is an art form in itself, which few authors can pull off. A genre popularised by Nick Hornby's iconic Fever Pitch and continued adeptly by Mr Shankly's Photograph...
25 Feb 20191h 2min
Football in Egypt: the nation that defines the relationship between politics, society and football
We talk to Uri Levy, the founder of BabaGol, about Egyptian football, a country that defines the intricate relationship between politics, society and the beautiful game, from club level to reverence f...
20 Feb 20191h 5min
Managerial rivalries in the 1990s: Keegan, Dalglish, Ferguson, Wenger and more
Bringing our managerial rivalries series to a close, we move to the 1990s, a decade that began with the Dalglish-Graham head-to-head seemingly set to dominate to the century’s end. Swiftly, however, w...
18 Feb 20191h 17min
The socio-political influence that makes up the threads of Northern Irish club football
We return to Northern Ireland in the company of Ben Roberts to explore the various clubs based there and examine how history, location and fan base have formed the backdrop to their identity. Allegian...
7 Feb 20191h 5min
A history of the League Cup: a tournament that once had the power to change the course of history
The League Cup, with its countless changes of sponsorship and trophy, is a tournament has been a part of the English football calendar for almost 60 years, within which time it has been loved and scor...
5 Feb 20191h 18min
Author Lionel Birnie talks Graham Taylor: the revolutionary, the saviour and the vilified
A polarising figure who became an icon at some of the clubs he passed through, the game sadly lost Graham Taylor over two years ago. A revolutionary at Lincoln and Watford and a saviour at Aston Villa...
3 Feb 20191h 21min
Spanish football in the Franco years
Following the Spanish Civil War, Francisco Franco’s nationalist forces took control of the country and introduced a reactionary government, centred on traditional values, the church and a centrally do...
28 Jan 20191h 18min
