Football Travel by Outside Write

My guest is Belgrade-based sports journalist Nebojša Marković, and we're discussing groundhopping in Serbia. We also discuss the history of football in the country, including that great Red Star team of 1991.
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Check out Chris Lee's three books:
·      Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World
·      The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
·      Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football

I am joined today by Simon Binns, whose new book is a biography of the famously left-wing and rebellious Paris club, Red Star. 
 
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Check out Chris Lee's three books:
·      Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World
·      The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
·      Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football

My guest is Chris Lepkowski, whose new book, The Slum Sport, tells the story of the difficult post-Heysel, post-Bradford fire season, when English football was at its lowest ebb and hooliganism was rife. Chris argues that the 1985/86 season was, in many ways, a turning point that led ultimately to the creation of the Premier League in 1992.
Visit Outside Write on Substack for more groundhopping and football history.
Follow Outside Write on social media, on Bluesky, Instagram, and X
Check out Chris Lee's three books:
·      Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World
·      The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
·      Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football

My guest is BBC journalist Alex Bysouth, whose new book, Football for the Soul, covers his search to rediscover 'the beauty in the beautiful game'. It's a journey that takes him to Bilbao, Naples, Paris, Cambridge, and elsewhere.
Visit Outside Write on Substack for more groundhopping and football history.
Follow Outside Write on social media, on Bluesky, Instagram, and X
Check out Chris Lee's three books:
·      Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World
·      The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
·      Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football

I am joined by Brendan Madden, otherwise known as 'Fútbol es La Leche' on social media. His new book, Once Upon a Time in La Liga, is a brilliant collection of short stories of lesser known incidents and characters from Spanish football history. 
Visit Outside Write on Substack for more groundhopping and football history.
Follow Outside Write on social media, on Bluesky, Instagram, and X
Check out Chris Lee's three books:
·      Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World
·      The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
·      Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football