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Outside Write ⚽️ (No longer active here)

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The curious fan's football travel, history, and culture blog and podcast. Author, ‘Origin Stories' and 'The Defiant'. Find me on Bluesky, Instagram and Threads

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🚨I'm no longer proactive on this channel You can connect with me over on Threads, Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook Just look for Outside Write I'll leave the a/c open for replies and DMs but otherwise goodbye 👋


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The quite wonderful Olympic Stadium, Stockholm should be on every football fan's bucket list. laurencereade.com/2024/08/05/the…


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Hoy se celebraría el cumpleaños (89) de #MárioColuna - el capitán más importante de nuestra historia En el episodio dedicado al "Mejor Benfica antes de Eusébio", @Miguel_LPereira nos hablaba así de Coluna. 👇 youtu.be/QdrUuV8ZL0Y?li… ¡Te echamos de menos, leyenda!

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Later this year, it will be 10 years since I set up Outside Write, originally to chronicle my #groundhopping but also to explore the deeper topics around football. I will be sharing some of my favourite photos over on my Instagram Stories (same name over there)

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South America’s oldest cross-city derby

🇺🇾 The Uruguayan clásico between Nacional and Peñarol at Estadio Centenario last night



Manchester-based followers 🚨 Get this in your diary! 👇

‘Double Diamond: 100 Years of Umbro’ Book launch w/Q&A, panel and quiz 📅 Thurs 29 Aug 19:00-21:00 📍 Hotel Football, next to Old Trafford 🎟️ £8, or £25 inc book (RRP £25) More details inc tickets in tweet below

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#OnThisDay 6 Aug 1936🇪🇸 Barça president Josep Sunyol (Suñol) becomes the first high-profile football casualty of the Spanish Civil War as his car strays into Francoist-held territory. Snippet from my book, The Defiant. More 👉bit.ly/3nXk2N2

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#OnThisDay 6 Aug 1942🇺🇦 The first of two matches between Ukrainians 'FC Start' and the German Air Force leads to the infamous 'Death Match' three days later. Snippet from my book, The Defiant. More 👉bit.ly/3nXk2N2

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This cover 👏🏼

Great to talk all things #WorkandPlay with @outsidewrite this evening Countdown to #PublicationDay 21/10/24 👇



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Two small but significant items in @FootballMuseum collections: pin-badges from some of the anti-fascist fan groups that were formed in the late 1970s and 1980s in response to the activities of the National Front.

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Pleasure to be invited back on to @_forgottenfooty to discuss the roots of Danish football

🎙️🇩🇰E59. Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is out now. This is the story of Denmark's oldest association football club. We dive into the history of football in Copenhagen and hear about growing up as part of Denmark's fledgling ultras scene. Listen here ⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/3YvTij…

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Dropping next Sunday (11/8)🎙️ Really interesting chat with @robsawyer70 and @theruleteros about the history of #Everton and their Chilean namesake 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝🇨🇱 Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts. Here's a taster...


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For those too young to remember Graham Thorpe the player, watch this hundred from Perth in 1995. As good as it gets in the toughest arena. 🎥 @robelinda2

From Rob Moody

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One of the world's best derby atmospheres 😲 Rosario Central vs Newell's Old Boys 👨‍🎓🧟‍♀️ The Clásico Rosarino @ the Gigante de Arroyito 💙💛 10th August 2024 Don't miss it! Pibedebarrio.com for more ⚽️🇦🇷

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Victoria Park, London, 1978. 100,000 Skins, Punks, Jews, Blacks, Muslims, Mixed , English, Irish, Hindus, Sikhs, Scots, Welsh, Working Class, Middle Class, trade unionists, unified against racists and fascists. Gen Z, it's your turn.


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A performance to be proud of for Tommy Fleetwood. He wins silver for Great Britain at #Paris2024 #BBCOlympics

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Football has a big role to play in defeating the far right, as it has been since 1922 Discover more in my book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism outsidewrite.co.uk/book-launch-th…


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🇬🇧 football referee Dr Arthur Barton kept a diary at the 1936 Olympics. After a bit of training, he saw as many events as possible. He saw Jesse Owens win the 100m final before heading off to the 2nd half of Norway v Turkey, rating the latter as a "moderate Isthmian League side"

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New Post✍️ Is there really any single 'home of football' or should we just acknowledge its development was a global team effort? Read on... #Twitterstorians bit.ly/3A9x3fT


#OnThisDay 4 Aug 1895 🇧🇪 Louis Mühlinghaus of Racing Brussels hosts a meeting in a brewery that would lead to the creation of the Belgian FA on 1 Sept More on the roots of football in Belgium and elsewhere in my book, Origin Stories 👉 outsidewrite.co.uk/origin-stories… [📸 Rio, 2014]

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