Honoured that MORE THAN A SHIRT is longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025, alongside some very talented authors.

Thanks for having me @outsidewrite.bsky.social !

Few, if any, football supporters want “to wrestle with complex geopolitical issues”, argues Joey D’Urso in a new book. He explains why geopolitics keeps invading the pitch

Here's a taster of this Sunday's podcast 🎙️ @joeydurso.bsky.social joins me to discuss his new book on the politics of football shirts 👕 Plus, we discuss a few of our personal favourite #footballshirts Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

Next up on the reading list.. 'More Than a Shirt' from the boy @joeydurso.bsky.social New book exploring the sometimes murky world of football shirt sponsorship deals and occasions when politics and sport are more than happy to get into bed together

Enjoyed this!

Great evening at The Volley in Old Street listening to @joeydurso.bsky.social discussing his new book, ‘More Than a Shirt’ 👕 Thanks to @stanchionbooks.bsky.social as ever for hosting a top event 👏🏼

🧵📚 I was in a stadium in Colombia. It was sticky. The crowd was noisy. In front of me was a man wearing a football shirt with a face on the back... the face of a murdered drug warlord. I've been to five continents to tell the story of how football shirts explain the world...

Really looking forward to this by @joeydurso.bsky.social

Unbelievably proud of top data journo and football shirt supremo @joeydurso.bsky.social, who launches his book tonight!! 🔗 amzn.eu/d/bvUYlQv

🎧🎙️Great to go on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning talking about my new book 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓...

I'll be on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 at 8.40am 📻

⚽️📷I I've written for @thetimes.com about my journey across the world to find 22 football shirts that explain the world, from one with a drug warlord's face on it, to a German shirt explaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine.. MORE THAN A SHIRT book out next week! www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

⚽️📷I I've written for @thetimes.com about my journey across the world to find 22 football shirts that explain the world, from one with a drug warlord's face on it, to a German shirt explaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine.. MORE THAN A SHIRT book out next week! www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

Just been reading this fantastic book by @joeydurso.bsky.social Its about footy shirts - and so much more. Come and join us in conversation next week @waterstones.bsky.social #Birmingham www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

Vaccine fatigue is real but more hard core anti-vax sentiment is also on the rise. Are children paying the price for their parents misguided beliefs? Great to work with @joeydurso.bsky.social for this Sunday Times piece:

Very exciting to get the first hard copy of MORE THAN A SHIRT: HOW FOOTBALL SHIRTS EXPLAIN GLOBAL POLITICS, MONEY AND POWER. Out June 19!

(1/4) Is the "60+ Oyster card" Britain's biggest freebie? From the age of 60, several years before the retirement age of 66, London residents get free transport. The cost of this is projected to double between 2022 and 2027. Fares for younger users will pay for it.

‘Colourful’ @patrickmaguire.bsky.social ‘Innovative’ @migueldelaney.bsky.social ‘Meticulously researched’ @adamcrafton.bsky.social ‘Original’ @mattchorley.bsky.social Some incredible early endorsements have landed for @joeydurso.bsky.social’s #MoreThanAShirt Out 19/06/25 geni.us/MoreThanAShirt

Absolutely thrilled to be publishing @joeydurso.bsky.social’s More Than A Shirt @orionbooks.bsky.social. Joey’s writing is intrepid and gripping, his book is an incredible exploration of geopolitics, finance, history and power through 22 football shirts. Out 19/06/25: geni.us/MoreThanAShirt

(1/4) I'm excited to announce that my first book is out on June 19! I've travelled to five continents to tell the story of how 22 different football shirts explain the world... @tierneywitty.bsky.social @northbanktalent.bsky.social @orionbooks.bsky.social

Ignore the pearl-clutchers, it is totally fine for Aston Villa fans to boo Jack Grealish. It is all a pantomime and rattling the opposition is what home crowds are meant to do: www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...

Former Everton player Li Tie has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery in China. I reported on this earlier this year, including speaking to people who knew him. There may well be more to this than meets the eye. www.nytimes.com/athletic/527...

I have no idea who any of these artists are (OK apart from one). But I know I did listen incessantly to the same "Lofi Pomodoro Playlist 25/5" while writing my book, about how football shirts explain the world. Now near enough finished and out in June 2025!

Follow @thetimes.com data team! 👇 @venetiamenzies.bsky.social @joeydurso.bsky.social @gwjournalism.bsky.social @matildakdavies.bsky.social @yennahsmart.bsky.social @danatherton.bsky.social @narottam.bsky.social @michael-keith.bsky.social @annadowell.bsky.social @marietamarinova.bsky.social

I wrote about my favourite sports books of 2024 for the Times and Sunday Times this weekend... so many great ones! www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

The GAIL's Index - places with more expensive property have more GAIL's per person. Click and hover to see your area: www.datawrapper.de/_/OBj1h/?v=3 From this article: www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

Follow my colleagues here! bsky.app/profile/thet...

Another huge piece of entrepreneurial criminality exposed by the outstanding journalism of Hindenburg.

Had a look at where Kamala Harris's $1 billion war chest went, with Megan Agnew for @thetimes.com 🔗 www.thetimes.com/world/us-wor... Las Vegas sphere, celeb events, lots of door knockers... It had little impact. Trump's win was years in the making, rooted in anger over inflation and immigration.

Social media use by age in Britain (with newspaper reading thrown in for fun) Nearly two-thirds of people in their 70s use Facebook!

Hello BlueSky! I'm recently back from NYC, and covering the election, and asking - can a Democrat win the White House in 2028? Yes, but means overturning a red wave that swept the whole US: www.thetimes.com/world/us-wor... Lots will depend on Trump's presidency, and the candidates next time... 🧵