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"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/here-we-go...

More 1986 World Cup magic...

@outsidewrite.bsky.social Front cover for my forthcoming book. Hopefully released later on this year.

¡Viva México! 🇲🇽 We're off to the World Cup. We have to earn the right, of course. To know the World Cup is to know that the qualifiers are a part of the World Cup itself. Those tales of glory and failure, the sliding doors moments one which fortune turned. The epic adventure begins...

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Delighted to launch my latest book, THE SLUM SPORT - the story of the 1985/86 Football League season, as told by those who were there. "It truly is a cracking read" - Barry Davies MBE Out mid-October. To pre-order your copy please go to: www.curtis-sport.com/all-programm...

Selling fast: Francesco Totti and Philosophies. First up, Totti in all his glory, covering the highs and lows of his Roma and Italy career. Just look at that cover! Alongside it comes our exploration of the philosophies and systems that made football. thesefootballtimes.shop/mag

We are The Great North Run and every one of us is a story. #GreatNorthRun #WeAreTheGNR www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-rZ...

FIFA has multiple obvious grounds to suspend or expel the Israel Football Association and in doing so apply meaningful pressure to stop the slaughter in Gaza. It has done nothing. Great piece of work here from @thepitchinspection.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfjD...

And so we reach the end of our trip back to Euro 84. The excellent @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social & Jonathan O’Brien take us through a nervy final, it’s legacy and just how authoritative a performance it was from France & Platini. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n... open.spotify.com/episode/4dzs...

The greatest European Championship game of all time? @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and Jonathan O’Brien run the rule over an incredible night when France and Portugal met in Marseille. Out in the usual places now! open.spotify.com/episode/1VZX... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden...etc It's 1981. Join @scraggy74.bsky.social and @themagicofthecup.bsky.social for England's World Cup qualifier in Norway The story of our 'album' title track ... yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/module-8-y...

Is this the greatest tournament group of all time? 23 goals, drama to the very end, the emergence of 3 young talents, a disgrace that derailed the Belgians and, of course, Platini. @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social guides us through podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n... open.spotify.com/episode/53xC...

Part 2 of our Euro ‘84 series is available now in all the usual places as @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social & Rob Smyth wrap up the drama of the qualifiers. Italy’s gap year, Northern Ireland managing to beat West Germany twice and not qualify and Spain needing to beat Malta by 11 clear goals…

Our Euro ‘84 deep dive is underway with the story of the qualifiers that is as dramatic and remarkable as the finals themselves. @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social joins Rob and Martyn to set the scene… open.spotify.com/episode/3IrQ... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

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If you enjoy your football nostalgia and have a penchant for the 1980s, we have just the thing for you...

What are you listening to today? 🎧 Please check out my third appearance on @thesefootballtimes.shop where I discuss my new book 📗☘️with @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and Matthew Gibbs 👇🏼 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Carabao Cup final review: @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social enjoys that rare feeling of Newcastle glory while a chilled Steven Scragg knows Premier League glory is on the horizon. Listen and download ⬇️ Apple bit.ly/3oyPu89 Spotify bit.ly/3BVb3Tm Online bit.ly/

Shearer's ready for the final...

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And what a superb book this is from a terrific writer. Can thoroughly recommend this book to enhance and grow your understanding of the fabulous world of Portuguese football. 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

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open.spotify.com/episode/7stm... We're going on a tour of Portugal! @miguelpereira.bsky.social is our guide as we discuss his fantastic book 'Bring me that horizon'. Featuring @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social & @scraggy74.bsky.social

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Listen to the @thesefootballtimes.shop podcast where I discuss my book with @allbluedaze.bsky.social, @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social & Steven Scragg. Inside The Hermit Kingdom: Football Stories from Stalinist Albania Just click 👇 www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the... via @listennotes.com #Podcast

Decades: 1996/97. United win again, Newcastle sign Shearer, Boro reach two cup finals and lots more drama, with @robfletcher.bsky.social, @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social and Alex Ireland. Listen and download ⬇️ Apple bit.ly/3oyPu89 Spotify bit.ly/3BVb3Tm Online bit.ly/4fMUtrn

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⚽️ We've got a limited number of recent back issues in stock. Get in quickly to secure yours (or a few for a mate this Christmas). thesefootballtimes.shop/mag

Ok folks, I'm feeling like I should get to know you fine folk here in the new world. So how about posting what football book you're reading, or last read? For me, it's Jonathan Wilson's "Two Brothers". It's a superb and engaging read on those two contrasting sobs of Ashington.

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