#OnThisDay in football, 27 March 1972 - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink born 🇸🇷🇳🇱 1974 - Gaizka Mendieta born 🇪🇸 1986 - Manuel Neuer born 🇩🇪

So grateful to be a neutral on World Cup qualifying playoff night 😬

I've played football/5-a-side around the world, and these are the various ways I've heard people warn you about an impending tackle: 🇬🇧 Man on! 🇮🇪 Watch your house! 🇦🇺 You're hot! 🇪🇸 ¡Atención! 🇩🇪 Mensch! 🇫🇷 Attention! Any you'd care to add?

DROPPING SUNDAY 🎙️ I am joined by @betterredthandead.bsky.social (Conor Kenny) to discuss his upcoming book, which looks back at the history of the USSR team. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK! If you remember the USSR⭐, you will LOVE this episode. Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts...

NEW POST 🗞️ Who wears which colours because of whom? 👕 Football kit evolution stories. The city of Nottingham has a huge legacy... Read on... #footballshirts outsidewrite.substack.com/p/kit-evolut...

#OnThisDay in football, 26 March 1982 - Mikel Arteta born 🇪🇸 1983 - Norman Whiteside (17) becomes the youngest player to score in a League Cup final. He went on to score in the FA Cup final that year, the first player to score in both domestic cup finals ☘️ 1989 - Simon Kjaer born 🇩🇰

All the best to both the Irish sides tonight in their World Cup qualifier playoffs I've removed the paywall for today for my long-read on why there are two international sides on the island of #Ireland, while other sports are all-Ireland. #GAWA #COYBIG open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

NEW POST 🗞️ Who wears which colours because of whom? 👕 Football kit evolution stories. The city of Nottingham has a huge legacy... Read on... #footballshirts outsidewrite.substack.com/p/kit-evolut...

DROPPING SUNDAY 🎙️ I am joined by @betterredthandead.bsky.social (Conor Kenny) to discuss his upcoming book, which looks back at the history of the USSR team. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK! If you remember the USSR⭐, you will LOVE this episode. Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts...

Read it while it's free (or, even better, subscribe 😀) Your #groundhopping guide to visiting Club Atlético Independiente 😈🇦🇷 outsidewrite.substack.com/p/football-t...

This week's groundhopping post is all about visiting FC Porto🇵🇹 Possibly the easiest #groundhopping experience I can think of, from a ticketing, pricing and access perspective. Decent atmosphere, too... 👉 outsidewrite.substack.com/p/groundhopp... #FCPorto

#OnThisDay in football, 25 March 1876 - Wales/Cymru played its first international, a 4-0 defeat to Scotland in Glasgow. Happy 150th anniversary!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 1900 - Ferencváros opened its first ground 🇭🇺 1914 - Aris Thessaloniki was founded 🇬🇷 2000 - Jadon Sancho was born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

#OnThisDay 24 March 2007 🇮🇪 The Republic of Ireland played its first soccer match here at Croke Park, home of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) It was controversial, but a sign of change More in my book, Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/shades-...

If I were an Ipswich Town fan, I think I'd defect to Norwich...

NEW POST 🗞️ Your #groundhopping guide to visiting FC Porto 💙🤍🇵🇹 Accessible elite football in a beautiful city. ✅ Simple online ticketing ✅ Station right opposite the ground ✅ Decent atmosphere Read on… Have you been? What did you think? open.substack.com/pub/outsidew... #TravelTuesday

#OnThisDay 24 March 1976 🇦🇷 A coup in Argentina saw a military junta take control for seven years, during which an estimated 30,000 people 'disappeared' during the 'Dirty War'. @rhyswrichards.bsky.social wrote a brilliant book about how the junta impacted the 1978 World Cup #NuncaMas

#OnThisDay 24 March 2007 🇮🇪 The Republic of Ireland played its first soccer match here at Croke Park, home of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) It was controversial, but a sign of change More in my book, Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/shades-...

NEW POST 🗞️ Your #groundhopping guide to visiting FC Porto 💙🤍🇵🇹 Accessible elite football in a beautiful city. ✅ Simple online ticketing ✅ Station right opposite the ground ✅ Decent atmosphere Read on… Have you been? What did you think? open.substack.com/pub/outsidew... #TravelTuesday

Dropping tomorrow on Substack...🗞️ Your #groundhopping guide to FC Porto 💙🤍🇵🇹 Don't miss out! Sub/follow 👉 outsidewrite.substack.com

Essential commuter listening! 🎧 Gonzalo Tobar joins me on the podcast this week to discuss politics and identity in Chilean football 🇨🇱 Find it wherever you get your pods. Here's the Spotify link: open.spotify.com/episode/3588... 📸 Gonzalo Tobar

Coming up this week on Outside Write 🎙️ AVAILABLE NOW: Football and identity in Chilean football 🇨🇱 🗞️ 24/3 - Groundhopping Guide: FC Porto 🇵🇹 🗞️ 26/3 - Football Kit Family Trees: Who wears what because of whom? 👕 Sub/follow 👉 outsidewrite.substack.com

Delighted to share that I was accepted into the British Guild of Travel Writers (@travwriters.bsky.social) this week! Seriously impressive company there, so I am looking forward to getting involved. My current book project is a sociological/groundhopping examination of Iberia 🇪🇸🇵🇹 - stay tuned...

#OnThisDay 22 March 2018 🇦🇷 René Houseman died, aged 64 🏆 World Cup 1978 🏆 1x Copa Libertadores 🏆 1x Intercontinental Cup 🏆 1x Argentine championship 🏆 1x Copa Chile

#OnThisDay in football, 22 March 1888 - Aston Villa director, William McGregor🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, wrote to various other clubs to propose the creation of a football league competition, which led to... the Football League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1889 - Members of the Sheffield United Cricket Club agreed to form a football arm 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

NEW PODCAST 🎙️ My guest is Gonzalo Tobar, and we’re discussing politics and identity in Chilean football 🇨🇱 ✅ Ethically-founded clubs ✅ Clubs under the Pinochet regime ✅ The international side …and more! 📸 Gonzalo Tobar at Santiago Wanderers ▶️ open.spotify.com/episode/3588... Taster...

Have you caught up on this week's podcast yet? #Madrid's football scene with @dermotmcorrigan.bsky.social 🇪🇸 Here on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5Cic... Or wherever you get your podcasts...

#OnThisDay in football, 21 March Some day for talented birthdays! 🎂 1961 - Lothar Matthäus born 🇩🇪 1963 - Ronald Koeman born 🇳🇱 1969 - Ali Daei born 🇮🇷 1980 - Ronaldinho born 🇧🇷 1989 - Jordi Alba born 🇪🇸 1991 - Antoine Griezmann born 🇫🇷

Not free to read for much longer… The remarkable story of Belfast Celtic ☘️ #skystorians #NIFL open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

Happy birthday to Leça Futebol Clube, celebrating its 114th birthday today 🌴 🇵🇹 I was there last weekend. Lovely ground. #groundhopping #portugal

Dropping Sunday 🎙️ We're looking at the politics and identity of football in Chile 🇨🇱 with US-based Chilean, Gonzalo Tobar. Here's a taster, talking about Palestino. Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts. 📸 Golzalo Tobar at Santiago Wanderers

The original #ArchibaldLeitch scheme at Old Trafford for #ManchesterUnited which too, was promoted as a 'great ground for the North'

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

#OnThisDay in football, 20 March 1959 - Dave Beasant born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1961 - Jesper Olsen born 🇩🇰 1968 - Paul Merson born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1984 - Fernando Torres born 🇪🇸 1990 - Lev Yashin died 🇷🇺

BREAKING: “you know what we were promised in the Brexit referendum which was incidentally a pack of lies .. frictionless trade. Give me frictionless trade however you want it and do it fast” Trade Minister Sir Chris Bryant

NEW POST 🗞️ Historic Football Stadiums: Craven Cottage Whenever an overseas groundhopper visits me in London, the first place I take them is Craven Cottage. Here’s why… #groundhopping #Fulham #COYW open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

#OnThisDay in football, 19 March 1966 - Nigel Clough born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1976 - Alessandro Nesta born 🇮🇹 1981 - Kolo Touré born 🇨🇮 1995 - Héctor Bellerín born 🇪🇸

#OnThisDay in football, 18 March 1919 🇪🇸 Valencia Club de Fútbol was founded 🦇 🏆 6x La Liga 🏆 8x Copas del Rey 🏆 1x UEFA Cup 🏆 1x European Cup-Winners' Cup ¡Amunt Los Che! #Valencia

So Iran may to have to withdraw from the Fifa World Cup (Report, 12 March) because it is being bombed by the winner of the Fifa peace prize. Robert Lee Hampton, London Bang on.

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#OnThisDay in football, 18 March 1874 - Germany's first club, Dresden English Football Club, was formed. More on German football roots below 🇩🇪 1900 - Amsterdamsche Football Club (AFC) Ajax founded 🇳🇱 1939 - Ron Atkinson born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1977 - Danny Murphy born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 outsidewrite.substack.com/p/the-birth-...

Happy #StPatricksDay to all who celebrate ☘️ This time last year, I was launching my latest book, 'Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football', in the clubhouse at Dulwich Hamlet FC. If you're interested in #Irish history, politics, and football, please pick up a copy!

@stanchionbooks.bsky.social will be selling copies of Escape by @verypopularname.bsky.social at the @chathmuseum.bsky.social and @footballandwar.bsky.social Escape to Victory Film Night

Have you downloaded this week's podcast yet? Groundhopping in #Madrid 🇪🇸 with @dermotmcorrigan.bsky.social ⚔️ The Madrid Derby ⚡ What's going on at Rayo? 🥒 Leganés ✈️ Getafe And more! Spotify link: open.spotify.com/episode/5Cic... ...or wherever you get your podcasts!

Happy #StPatricksDay to all who celebrate ☘️ This time last year, I was launching my latest book, 'Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football', in the clubhouse at Dulwich Hamlet FC. If you're interested in #Irish history, politics, and football, please pick up a copy!

NEW POST 🗞️ One for 1990s nostalgics - how to visit Parma Calcio 1913 🇮🇹 ✅ Golden era ✅ Rebirth ✅ Groundhopping guide Have you been? What did you think? #Groundhopping #SerieA open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

#OnThisDay in football, 17 March 1890 - Sevilla FC's founding documents published (although it was formed a few weeks earlier) 🇪🇸 1964 - Lee Dixon born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1972 - Mia Hamm born 🇺🇸 1986 - Edin Džeko born 🇧🇦

Apologies for the recent radio silence. I have been in Porto checking out all levels of football… more soon. 🇵🇹 New post tomorrow on Parma and ‘on this day’ content will return, too. #groundhopping

NEW PODCAST 🎙️ @dermotmcorrigan.bsky.social joins me on the podcast this week to discuss Madrid’s vibrant football scene 🇪🇸 Essential listening for groundhoppers! ▶️ open.spotify.com/episode/5Cic... Here’s a taster… Photos and montage: Chris Lee/Outside Write

In Porto doing Porto things 🇵🇹 weather picks up tomorrow, but much love to Leixões and Boavista’s ground

Coming up on Outside Write in the next week: 🎙️ 15/3 PODCAST: Football in Madrid with @dermotmcorrigan.bsky.social 🇪🇸 (taster below) 🗞️ 17/3 Groundhopping guide to Parma 🇮🇹 🗞️ 19/3 Historic Stadiums: Craven Cottage 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #groundhopping 📸 Chris Lee/Outside Write