A tip of the hat to anyone who bought one of my books in 2025. For those who didn't, they're still on sale in 2026, so what are you waiting for?

View from the Elland Road Kop in 1949. Looks quite empty when compared to the packed ‘popular side’/ Lowfields and Scratching Shed. #LUFC #ALAW #MOT #Leeds

As someone who has written a play about a women’s football team that formed in WW1 I’m hoping to go and see Ladies Football Club @dagenhaminvince.bsky.social

It's Christmas Day and the finale of #HutVent2025. Thank you for all your support in 2025 and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2026! youtu.be/D8wOBsGX5W4 #HutVent

"....the working class streets of England produced the champions of the world’s game...." Out in 2026 via Pitch Publishing 'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game' #StreetFootball 📸 Getty Images

It’s Christmas Eve, and we are nearly at the end of #HutVent2025, but today Lyndsay has some tiny uniforms for you... youtu.be/mdhKNlZ7TUI #HutVent

@footballandwar.bsky.social wishes to thank all our followers and our colleagues, organisations, clubs and museums we have collaborated with in 2025. It has been a phenomenal year and we are looking forward to 2026. Love and Peace to all of you

It is the 23rd Day of #HutVent2025 and today Taff is looking at some First World War Army welfare provision and the subject of 'French Leave'... youtu.be/S070052pOtY

A nautical theme for Day 22 of #HutVent2025 as Taff tells the tale of the sinking of the Lusitania... youtu.be/Aaf_qlFuKc0

I'm on the 'It Was What It Was', the very excellent football pod with @jonawils & @draper_rob talking about the book and 'Escape to Victory' in general. I had a lovely, Christmassy time, and I hope you do too. #itWasWhatItWasTheFootballHistoryPodcast podcastaddict.com/it-was-what-...

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"....beneath the grandeur, the soul of football remained humble. It lived in the streets...." Out in 2026 via Pitch Publishing 'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game' #StreetFootball 📸 Wigan Today

For the 21st Day of #HutVent2025, Taff tells us about Colonel Isaac Newton Lewis's invention, and how it revolutionised British Infantry tactics... youtu.be/6FkNM9Wig70

On the 20th Day of #HutVent2025 Kev tells of Mice and Oojahs... youtu.be/HX8R6rDmvyM #HutVent

On Day 19 of #HutVent2025 - our fifth year - Taff finally gets round to talking about spikey German helmets... youtu.be/TygSOweI0S4

✍️New Article: Billy Gillespie Our last article of 2025 is here. We remember the life and legacy of Billy Gillespie, the man from Kerrykeel in Donegal who won an FA Cup with Sheffield United. Words: David Moen Read here ⬇️ www.footballheritage.co.uk/billy-gilles...

Day 18 of #HutVent2025 means more uniform - this time a rare Jacket, explained by Taff... youtu.be/LMdC-pqIKQ4

Read the latest Network Blog Article entitled - The Army Game and Charlie Townsend by Roger Slater aka @oneeye.bsky.social @ bit.ly/4pEqI0N

English cricket fans, get over those Ashes blues by reading "The Coping Stone" about the first English Football tour of Australia in 1925 (England won!) via www.fairplaypublishing.com.au @fairplaybooks.bsky.social @footballandwar.bsky.social @footballheritage.bsky.social @petereedy.bsky.social

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NEW POST 📣 Final post of the year and another iconic football stadium that we’re going to lose in the coming years. Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia 🇪🇸🦇 Have you been? 📸 Guzmán Barquín via Unsplash (free licence) Read on... 👇🏼 outsidewrite.substack.com/p/iconic-foo...

What are your most interesting English #nonleague grounds and why? For me: - Hallam's Sandygate (world's oldest) - Great Yarmouth Town (grandstand) - Cadbury Athletic (clubhouse view) - Enfield Town (art deco clubhouse) - Dulwich Hamlet (atmosphere) - Lewes (beach huts) - Eastbourne Town (view)

"The resilience of street football lies in its accessibility and its link to the soul of the game" Out in 2026 via Pitch Publishing 'Street Football: The Real Grassroots of the Beautiful Game' #StreetFootball 📸 Raymond Depardon

On the 17th Day of #HutVent2025, Kieran looks at an iconic piece of military hardware - the Webley Service Revolver... youtu.be/J33wPWiflaw

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The latest issue of @wheresthebar.bsky.social is out now. Order a paper copy @ wheresthebar.co.uk/product-page...

Read the article - Football, Remembrance and Commemoration 2025 by Alex Alexandrou @ bit.ly/4rXtO1h that covers the recent @footballandwar.bsky.social Remembrance Events

Great to see and hear @robsawyer.bsky.social talking about his latest book on Peter Farrell. If you missed it, catch up on BBC Sounds, link below. 🎧 Listen in full ➡️ bbc.in/4j3GkbI

#OTD in 1934 one of the finest full backs to pull on an Everton shirt was born. Ray Wilson played 154 games for Everton between 1964-69, winning the FA Cup in 1966. He was capped 63 times for England, his crowning achievement coming just weeks later winning the World Cup 🏆🏅

Today’s #FanzineoftheDay is issue 4 of Elfmeter, (1 staple) an English fanzine published from Wales and edited by the American David Wangerin who would go on to write various books and articles for WSC and is commemorated with the When Saturday comes new writer award each year.

Still time to order these football history books for Christmas! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B096TN55XY/ www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1986612449/ www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1475206844/ www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B085HMV4CS/

Guest Presenter, Jo Hook, tells us about special Gallipoli currency on the 16th Day of #HutVent2025... youtu.be/NtyckPETvro

Read the article - Football, Remembrance and Commemoration 2025 by Alex Alexandrou @ bit.ly/4rXtO1h that covers the recent @footballandwar.bsky.social Remembrance Events

We have a Scottish theme on Day 15 of #HutVent2025 as Taff tells us about iconic Scottish headwear from 1915... youtu.be/4rACg4zj3t4 #HutVent

New book just out: Fifty Scottish Footballers by Alistair Firth and Martin Donnelly. Fascinating project to celebrate the memorials to Scotland caps. £10 from www.lulu.com/shop/alistai...

The latest issue of @wheresthebar.bsky.social is out now. You can either buy a copy or get a free download. More information @ www.facebook.com/people/Where...

Day 14 of #HutVent2025… Lyndsay has a great gadget for you all today! youtu.be/VD4J88nVUk4

Our last event of 2025 yesterday saw the final two #TrenchesByTwilight tours pass off successfully, just like the previous six! Thank you to everyone who took part, and also to our wonderful volunteers. We look forward to welcoming you all back to Great War Huts in 2026. 🎄😊

It's Day 13, which means we are over half way through #HutVent2025. Today Kev looks at an unusual piece of First World War ordnance, and busts a myth... youtu.be/3xnvb4SWtSE #HutVent

It's Day 12 of #HutVent2025 and it's time to hear about The Derby Scheme, and its distinctive armband, all explained by Taff... youtu.be/TVML6KdOWkw

If you read my second book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism, you'll have read how Osasuna was particularly impacted by the Spanish Civil War News today that the club's director Ramón Bengaray's body has been found and identified 👇🏼 www.navarra.es/es/-/nota-pr...

Day 11 of #HutVent2025, and it's time for our annual Zeppelin story, as told by Taff... youtu.be/LAA8RGtJiSY #HutVent

A 1960s story with a 1915 theme for you on Day 10 of #HutVent2025 as Taff tells us about a commemorative medallion... youtu.be/v6yF8o7tlVQ

It's time for Kev to tell us about a legendary piece of British Ordnance on Day 9 of #HutVent2025... youtu.be/qz109c4tI-k

Episode 8 of the Everton Heritage Show features Everton FC chaplain Reverend Henry Corbett being interviewed by @lewisroyden.bsky.social . It's a fascinating discussion. youtube.com/watch?v=MdfQ...

It's been a good year for new football publications. Let us know below what football books you've read this year, or any recommendations you have for next year.

Are you or anyone you know interested in... ☘️ Irish history ⚽ Football ✈️ Travel and #groundhopping? ...then my latest book, Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football, might be up your/their street. More here... 👇🏼

All across the USA there are forgotten spaces of American soccer. At dawn, I’m standing at one in St. Louis. Here, at the corner of N Market & N Spring St, the young women of the Craig League played what’s often cited as the first organized women’s league match in 🇺🇸 history.

It's Day 8 of #HutVent2025 so it’s high time that Taff started talking about Christmas Presents... youtu.be/gsLHy1NyBsU