NEW PODCAST 🎙️ My guest is BBC journalist @alexbysouth.bsky.social, whose new book covers his search for the soul of football. Topics include: 🇫🇷 Red Star (Paris) 🇩🇪 Babelsberg 🇮🇹 Refugee football in Napoli ...and much more... Download/subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Here's a taster...

DROPPING SUNDAY 🎙️ My guest is BBC journalist @alexbysouth.bsky.social, who's on the hunt for the soul of football in his new book Here's a taster... Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts, just look for 'Outside Write' #groundhopping

First game for the eldest on Saturday - Trafford FC 4-1 City of Liverpool. Smashed a tuck shop’s worth of snacks and spent 90% of it chasing his best mate around the terraces, but saw some goals and high-fived the players so came home happy… ⚽️💙 Loads of kids there thanks to the #kidsgofree day 👏

Brera are doing multi-club ownership differently - they’ve just added Serie B Juve Stabia to a portfolio that also includes Goran Pandev’s Brera Strumica. The inspirational Chris Gardner - played by Will Smith in the Pursuit of Happyness - is part of the project👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Going to use this platform to post things I like about football. And there’s nothing I enjoy more than watching this guy… ⚽️💙