Just finished @aidanwilliams74.bsky.social book on Euro 1984. Simply the best football book I have read for many a year. Well researched and beautifully written, it is an excellent resource for a couple of book ideas I am working on

Delighted that my new book on the Argentine national team, including chapters on the women's team from the 1971 World Cup, is being published next May and is available for pre-order now

Delighted to have my article on the growing pains of professional women's football in Argentina published in @lareinamagazine.co.uk

29 years ago this week @riverplateoficial.bsky.social won its second Copa Libertadores. Read all about it in my book El Más Grande

My piece on athlete Ron Hill (1938-2021) is now in Oxford DNB. Hill gained multiple honours in cross-country and distance running, and used the skills from his PhD in textile design to create a clothing range. Oxford DNB is a subscription service: check your library www.oxforddnb.com/newsitem/894...

Pleasure to be part of the conference

Thoroughly enjoyed presenting about early Argentine international footballer Arnoldo Watson Hutton @footycon.bsky.social in Belfast

Happy 124th birthday @riverplateoficial.bsky.social You can read the story of the club's foundation 👇

Brilliant idea! Next they’ll invent seatbelts and call them “freedom straps.”

The start of the World Club Cup is less than a month away. Read all about one of the main contenders @riverplateoficial.bsky.social in my book 👇

Great to see Topo Gigio on Eurovision

Brian Glanville, journalist lauded as ‘the greatest football writer’, dies aged 93

Obligatory author selfie @foylesforbooks.bsky.social in London, also available @pitchpublishing.bsky.social and all good book sellers

What a goal Mastantuono

This kid is awesome

As it is the Superclásico between River Plate and Boca Juniors today, a throwback to when I attended the fixture in 2006 (with away fans!)

Will the trophy end up in the @riverplateoficial.bsky.social museum again in July? Read about the club's glorious history published by @pitchpublishing.bsky.social here 👇

QEPD Hugo Gatti

PSG supporters reveal their TIFO. A skeleton Peaky Blinder… #AVFC

Looking forward to presenting this year in Belfast

Brilliant result from Argentina's women as they prepare for the Copa América in July, their story will form part of my history of the Argentine national team due out at the end of the year.

Interested in the history and traditions of modern sport? Why not apply for the @icshc.bsky.social Online MA in Sports History and Culture? Applications are NOW OPEN! Learn more at this link - www.dmu.ac.uk/study/course... #sportshistory #Olympics #OlympicHistory #footballhistory #sportdiplomacy

Some great railway staff asked about my placard and wished us luck! #DoTheWriteThing @societyofauthors.bsky.social

Last night River Plate achieved their 200th victory in the Copa Libertadores, read about their previous 4 trophy wins here @pitchpublishing.bsky.social

🇦🇷 Overnight: River Plate 2-2 Rosario Central. Cracking game and a stunning ‘recibimiento’ at El Monumental!

My 2024 Lord Aberdare Prize shortlisted book is now available in paperback for £39.99 from www.amazon.co.uk/Football-Nat...

It was a great privilege to be shortlisted last year

Lionel Scaloni's world champions will be playing a friendly on Saturday against Argentina Under 20s to raise funds for those affected by the floods in Bahia Blanca

Gareth Southgate delivers the Richard Dimbleby Lecture and calls out ‘toxic influencers, whose sole drive is for their own gain … They are as far away as you could get from the role models our young men need in their lives’

Against the pounding of drums, dozens of women jumped, hands pumping in the air, to a football chant they had adapted for the occasion. “Those who don’t jump, voted for Milei,” the women sang. They were all jumping. My column for @theneweuropean.bsky.social www.theneweuropean.co.uk/harriet-barb...

Great to see, the railways had a massive influence in the early growth of football in Argentina

My book El Más Grande is available today at a significant discount. Get yours today whilst stocks last

“HAY QUE SER MUY CAGÓN PARA NO DEFENDER A LOS JUBILADOS” In 1992, Diego Maradona showed his support for a group of pensioners protesting in Downtown Buenos Aires: “You have to be a coward not to defend pensioners”. His phrase has resurfaced… 1/2

River Plate truly are El Más Grande of South America

18yo Giorgio Constantini made his River Plate league debut last night, the latest Brazilian to play for the club. Read how River and other Argentine clubs hired Brazilian stars to try to produce 'Fútbol Espectáculo' to reverse falling crowds in the early 1960s 👇 @pitchpublishing.bsky.social

On World Book Day, it’s good to reflect back and remember when I started planning out my first book. Eight publications later, it feels like many decades ago. Here’s a link to my Amazon page. Feel free to indulge and buy one - or two perhaps. 😉 www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Gary-...

As it's World Book Day @pitchpublishing.bsky.social

Former River Plate starlet Claudio Echeverri gets his first senior call up for Argentina

The Brigade Rouge of Etoile Sportive Sahel in full voice in Sousse today

🇧🇷 Neymar Jr scored a “gol olímpico” for Santos FC at Inter de Lemeira (in the São Paulo regional league series) and gave it to the home fans having received a partizan welcome. Read about how the phrase GOL OLÍMPICO came about in Book2 “Dame Bola” 📚

The Lionesses may be taking on Portugal tonight but this time last year I was watching the Portuguese play Czechia in Estoril

Remembering Rick Buckler. The first gig I attended was The Jam at the Rainbow, Finsbury Park, in 1979 when I was 14. The volume and energy blew me away and sparked my love of live music. Buckler's huge drum sound was a big part of that. #thejam #rickbuckler youtu.be/AE1ct5yEuVY?...

Fantastic feedback for my book El Más Grande

8 years ago today I was at Solitude watching Cliftonville take on Glentoran

With a goal from River Plate's Ian Subiabre, Argentina's Under 20s have qualified for this year's World Cup in Chile and remain a win away from winning the South American Championship. Read more about River's prodigious youth production line 👇

Great to be included

On this day in 1986 Enzo Francescoli scored his famous 'chilena' goal to help River Plate beat Poland 5-4 in Mar del Plata

Yesterday marked 1 year to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Interested in the Winter Games' history? Check out the @ijhs.bsky.social article @wpgsarah.bsky.social & I wrote (Open Access): "The Winter Olympics: A Century of Games on Ice and Snow" ❄️ 🗃️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....