My @futbologyapp.bsky.social anniversaries today are from Florence 🇮🇹, Eindhoven 🇳🇱, Basel 🇨🇭, Durban 🇿🇦, São Paulo 🇧🇷 and Moscow🇷🇺

@footballcliches.bsky.social. Clarifying the duration of Scottish half-times. A 10min break was the norm everywhere until 1995 when IFAB under pressure from broadcasters extended it to 15min max for commercial reasons. With less commercial pressures, the Scots were less strict about adhering to it

Today's @futbologyapp.bsky.social anniversaries from Norrköping 🇸🇪, Wembley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Porto 🇵🇹 and Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦

Today's @futbologyapp.bsky.social anniversaries are from Newcastle, Lisbon, Yokohama and Durban

Today's @futbologyapp.bsky.social anniversaries 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ahead of Diabetes UK Awareness Week, Hibs defender Jack Iredale spoke about his experience of living with Type 1 diabetes as a professional footballer 💚 Read the full story below. 🔗 tinyurl.com/25ywmvr7

New Podcast: Scotland at the World Cup We're joined by Colin Whelan and Steve Herbert to talk about Scotland's history with the World Cup, our hopes for Scotland at the tournament, and our picks for the best Scotland XI of all time. Listen on your preferred platform here ⬇️ linktr.ee/footyheritage

I could listen to Tim & @jonawils.bsky.social talk about the transatlantic exchange of tactics for hours but preferably over caipirinhas in Rio rather than in a pub in Roker

Fascinating discussion on It Was What It Was with Tim Vickery joining @draper-rob.bsky.social & @jonawils.bsky.social to discuss Brazil at the World Cup open.spotify.com/episode/3DLk...

This is one of the finest things I've read in ages If you yearn for how the World Cup once made you feel, you'll relate to this www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...

Both my @futbologyapp.bsky.social anniversaries today are World Cup game. One FIFA in Kobe and one CONIFA in Bromley

PSA: I have a book coming out next year called 'Barrio Clubs: Football in the Shadow of Iberian Giants' 🇪🇸🇵🇹 I am still looking to interview fans of, or people connected with, these clubs: 🇪🇸 Leganés, Getafe, CE Júpiter 🇵🇹 Oriental, Boavista Muchas gracias / moltes gràcies / muito obrigado

1️⃣ First: On tv 1974, attended Italia '90 😍 Favourite: 1982, especially games at Sarrià 😤 Forget: as a Scot in England 1966

Judging by the first episode in the @footballheritage.bsky.social World Cup programme it's going to be worth listening to throughout the build up and during the tournament

Really enjoyed this episode of @liberopodcast.com, especially the @migueldelaney.bsky.social & @rorysmith.bsky.social segment from Budapest

I enjoyed this @outsidewrite.bsky.social episode with Chris Lee interviewing @jonawils.bsky.social about his book "The Power and the Glory" which explains the history and evolution of the World Cup along with the socio-political and cultural context of each edition. A very interesting discussion

NEW PODCAST 🎙️ With the World Cup just days away, @jonawils.bsky.social joins me to discuss the history of the tournament. ✅ The move from Olympics to World Cup ✅ Pivotal tournaments and events ✅ How will 2026 go? Available wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/07tf...

Today's Sunday article has just been released over on our Substack. It's a well known tale but that has taken on a mythical status in the last two weeks. How does Gipuzkoa produce such brilliant managers? We explore the Basque Blueprint that is the envy of European football.

Amongst my haul from the @stanchionbooks.bsky.social London Football Book Market yesterday was Hibernian Heroes by @isaaccallan.bsky.social which has now taken its place on my Hibs bookshelf

Difficult to stress just how gutting the Billy Gilmour news is. We don't have another one of him. His skill set is unique within the squad. This will change how Scotland play at the World Cup.

Only @sidlowe.bsky.social would start a profile of Mikel Arteta with a Santi Cazorla anecdote. Link here, but best enjoyed in the newspaper with breakfast www.theguardian.com/football/202...

@footballcliches.bsky.social @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social Guys that's one helluva dilemma you've created for Clichés fans. A live show on a Saturday at 1pm during the season and with tickets on sale before the fixtures are announced

Another excellent @jacobsteinberg1.bsky.social on what went wrong at West Ham. Poor Jacob seems to have spent the last decade writing about the Hammers' toils and troubles www.theguardian.com/football/202...

My Sunday afternoon and the last 10 years of sleepwalking towards it at the London Stadium shithole expertly summed up by @barneyronay.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Good article analysing the England squad selection by @barneyronay.bsky.social in his own inimitable style. "Maguire saved us time and effort by revealing exactly why he's not going to the US". Although I'm not sure how many readers will get the reference to England's 1982 World Cup song.

My @futbologyapp.bsky.social anniversaries today include my favourite game of all time #GGTTH

New Patreon Podcast: The Rio de la Plata Rivalry We’re joined by Søren Elbech to talk about the Rio de la Plata rivalry - the fierce football rivalry which exists between Argentina and Uruguay, and its origins. Subscribe and listen here ⬇️ www.patreon.com/posts/157237...

My @futbologyapp.bsky.social anniversaries today are all at Wembley

📣 Book News! 📘 My fourth book will be coming out next summer (2027) ‘Barrio Clubs: Football in the Shadow of Iberian Giants’ will explore the politics, identity, and economics of neighbourhood clubs in Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon and Porto More detail on my insta 👉🏼 www.instagram.com/p/DYjecd5DFE...

the latest in my surprising series of posts in praise of Ewan Murray who was excellent on the @footballweekly.bsky.social today

Yesterday at EDI airport I noticed a guy with this crest on his jacket. I knew it was Gimnasia y Esgrima but didn't know whether it was the club from La Plata or Mendoza, so had to look it up. Luckily I saw him again at LHR and said "Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza ?" Sí !, he said with a huge smile

Some pics from Easter Road yesterday on my Insta here #GGTTH www.instagram.com/p/DYaG6c0jDF...

That's not the @theobserveruk.bsky.social sports section confusing Dixie Dean and Kerry Dixon is it ?

Clapton CFC Men’s First Team have been placed in the Essex Senior League for 2026/27 after promotion. Includes East London derbies with Barking, Frenford, Ilford, Romford, Soul Tower Hamlets, Sporting Bengal United, West Essex and Woodford Town 😍 www.claptoncfc.co.uk/2026/05/14/c...

Movies of Scotland: Nae Pasaran (2018). In East Kilbride in 1974, factory workers refuse to carry out repairs on warplane engines in an act of solidarity against the violent military coup in Chile.

It seems to be the ideal evening for a flick through Glasgow 1976 and reading about Les Poteaux Carrés #ASSE #AllezLesVerts

⚽Join us on La Pausa, our new series dedicated to the game in South America. Stu Horsfield looks after the passports and is joined by fellow travellers @scraggy74.bsky.social @allbluedaze.bsky.social @drpetewatson.bsky.social yourboystookahellofabeating.substack.com/p/la-pausa-e...

50 years ago, 12 May 1976, I was at Hampden Park for a memorable European Cup final between Bayern Munich and St Etienne. The Germans won 1-0, the French were hard done by, with Hampden's square goalposts entering into legend.

Interesting @outsidewrite.bsky.social episode with Chris Lee discussing the Scottish ultra scene with @derekwatson89.bsky.social & @footballheritage.bsky.social

Breakfast with @sidlowe.bsky.social's Clásico preview. Presumably when Arbelo said "we will fight to the end" he didn't mean amongst each other on the training ground www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Reposts appreciated!! It’s 2 weeks until my book, Roberto Baggio: The World Cup Years is released!🇮🇹⚽️ Out on May 18th. You can preorder a copy now: Waterstones - waterstones.com/book/roberto-b… Amazon UK - amazon.co.uk/Roberto-Baggio��� Amazon International - amazon.com/Roberto-Baggio…

Interesting interview with Frenkie de Jong by Arthur Renard in yesterday's @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Hooray, our World Cup 2026 Wall Chart is FINISHED 🥳 It's our biggest wall chart ever, an A1-sized shambles sullied by SIXTY wonky doodles. Dunno if competitions fly on Bluesky, but if you share this we'll send a couple of freebies out to some (un)lucky RTers x 🛒 noscoredraws.com/products/wor...

BIG NEWS! My new book URUGUAY will be out on 8 JUNE via @PitchPublishing, just in time for the World Cup! pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/uruguay Get excited!

So I've had better nights than tonight waiting in vain for 3.5 hours outside the stadium for our Galatasaray v Fenerbahçe tickets to arrive in the Passo app and ultimately failing to get in while receiving updates on Hibs' defeat in the Edinburgh derby

HELP NEEDED: we're drawing our World Cup Wallchart this week, and need to know who to include. There'll be at least ONE player from EVERY nation, and maybe two from some of the bigger hitters. If there's a particular Jordanian, Cape Verdean or Curaçaoan that we absolutely MUST draw, please tell us x

Just caught up with this @outsidewrite.bsky.social episode and Rob Potts' book sounds right up my street. Will definitely be my next purchase from @stanchionbooks.bsky.social

At our first home league match as a fan-owned club, 256 fans came down to the "Stray Dog" pitch round the back of Wadham Lodge. 1712 at the @oldspotteddog.bsky.social is unreal.

I love that the FC Romania coach looks like he could've coached Politehnica Timișoara in the early 80s @claptoncfc.co.uk @oldspotteddog.bsky.social