On this day in 1897, amid civil war, Albion faced a British Navy side at Punta Carretas before Montevideo’s biggest crowd yet. Read about Uruguay’s first football club + the game’s popularisation in From Beauty to Duty, essential pre-reading for URUGUAY. www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/beauty-...

🇺🇾 At the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, these guides were handed out allowing radio listeners to follow the game —specifically where on the pitch the action was taking place— as relayed by the commentators Via /pixelarq (X)

NEW: José Nasazzi - El Terrible First proper Substack post up now. Please read/share/subscribe, thanks! martindacruz.substack.com/p/jose-nasaz...

NEW: José Nasazzi - El Terrible First proper Substack post up now. Please read/share/subscribe, thanks! martindacruz.substack.com/p/jose-nasaz...

José Nasazzi. El Terrible. Captain of Captains. Triple world champion. More on El Mariscal tomorrow… 🇺🇾 martindacruz.substack.com

Ahead of my new book URUGUAY: Football’s First Global Power, I’ve launched a Substack to introduce you to the Olympic Generation: Uruguay’s 1924-1930 golden era. martindacruz.substack.com Please subscribe and share. Intro post up now, first proper entry next week. Thanks!

Oh look, my new book available for preorder on amzn and elsewhere (pub date subject to change). Can’t wait for people to read. www.amazon.co.uk/Uruguay-Foot... Also: cover reveal!!

Prepare for URUGUAY with its predecessor, From Beauty to Duty.  How Uruguay laid the groundwork for a generation that would dominate world football. See one review below ⬇️  www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/beauty-...

First book was brilliant. Second book is now awaited with great impatience on my part. Excellent work, Martin!

Prepare for URUGUAY with its predecessor, From Beauty to Duty.  How Uruguay laid the groundwork for a generation that would dominate world football. See one review below ⬇️  www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/beauty-...

🚨 NEW YEAR, NEW BOOK Uruguay: Football’s First Global Power, 1918-1930, my sequel to From Beauty to Duty. Coming June 2026 via @PitchPublishing 1924 Paris Olympics. 1928 Amsterdam. Inaugural World Cup, Montevideo 1930. And the story in between… Preorders soon, please share & follow for updates!

🚨 NEW YEAR, NEW BOOK Uruguay: Football’s First Global Power, 1918-1930, my sequel to From Beauty to Duty. Coming June 2026 via @PitchPublishing 1924 Paris Olympics. 1928 Amsterdam. Inaugural World Cup, Montevideo 1930. And the story in between… Preorders soon, please share & follow for updates!