I came just a few feet from El Diego on just one occasion, but what an occasion it was - the unforgettable 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul, Liverpool vs AC Milan. Here is the photo I took of Maradona that night, I think on my blackberry phone. 💔⚽️🇦🇷

I came just a few feet from El Diego on just one occasion, but what an occasion it was - the unforgettable 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul, Liverpool vs AC Milan. Here is the photo I took of Maradona that night, I think on my blackberry phone. 💔⚽️🇦🇷

Killing Maradona is conquering Italy 🇮🇹 Spotted in the Rizzoli bookstore in Milan, no less! 👌🏻❤️📚🇮🇹⚽️🇦🇷

Off on your summer holidays? Need a vacation read? Here you go!

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · last wk.

Have you read Killing Maradona yet? It’s an Irish Times summer reading hitlist recommendation, a top 20 best non-fiction books of the year so far in the Irish Examiner + has had fab reviews in the Independent in Ireland & the Irish Times - just check those quotes! Your perfect summer read!

Killing Maradona is conquering Italy 🇮🇹 Spotted in the Rizzoli bookstore in Milan, no less! 👌🏻❤️📚🇮🇹⚽️🇦🇷

Off on your summer holidays? Need a vacation read? Here you go!

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · last wk.

Have you read Killing Maradona yet? It’s an Irish Times summer reading hitlist recommendation, a top 20 best non-fiction books of the year so far in the Irish Examiner + has had fab reviews in the Independent in Ireland & the Irish Times - just check those quotes! Your perfect summer read!

It’s hot. Read a good book. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · 3w ago

Your summer reading. Sorted.

💔⚽️RIP Franco Baresi, truly one of the best to play the game. Captain of an all-time great AC Milan side for one of history’s most interesting but forgotten matches, the 1989 Intercontinental Cup against Colombia’s Atlético Nacional in Tokyo, a story told in my book Narcoball.

It’s hot. Read a good book. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · 3w ago

Your summer reading. Sorted.

Can Shakira just buy FIFA out of the World Cup already?

Can’t believe Luis Díaz will see what has happened with Jhon Durán and have anything to do with the Saudi Pro League. Meanwhile I’m shocked no one has swooped for Davinson Sánchez or Jhon Lucumí yet. Lucumí would be ideal for Liverpool actually but he’s not homegrown. ❤️⚽️🇨🇴

Have you read Killing Maradona yet? It’s an Irish Times summer reading hitlist recommendation, a top 20 best non-fiction books of the year so far in the Irish Examiner + has had fab reviews in the Independent in Ireland & the Irish Times - just check those quotes! Your perfect summer read!

HOLIDAY READING PRO TIP 🏖️📚: you can find Killing Maradona at The Bookshop by WHSmith at airports & eurotunnel Folkestone. ✈️🚝 BUT You’ll need to get Narcoball before you travel! So grab the paperback, or alternatively snag the ebook or audiobook, before traveling! Enjoy! ☀️

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · 3w ago

Your summer reading. Sorted.

Copies obvs also available at all other major airports incl Heathrow & Manchester, at the Eurotunnel, all major high street bookshops + online retailers - just not signed ones! Poss still some signed copies at Worthing, Hove & Brighton branches of Waterstones & or at Stanchion Books?

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨EXCLUSIVE! London Gatwick South Terminal has the ONLY author signed trade paperback editions of Killing Maradona anywhere in the world. Walk, don’t run (it is an airport after all) to The Bookshop by WHSmith and grab your holiday read before you depart. ✈️🖊️📚🏖️

🚨EXCLUSIVE! London Gatwick South Terminal has the ONLY author signed trade paperback editions of Killing Maradona anywhere in the world. Walk, don’t run (it is an airport after all) to The Bookshop by WHSmith and grab your holiday read before you depart. ✈️🖊️📚🏖️

Have you read Killing Maradona yet? It’s an Irish Times summer reading hitlist recommendation, a top 20 best non-fiction books of the year so far in the Irish Examiner + has had fab reviews in the Independent in Ireland & the Irish Times - just check those quotes! Your perfect summer read!

Copies obvs also available at all other major airports incl Heathrow & Manchester, at the Eurotunnel, all major high street bookshops + online retailers - just not signed ones! Poss still some signed copies at Worthing, Hove & Brighton branches of Waterstones & or at Stanchion Books?

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · last wk.

🚨EXCLUSIVE! London Gatwick South Terminal has the ONLY author signed trade paperback editions of Killing Maradona anywhere in the world. Walk, don’t run (it is an airport after all) to The Bookshop by WHSmith and grab your holiday read before you depart. ✈️🖊️📚🏖️

🚨EXCLUSIVE! London Gatwick South Terminal has the ONLY author signed trade paperback editions of Killing Maradona anywhere in the world. Walk, don’t run (it is an airport after all) to The Bookshop by WHSmith and grab your holiday read before you depart. ✈️🖊️📚🏖️

Not seen a single Colombia player in any of the World Cup teams of the tournament floating around, official or otherwise. Los Cafeteros conceded 1 goal in 5 games. For me, Davinson Sánchez and Jhon Lucumí were both immense and deserve to at least be in that conversation. ❤️⚽️🇨🇴

HOLIDAY READING PRO TIP 🏖️📚: you can find Killing Maradona at The Bookshop by WHSmith at airports & eurotunnel Folkestone. ✈️🚝 BUT You’ll need to get Narcoball before you travel! So grab the paperback, or alternatively snag the ebook or audiobook, before traveling! Enjoy! ☀️

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · 3w ago

Your summer reading. Sorted.

Today is Colombian Independence Day. For those who don’t know, I’m half Colombian & it was my love of my motherland, the festering teenage trauma of USA ‘94 & the murder of Andrés Escobar that led to my first book Narcoball: Love, Death & Football in Escobar’s Colombia. ❤️🇨🇴

Signed some more copies of both Killing Maradona & Narcoball @waterstones.bsky.social Worthing + there may still be some at the Hove & Brighton branches too. If you’re not in Sussex check out my web shop for signed/dedicated book orders! Get your summer holiday reading sorted today, thank me later…

20 mins till kick off, and it’s filling up here… Where are you watching?

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · 2w ago

Back at the World Cup fan zone at The British Engineerium in Hove tonight for the final - 🇪🇸 vs 🇦🇷 - come say hi, maybe even pick up some summer holiday reading material?

In the past few weeks the the United States got to know the world and itself in ways that were often unexpected and joyous. A piece on six weeks where the people took over. America Braced for the World Cup. It Fell in Love Instead. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/w...

The U.S. Braced For the World Cup. It Fell in Love Instead. (Gift Article)

Amid anxiety over how the United States would welcome the world, cities like Lawrence, Kan., and Boston threw open their doors. The bonds forged are still visible on the streets.

nytimes.com

Back at the World Cup fan zone at The British Engineerium in Hove tonight for the final - 🇪🇸 vs 🇦🇷 - come say hi, maybe even pick up some summer holiday reading material?

It’s the last weekend of World Cup 2026. Get on it.

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · 3w ago

Your summer reading. Sorted.

It’s the last weekend of World Cup 2026. Get on it.

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · 3w ago

Your summer reading. Sorted.

“I’LL BE BACK”… at the World Cup football fan zone before the final on Sunday evening - come join me at The Engineerium in Hove! ❤️⚽️🌍🏆📚

Messi has the chance to win back to back back World Cups with Argentina. 40yrs ago Diego won the trophy in Mexico. 4yrs later he reached a 2nd consecutive final, only to fall at the final hurdle as Argentina were defeated by an 85th min penalty at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome…

David Arrowsmith Author@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social · 3w ago

Have YOU read Killing Maradona yet?

Your summer reading. Sorted.