In this Sunday's newsletter 🗞️ A Century in Violet: 100 Years of Fiorentina 💜⚜️ Sub/follow 👉 outsidewrite.substack.com #SerieA #Fiorentina

What a pleasure it is to speak to Hector Bellerin. Today he plays against Arsenal, his Arsenal, for the first time. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Héctor Bellerín: ‘When you leave a club like Arsenal, it’s scary. It hurts’

Spanish full-back Héctor Bellerín tells Sid Lowe about his elation at his old club ending their title drought and how Mikel Arteta has helped prolong his career

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#OnThisDay in football, 5 August Born on this day: 1948 - Ray Clemence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🧤 1968 - Oleh Luzhnyi 🇺🇦 1976 - Marians Pahars 🇱🇻 1980 - Wayne Bridge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1995 - Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 🇩🇰 2004 - Gavi 🇪🇸

Historic Environment Scotland are running a public consultation on football sites, to record places that are important in the history and development of football. There are two weeks left to have your say, it closes on 20 August: haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/heritage/tel...

#OnThisDay in football, 4 August 1904 - Billy Meredith found guilty of offering a bribe to an opponent 💰 1957 - John Wark born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1977 - Luís Boa Morte born 🇵🇹 1985 - Antonio Valencia born 🇪🇨 2010 - Everton (ENG) played Everton (CHI) in the 'Brotherhood Cup' at Goodison Park (pic)

This week's newsletter on the history of the 'Dutch Big Three' was my 100th on Substack. Thanks to those who have followed/subbed so far. It's FREE! Here you go... outsidewrite.substack.com/p/the-histor...

The History of the Netherlands’ ‘Big Three’

The Dutch ‘Big Three’ of Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord from Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven have won 91% of all Eredivisie titles contested since its launch in 1956/57. Here’s how it all began for them.

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New Podcast: Olimpija Ljubljana For this club history episode, we're joined by Miha Zupan and Matjaž Homar to cover the complex history of one of Slovenia's biggest clubs - Olimpija Ljubljana. Available to listen on your preferred platform here ⬇️ linktr.ee/footyheritage

The Gentleman Ultra website is undergoing some essential maintenance at the moment and will be back online soon. For tickets for The Gentleman Ultra #Live head directly to www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gentle...

The Gentleman Ultra Live

An evening of calcio, nostalgia, groundhopping and tales from the Italian peninsula

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This coming season, I'm keen to do more in-person talks and podcast interviews. My specialisms are: 🔥 Football and politics (particularly anti-f@scism) 📣 Fan/ultra culture 🧐 Football history 🏟️ Groundhopping and football travel Portfolio here 👉 www.outsidewrite.co.uk Please DM if interested.

"In memory of all those murdered by Fascism" The banner was displayed by the Riazor Blues (Deportivo La Coruña ultras) on Saturday at an event commemorating the anti-fascist footballer Bebel García, who was executed in 1936. #antifascism 👇

This week's newsletter on the history of the 'Dutch Big Three' was my 100th on Substack. Thanks to those who have followed/subbed so far. It's FREE! Here you go... outsidewrite.substack.com/p/the-histor...

The History of the Netherlands’ ‘Big Three’

The Dutch ‘Big Three’ of Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord from Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven have won 91% of all Eredivisie titles contested since its launch in 1956/57. Here’s how it all began for them.

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#OnThisDay in football, 3 August 1880 - Australia's first soccer club, Wanderers FC, founded 🇦🇺 1936 - Football tournament at the N*zi Berlin Olympics kicked off with a 9-0 win for Germany v Luxembourg 1952 - Ossie Ardiles born 🇦🇷 1996 - Nigeria won Olympic football gold 🇳🇬🥇

Personal viewpoint on kits of the clubs you support. I just have a couple of old-school QPR kits that I like, which between them cost less than the new one (which I don’t like) They’re both ‘my era’ (the 90s), which I guess we reflect in whichever retro kits we pick. How do you view retro v new?

NEW POST 🗞️ The origins of the Dutch ‘Big Three’ 🇳🇱 - Ajax - Feyenoord - PSV Where did it begin? Read on… open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

The History of the Netherlands’ ‘Big Three’

The Dutch ‘Big Three’ of Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord from Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven have won 91% of all Eredivisie titles contested since its launch in 1956/57. Here’s how it all began for them.

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Just a gentle reminder to anyone in the UK right now…🌞 Please put out ground-based water trays for the birds and little critters. They are desperate for water right now. I had a wren and robin ‘queuing up’ to get in this one. Apologies for the poor image - I didn’t want to disturb the blackbird! 🐦‍⬛ 🐦

There can be no let-up now. Infantino must stand down or be removed: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

There can be no letup. Humiliated Infantino must stand down at Fifa or be removed | Nick Ames

Uefa’s decisive call for a boycott and declaration of no confidence must be the opening salvos in a concerted push to dethrone the game’s global leader

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#OnThisDay in football, 2 August 1891 - Uruguay's oldest club, Albion, played its first match 🇺🇾 1902 - River and Boca met for the first time 🇦🇷 Birthdays: 🇫🇷 Alain Giresse (74) ☘️ Sammy McIlroy (72) 🇩🇪 Stefan Effenberg (58) 🇵🇹 Fernando Couto (57) 🇵🇹 Hélder Postiga (44) 🇧🇪 Nacer Chadli (37)

NEW POST 🗞️ The origins of the Dutch ‘Big Three’ 🇳🇱 - Ajax - Feyenoord - PSV Where did it begin? Read on… open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

The History of the Netherlands’ ‘Big Three’

The Dutch ‘Big Three’ of Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord from Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven have won 91% of all Eredivisie titles contested since its launch in 1956/57. Here’s how it all began for them.

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Neoliberalism in a nutshell. UEFA on FIFA's proposal: “The moment external investors acquire ownership interests ... football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. ... Every decision is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.”

#OnThisDay 1 Aug 1944 🇵🇱 The Warsaw Uprising started, and footballers were at the forefront. From my book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism

In just two weeks, our three match series against Marylebone Cricket Club will be underway in Reykjavík. Will it be a victory for Lord's or the fjords?

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2 years of Football Heritage. 124 podcasts. 170 articles. 25 Patreon exclusives. 1 documentary. Eternally grateful for every opportunity, podcast guest, article contributor and supporter. We've got so much more to bring you. Here's to another year of great football content 🎉

#OnThisDay in football, 1 Aug 1903 - Boavista founded 🏁🇵🇹 Birthdays: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David James (55) 🇳🇬 Kanu (50) 🇩🇪 Bastian Schweinsteiger (42) 🇪🇸 Iago Aspas (39) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Karen Carney (39) 🇷🇸 Nemanja Matić (38)

BREAKING: FIFA President Gianni Infantino is abandoning a divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity after massive pushback.

Infantino abandons plans to sell World Cup profits to private equity following massive pushback

FIFA President Gianni Infantino is abandoning his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity after receiving pushback from all corners of the soccer world.

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Addio, Brescia. Liquidated this week after 115 years. Another great club is gone. This is an all-too-regular event now. I am only just mourning Boavista. I had a great time there a few years back. Temporary stands on three sides. Sandro Tonali was in the line-up.

Sad news from Italy as Franco Baresi has passed away this morning at 66 years old. An absolute legend of the game with AC Milan and Italy, marking an era for different generations. Thoughts and prayers with the family and the friends. Rest in peace, Franco. ❤️🕊️

#OnThisDay in football, 31 July 1948 - India played its first international, barefoot, in Ilford, losing 2-1 to France 🇮🇳 1969 - Antonio Conte born 🇮🇹 1976 - Paulo Wanchope born 🇨🇷 1979 - Carlos Marchena born 🇪🇸 2009 - Sir Bobby Robson died 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2022 - Luis Suárez returns to Nacional

This coming Sunday's newsletter is all about the origins of the Dutch Big Three 🇳🇱 ✅ Ajax Amsterdam ✅ Philips Sport Vereniging (PSV) Eindhoven ✅ Feyenoord They've won 91% of Eredivisie titles since it launched. Sub/follow 👉 outsidewrite.substack.com #Groundhopping #footballhistory

The full statement from UEFA is remarkable. Members vow not to participate in FIFA competitions unless the entire proposal is scrapped and assurances are made it is gone for good.