We welcome Alan McDougall back onto the podcast to discuss his new book, which looks at the socio-political history of football. He examines the role of migration, race, gender, and much more.
We welcome Gary Thacker onto the podcast to discuss England's record in World Cups.
Why did the FA ignore pre-WWII editions? Would England have won them?
1966 etc.
What went wrong in the 1970s?
Italia '90
21st century tournaments
We talk to Dublin-based football historian, Gerard Farrell, about how soccer took off in the island of Ireland in the late 19th century up to the early 1920s.