In this episode we sit down with AFC Bournemouth's Commercial Director, Rob Mitchell, to discuss the club's future plans, and we talk to Benjamin Roberts, author of a new book on the often turbulent history of football in Northern Ireland.
We attend Gazzetta Football Italia Live in London with the guys from The Gentleman Ultra to discuss the state of Italian football and reflect on Channel 4's legendary Italian football coverage, plus we discuss Dutch football with the Amsterdam-based writer, James Rowe.
With the Russia 2018 World Cup on the horizon, we talk to Siberia-based writer Andrew Flint about the Russian domestic scene, and we cover one of England's perennial "sleeping giants", Leeds United, with football journalist Jon Mackenzie.
We talk to Danny Brogan, co-founder of ChineseSuperLeagueFootball.com, to find out what's happening in China, and we catch up with Mark Doidge from the University of Brighton, who studies fan movements across Europe.
We get the lowdown on the Polish domestic and international scene from RightBankWarsaw.com's Chris Lash, plus great tips for groundhoppers.
In addition, Seville-based football writer Colin Millar talks us through the Sevilla/Betis rivalry, plus some other clubs in southern Spain worth visiting.
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We discuss the fluctuating fortunes of West London club Queens Park Rangers (QPR) and also hear all about Madrid's third club, Rayo Vallecano, from a local analyst.
We talk to sports historian Andy Mitchell about the roots of football in Scotland, and get an introduction to the French game from Agence France Presse's Tom Williams.
We talk to FC St Pauli's Martin Drust about the club's history, future plans and how it got its 'cult' status.
We also speak to Portuguese football writer Tiago Estêvão to get an introduction to domestic football at the home of the 2016 European Champions.
We look at the community work done by the Dulwich Hamlet Supporters' Trust and catch up on the exciting developments at the South London non-league club.
We also talk to Jonny Pennington of the Abroad Red blog about what it's like to follow Manchester United away.
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We discuss the growing popularity of German football with the editor of Berlin-based blog From Boothferry to Germany, and check in with guest blogger Matt McGinn in Buenos Aires.
We speak to the world's first football club, Sheffield FC, about its formation and its future. We also meet FCSuomi.com to learn more about the scene in Finland.
In this episode we talk to football blogger Luca Hodges-Ramon about how the Ultrà fan culture emerged in Italy and how it was exported abroad.
We also talk to Luke Verbeek from Homefans.net to see how the community aims to enhance the football travel experience for fans.
In this episode, we talk:
- The role of social media in football with social media consultant Chris Nee
- How the game took off in Britain with Terry Morris, author of Vain Games of No Value, which chronicles how football became established
- The rise and rise of SD Eibar, La Liga's smallest club, with football writer Euan McTear
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Welcome to the inaugural Outside Write monthly podcast, 'Football Travel'. In this episode, we meet:
Ben Frost, organiser, REDaction: REDaction is an Arsenal fan group whose mission is to generate a scintillating atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium.
Claus Bermann, founder, VisitFootball.dk: VisitFootball.dk is a football travel website which enables Danes to watch football abroad. We talk about the electric Copenhagen Derby and discuss Danes' favourite clubs.
Football writer Gary Andrews: Gary and I discuss the health of non-league football in the UK ahead of 2016-17 season.
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