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The curious fanโs football Substack and podcast by Chris Lee, author of ๐ Origin Stories (2021), ๐ The Defiant (2022), and ๐ Shades of Green (2025). DM to commission me
Groundhopping and football culture and history.
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@outsidewrite.co.ukWe discuss the future of the fanzine and whether tangible media is making a comeback
@outsidewrite.co.ukDropping overnight ๐๏ธ
@danielgraywriter.bsky.social joins me on the podcast to discuss his new book, Fanzine.
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts ๐ง
@outsidewrite.co.ukTalking of the former Yugoslavia, have you listened to this week's podcast with Miha Zupan about #groundhopping in Slovenia yet? ๐ธ๐ฎ
Don't let this country slip under your radar; it's stunning:
Spotify link here or find it wherever you get your podcasts.
@outsidewrite.co.ukThis is the best thing I've listened to this week. Give it a spin:
@outsidewrite.co.ukMake it your present to yourself to watch it! Are you old enough to remember it first time around? I was, alas ๐ฌ
@outsidewrite.co.ukNEW POST ๐๏ธ
Slight change to the schedule as I was invited to the BFI for the UK premiere of 'The Match' last week, all about Eng v Arg in 1986.
Here's what I made of it and why you should go watch it ๐๐ผ
@outsidewrite.co.uk#OnThisDay in football, 11 Oct
1974 - Former Dundalk striker, the one-armed Jimmy Hasty, was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in Belfast
Born:
1937 - Bobby Charlton ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
1944 - Rodney Marsh (pic) ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
1963 - Ronny Rosenthal ๐ฎ๐ฑ
1973 - Steven Pressley ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
2001 - Daniel Maldini, 3rd generation pro ๐ฎ๐น
@outsidewrite.co.ukSaw Gwenno supporting Saint Etienne the other week. Never heard Cornish and Welsh sung live before, TBH. It was nice.
@outsidewrite.co.ukGrazie mille, amico mio ๐๐ผ
@outsidewrite.co.ukDropping Monday ๐๏ธ
@danielgraywriter.bsky.social joins me to discuss his latest book on the history of the fanzine.
Here's a taster, sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts.
@outsidewrite.co.ukIt was an absolute honour to attend the UK premiere of 'The Match', all about *that* 1986 World Cup QF between England and Argentina at the BFI London Film Festival.
My review of the film plus some context will be on my Substack tomorrow.
In the meantime, watch this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xED9...
@outsidewrite.co.uk#OnThisDay in football, 10 Oct
1906 - Spezia Calcio founded ๐ฎ๐น
Birthdays:
Charlie George (76) ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Fernando Santos (72) ๐ต๐น
Tony Adams (60) ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Julio Cruz (52) ๐ฆ๐ท
Xherdan Shaqiri ๐ฝ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ
@outsidewrite.co.uk#OTD in football, 9 Oct
1875 - First known matchday programmes at Queenโs Park v Wanderers ๐ฐ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
1981 - Julio Libonatti, the first football transfer from South America to Europe) in 1925, died aged 80 ๐ฆ๐ท
Birthdays:
Jorge Burruchaga (64) ๐ฆ๐ท
Gicว Popescu (59) ๐ท๐ด
Mark Viduka (51) ๐ฆ๐บ
@outsidewrite.co.ukPassed his statue earlier on the seafront
@outsidewrite.co.uk#OnThisDay in football, 8 Oct
1935 - FA announced upcoming friendly with N*zi Germanyโฆto be held at White Hart Lane!
2015 - FIFA suspended Blatter and Platini on corruption allegations
Born:
Didi (1928-2001) ๐ง๐ท
Antonio Cabrini (69) ๐ฎ๐น
Zvonomir Boban (58) ๐ญ๐ท
Ben White (29) ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
@outsidewrite.co.ukI lost touch with him since I came off Twitter, alas
@outsidewrite.co.uk100% agree. Brilliant topic, too.
@outsidewrite.co.ukFinally, what did matchday programmes look like in the former DDR?
I chatted to Anthony Russell, who collects DDR matchday programmes.
It's still one of my favourite episodes...
open.spotify.com/episode/5d2R...
๐ธ Anthony Russell
@outsidewrite.co.ukWhat happened to East German clubs once Germany reunified in 1990?
@michaelwagg.bsky.social wrote a very good book about that and joined me on the podcast...
@outsidewrite.co.uk#OTD 7 Oct 1949
The German Democratic Republic (GDR/DDR) - AKA East Germany - came into being.
What was football like in the former DDR? Fortunately, Alan McDougall wrote an excellent book on it and joined me to discuss...
