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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 2h

Very excited about tonight - I’ll be talking about the abridged history of football against fascism in London

🗓️    Friday, 10 October

⏰    19.00

📍    Marx Memorial Library, London, EC1R 0DU

🚇    Farringdon

Only NINE spots left at the time of posting!

👉🏼 www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks, Johnny

Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 10h

It’s CE Júpiter in Barcelona. Don’t blame you for not knowing it but congrats on bagging Huracán

Blog post on them coming next week… (spoiler alert: the Ducó is my favourite stadium in the world)

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 13h

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 14h

Correct! Flown by Jorge Newbery 🎈

Who is the other? 🤔

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 14h

Here's a football trivia #quiz for you 🧠

Can you name two clubs in world football that are named after hot air balloons? 🤔

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 18h

⏰ Don't miss @zackpolanski.bsky.social on BBC Question Time tonight.

💻 BBC iPlayer at 9pm
📺 BBC One at 10.40pm.

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 1d

NEW POST 🗞️

Down in the 9th tier of the English football pyramid, you'll find one of the most important clubs in world history

I went along to @corinthiancasuals.bsky.social to experience the Brazilian brotherhood for myself 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝🇧🇷

Read on open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

#groundhopping

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 22h

All podcasts or just certain ones? 🤔

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Pitching In Isthmian Football League @isthmianleague.bsky.social · 23h

Stripes to return home on October 18th

@fifc.bsky.social will be back in Folkestone for the arrival of Dulwich Hamlet

#IsthmianLeague #PitchingIn #Folkestone

Stripes to return home on October 18th

Folkestone Invicta will be back in Folkestone for the arrival of Dulwich Hamlet

www.isthmian.co.uk

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 1d

Good town, great cakes. Are you getting an Atalanta match in?

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 1d

NEW POST 🗞️

Down in the 9th tier of the English football pyramid, you'll find one of the most important clubs in world history

I went along to @corinthiancasuals.bsky.social to experience the Brazilian brotherhood for myself 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝🇧🇷

Read on open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

#groundhopping

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 1d

Cheers, Chris 🙌🏼

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 1d

🙌🏼

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 1d

DROPPING SUNDAY🎙️

@footballheritage.bsky.social joins me to discuss how clubs and nations should celebrate their history

Here's a taster.

Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts... 🎧

#Skystorians

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 1d

100%. I always call it out when I hear it used in conversation.

Likewise, 'woke'. I ask people who use it to define what they mean by that, just so we're on the same page, and see where that leads...

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 1d

It's Zvonimir Boban's birthday today, born #OnThisDay 8 Oct 1968 🇭🇷

In 1990, his kick at a police officer during the Maksimir Riot cost him his place at the World Cup and went down in history as the kick that 'started' a war

@chrisetchingham.bsky.social explains

open.spotify.com/episode/695L...

Football and the Breakup of Yugoslavia

open.spotify.com

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World Soccer @worldsoccermag.bsky.social · 2d

📚 To mark the 65th anniversary of World Soccer, we dived into the archives to pick out some of the most iconic covers from the magazine’s six-and-a-half decades... 🧵

🗓️ October 1960
This is the cover of the first-ever edition of World Soccer, out almost exactly 65 years ago.

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 2d

I didn’t know that, thanks

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 3d

NEW POST 🗞️

Your groundhoppers’ guide to Vélez Sarsfield, 11-time champion of Argentina 🇦🇷

It’s one of the more accessible #groundhopping experiences for visitors to Buenos Aires

Read on… #TravelTuesday

open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

Groundhoppers’ Guide: Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield

A visit to Vélez Sarsfield is surprisingly easy for foreign visitors and provides an unforgettable experience. Here’s your groundhopper’s guide to watching football at Vélez Sarsfield.

open.substack.com

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 3d

#OnThisDay 7 Oct 1882 ☘️

Glentoran played its first match at Ormeau Park v Mountavon

10 years later, the club moved here to The Oval

It's a groundhopper's paradise and you can read all about it - and how Glens won early European silverware - in my book, Shades of Green 📗

#groundhopping

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t use that so I can limit where my posts appear

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, Steve. I’ve been blown away by the feedback I have received in private messages on this episode

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 4d

Essential commuter listening 🎧

For your trip to work, check out this week's fascinating podcast with @brunssen.bsky.social from the Uni of Heidelberg

He's looked at four European clubs with a perceived Jewish identity and the stories behind them

#skystorians

open.spotify.com/episode/7EkX...

The Jewish Clubs of Europe

open.spotify.com

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 4d

Essential commuter listening 🎧

For your trip to work, check out this week's fascinating podcast with @brunssen.bsky.social from the Uni of Heidelberg

He's looked at four European clubs with a perceived Jewish identity and the stories behind them

#skystorians

open.spotify.com/episode/7EkX...

The Jewish Clubs of Europe

open.spotify.com

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