Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️
@outsidewrite.bsky.social
The curious fan’s football Substack and podcast. Run by Chris Lee, author of 📕Origin Stories (2021), 📘The Defiant (2022), and 📗Shades of Green (2025).
Groundhopping and football culture and history.
More 👉 https://linktr.ee/outsidewrite
Groundhopping and football culture and history.
More 👉 https://linktr.ee/outsidewrite
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🚨We’re looking for editors to join our team at The International Journal of the History of Sport @ijhs.bsky.social - if you work on sport history in Latin America or Asia (any countries) please apply for these 2 roles by Dec 3 #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
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think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
Editor needed for The International Journal of the History of Sport
Editor needed for The International Journal of the History of Sport
think.taylorandfrancis.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🚨We’re looking for editors to join our team at The International Journal of the History of Sport @ijhs.bsky.social - if you work on sport history in Latin America or Asia (any countries) please apply for these 2 roles by Dec 3 #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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Are you interested in Latin American football? Listen to this podcast where @drpetewatson.bsky.social discussed the cultural significance of Diego Maradona on the fifth anniversary of his death #football #Maradona #LatinAmericanFootball
On the fifth anniversary of his passing, listen to my podcast with @drpetewatson.bsky.social on the cultural significance of Diego #Maradona
Spotify link:
open.spotify.com/episode/35ID...
Or find it wherever you get your podcasts
Spotify link:
open.spotify.com/episode/35ID...
Or find it wherever you get your podcasts
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Are you interested in Latin American football? Listen to this podcast where @drpetewatson.bsky.social discussed the cultural significance of Diego Maradona on the fifth anniversary of his death #football #Maradona #LatinAmericanFootball
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NEW POST 🗞️
Five years on from Diego’s passing, here’s a personal post from me on how I forgave the ‘hand of God’ and fell in love with Argentina 🇦🇷
Have a read. And if you also remember watching that quarter-final live on TV as a kid, what are your memories…
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Five years on from Diego’s passing, here’s a personal post from me on how I forgave the ‘hand of God’ and fell in love with Argentina 🇦🇷
Have a read. And if you also remember watching that quarter-final live on TV as a kid, what are your memories…
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Making my peace with Diego: How I forgave the ‘Hand of God’ and fell in love with Argentina
On the fifth anniversary of Diego Armando Maradona’s passing, I am reflecting on the rage I felt as a ten-year-old in 1986, and how, within four years, I was a fan of Diego and, indeed, Argentina.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
NEW POST 🗞️
Five years on from Diego’s passing, here’s a personal post from me on how I forgave the ‘hand of God’ and fell in love with Argentina 🇦🇷
Have a read. And if you also remember watching that quarter-final live on TV as a kid, what are your memories…
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Five years on from Diego’s passing, here’s a personal post from me on how I forgave the ‘hand of God’ and fell in love with Argentina 🇦🇷
Have a read. And if you also remember watching that quarter-final live on TV as a kid, what are your memories…
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
On the fifth anniversary of his passing, listen to my podcast with @drpetewatson.bsky.social on the cultural significance of Diego #Maradona
Spotify link:
open.spotify.com/episode/35ID...
Or find it wherever you get your podcasts
Spotify link:
open.spotify.com/episode/35ID...
Or find it wherever you get your podcasts
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
On the fifth anniversary of his passing, listen to my podcast with @drpetewatson.bsky.social on the cultural significance of Diego #Maradona
Spotify link:
open.spotify.com/episode/35ID...
Or find it wherever you get your podcasts
Spotify link:
open.spotify.com/episode/35ID...
Or find it wherever you get your podcasts
Also #OnThisDay 25 Nov 2005 ☘️
We lost George Best, aged 59
Here's my post on how to discover his story in his hometown of Belfast
👉🏼 open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
We lost George Best, aged 59
Here's my post on how to discover his story in his hometown of Belfast
👉🏼 open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Also #OnThisDay 25 Nov 2005 ☘️
We lost George Best, aged 59
Here's my post on how to discover his story in his hometown of Belfast
👉🏼 open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
We lost George Best, aged 59
Here's my post on how to discover his story in his hometown of Belfast
👉🏼 open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
#OnThisDay 25 Nov 1953 🇭🇺
The Mighty Magyars win the 'Match of the Century' 6-3 at Wembley
Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't the first time that England had lost at home to non-UK opposition
Can you tell me when that was?
The Mighty Magyars win the 'Match of the Century' 6-3 at Wembley
Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't the first time that England had lost at home to non-UK opposition
Can you tell me when that was?
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
#OnThisDay 25 Nov 1953 🇭🇺
The Mighty Magyars win the 'Match of the Century' 6-3 at Wembley
Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't the first time that England had lost at home to non-UK opposition
Can you tell me when that was?
The Mighty Magyars win the 'Match of the Century' 6-3 at Wembley
Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't the first time that England had lost at home to non-UK opposition
Can you tell me when that was?
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Just a reminder so hopefully I’m not just talking to myself! I’m doing a talk about the Basque children refugees in Caerleon & my book ‘Los Leones: The Unique Story of Athletic Club Bilbao’ at the Cwtsh Arts Centre on 5th December. Come along! 🏴 #Newport #Euskadi #AthleticClub #RefugeesWelcome
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just a reminder so hopefully I’m not just talking to myself! I’m doing a talk about the Basque children refugees in Caerleon & my book ‘Los Leones: The Unique Story of Athletic Club Bilbao’ at the Cwtsh Arts Centre on 5th December. Come along! 🏴 #Newport #Euskadi #AthleticClub #RefugeesWelcome
NEW POST 🗞️
Five years on from Diego’s passing, here’s a personal post from me on how I forgave the ‘hand of God’ and fell in love with Argentina 🇦🇷
Have a read. And if you also remember watching that quarter-final live on TV as a kid, what are your memories…
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Five years on from Diego’s passing, here’s a personal post from me on how I forgave the ‘hand of God’ and fell in love with Argentina 🇦🇷
Have a read. And if you also remember watching that quarter-final live on TV as a kid, what are your memories…
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Making my peace with Diego: How I forgave the ‘Hand of God’ and fell in love with Argentina
On the fifth anniversary of Diego Armando Maradona’s passing, I am reflecting on the rage I felt as a ten-year-old in 1986, and how, within four years, I was a fan of Diego and, indeed, Argentina.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
NEW POST 🗞️
Five years on from Diego’s passing, here’s a personal post from me on how I forgave the ‘hand of God’ and fell in love with Argentina 🇦🇷
Have a read. And if you also remember watching that quarter-final live on TV as a kid, what are your memories…
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Five years on from Diego’s passing, here’s a personal post from me on how I forgave the ‘hand of God’ and fell in love with Argentina 🇦🇷
Have a read. And if you also remember watching that quarter-final live on TV as a kid, what are your memories…
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
Are you stuck for Christmas present ideas for that football history nerd in your family?
They might like my books:
📕 Origin Stories - about how the game got started around the world
📘 The Defiant - 100 years of football against fascism
📗 Shades of Green - a groundhop and history of Irish soccer
They might like my books:
📕 Origin Stories - about how the game got started around the world
📘 The Defiant - 100 years of football against fascism
📗 Shades of Green - a groundhop and history of Irish soccer
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Are you stuck for Christmas present ideas for that football history nerd in your family?
They might like my books:
📕 Origin Stories - about how the game got started around the world
📘 The Defiant - 100 years of football against fascism
📗 Shades of Green - a groundhop and history of Irish soccer
They might like my books:
📕 Origin Stories - about how the game got started around the world
📘 The Defiant - 100 years of football against fascism
📗 Shades of Green - a groundhop and history of Irish soccer
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Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
#OnThisDay 24 Nov 1874 🇧🇷
Charles Miller, the 'father of Brazilian football', was born.
For more on the British founders of South American football, read my recent (free) Substack
👉🏼 open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
📸 @marcusjhaydon.bsky.social
Charles Miller, the 'father of Brazilian football', was born.
For more on the British founders of South American football, read my recent (free) Substack
👉🏼 open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
📸 @marcusjhaydon.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
#OnThisDay 24 Nov 1874 🇧🇷
Charles Miller, the 'father of Brazilian football', was born.
For more on the British founders of South American football, read my recent (free) Substack
👉🏼 open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
📸 @marcusjhaydon.bsky.social
Charles Miller, the 'father of Brazilian football', was born.
For more on the British founders of South American football, read my recent (free) Substack
👉🏼 open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
📸 @marcusjhaydon.bsky.social
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On the 50th anniversary of Franco's death, I discuss the contested legacy of his dictatorial regime in Spain and abroad with @sebasfaber.bsky.social on @sobremesapod.bsky.social
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5LrQ...
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5LrQ...
The Sobremesa Podcast
Podcast de Cultura y sociedad · Bimensual · The Sobremesa Podcast is about modern-day Spanish society, politics and history, without the stereotypes. Please donate at to make the podcast sustainable:...
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
On the 50th anniversary of Franco's death, I discuss the contested legacy of his dictatorial regime in Spain and abroad with @sebasfaber.bsky.social on @sobremesapod.bsky.social
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5LrQ...
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5LrQ...
This week's most-read over on Substack ✍🏼
On the 50th anniversary of General Franco's death, I look back on his influence and legacy on Spanish football.
#Skystorians #LaLiga
outsidewrite.substack.com/p/football-h...
On the 50th anniversary of General Franco's death, I look back on his influence and legacy on Spanish football.
#Skystorians #LaLiga
outsidewrite.substack.com/p/football-h...
Football History: Spanish Football under Franco
It’s been 50 years since the death of General Franco, dictator of Spain for 36 long years. What was his impact on the game in Spain? And just how long is his shadow today?
outsidewrite.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This week's most-read over on Substack ✍🏼
On the 50th anniversary of General Franco's death, I look back on his influence and legacy on Spanish football.
#Skystorians #LaLiga
outsidewrite.substack.com/p/football-h...
On the 50th anniversary of General Franco's death, I look back on his influence and legacy on Spanish football.
#Skystorians #LaLiga
outsidewrite.substack.com/p/football-h...
NEW PODCAST 🎙️
@simonbinns.bsky.social joins me to discuss his new book about Red Star Paris
✅ Founded by Jules Rimet, of World Cup fame
✅ Famously left-wing fanbase
✅ Electric matchday experience
Stream open.spotify.com/episode/0LSm...
Or download wherever you get your podcasts!
Taster…
@simonbinns.bsky.social joins me to discuss his new book about Red Star Paris
✅ Founded by Jules Rimet, of World Cup fame
✅ Famously left-wing fanbase
✅ Electric matchday experience
Stream open.spotify.com/episode/0LSm...
Or download wherever you get your podcasts!
Taster…
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
NEW PODCAST 🎙️
@simonbinns.bsky.social joins me to discuss his new book about Red Star Paris
✅ Founded by Jules Rimet, of World Cup fame
✅ Famously left-wing fanbase
✅ Electric matchday experience
Stream open.spotify.com/episode/0LSm...
Or download wherever you get your podcasts!
Taster…
@simonbinns.bsky.social joins me to discuss his new book about Red Star Paris
✅ Founded by Jules Rimet, of World Cup fame
✅ Famously left-wing fanbase
✅ Electric matchday experience
Stream open.spotify.com/episode/0LSm...
Or download wherever you get your podcasts!
Taster…
DROPPING TOMORROW 🎙️
@simonbinns.bsky.social joins me on the podcast to discuss his new book on Red Star Paris
✅ Club history
✅ Fan culture
✅ Matchday experience
...and more!
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts.
It's the last in the current series!
@simonbinns.bsky.social joins me on the podcast to discuss his new book on Red Star Paris
✅ Club history
✅ Fan culture
✅ Matchday experience
...and more!
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts.
It's the last in the current series!
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
DROPPING TOMORROW 🎙️
@simonbinns.bsky.social joins me on the podcast to discuss his new book on Red Star Paris
✅ Club history
✅ Fan culture
✅ Matchday experience
...and more!
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts.
It's the last in the current series!
@simonbinns.bsky.social joins me on the podcast to discuss his new book on Red Star Paris
✅ Club history
✅ Fan culture
✅ Matchday experience
...and more!
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts.
It's the last in the current series!
So, according to @futbologyapp.bsky.social, it’s 39 years ago today that I went to my first football match!
Addicks v Saints at Selhurst Park, where Charlton were renting at the time.
I talked about it on @rcfoster.bsky.social’s It Started With a Kick podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/3vP0...
Addicks v Saints at Selhurst Park, where Charlton were renting at the time.
I talked about it on @rcfoster.bsky.social’s It Started With a Kick podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/3vP0...
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
So, according to @futbologyapp.bsky.social, it’s 39 years ago today that I went to my first football match!
Addicks v Saints at Selhurst Park, where Charlton were renting at the time.
I talked about it on @rcfoster.bsky.social’s It Started With a Kick podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/3vP0...
Addicks v Saints at Selhurst Park, where Charlton were renting at the time.
I talked about it on @rcfoster.bsky.social’s It Started With a Kick podcast
open.spotify.com/episode/3vP0...
Having got up before 6am to listen to the #Ashes commentary, I am now at that superstitious stage where I go, “hmm, maybe if I turn off the commentary for a while, Australia will lose some wickets” 🤞🏼
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Having got up before 6am to listen to the #Ashes commentary, I am now at that superstitious stage where I go, “hmm, maybe if I turn off the commentary for a while, Australia will lose some wickets” 🤞🏼
#OnThisDay 21 Nov 1920 ☘️
British 'Black and Tans' open fire on spectators and players at a GAA match at Croke Park.
Alas, it was not the last 'Bloody Sunday' on the island of Ireland.
From my book, Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football
More 👉🏼 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/shades-...
British 'Black and Tans' open fire on spectators and players at a GAA match at Croke Park.
Alas, it was not the last 'Bloody Sunday' on the island of Ireland.
From my book, Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football
More 👉🏼 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/shades-...
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#OnThisDay 21 Nov 1920 ☘️
British 'Black and Tans' open fire on spectators and players at a GAA match at Croke Park.
Alas, it was not the last 'Bloody Sunday' on the island of Ireland.
From my book, Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football
More 👉🏼 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/shades-...
British 'Black and Tans' open fire on spectators and players at a GAA match at Croke Park.
Alas, it was not the last 'Bloody Sunday' on the island of Ireland.
From my book, Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football
More 👉🏼 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/shades-...
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Gill-ty as charged.
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Gill-ty as charged.
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?
#OnThisDay 21 Nov 1973 🇨🇱
The USSR refused to play the second leg of their World Cup qualifier playoff against Chile, because the Estadio Nacional in Santiago had been used as a torture and death camp for opponents of General Pinochet just weeks before.
From my book, The Defiant 📘
The USSR refused to play the second leg of their World Cup qualifier playoff against Chile, because the Estadio Nacional in Santiago had been used as a torture and death camp for opponents of General Pinochet just weeks before.
From my book, The Defiant 📘
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#OnThisDay 21 Nov 1973 🇨🇱
The USSR refused to play the second leg of their World Cup qualifier playoff against Chile, because the Estadio Nacional in Santiago had been used as a torture and death camp for opponents of General Pinochet just weeks before.
From my book, The Defiant 📘
The USSR refused to play the second leg of their World Cup qualifier playoff against Chile, because the Estadio Nacional in Santiago had been used as a torture and death camp for opponents of General Pinochet just weeks before.
From my book, The Defiant 📘
And yet many Leave voters *still* haven’t changed their minds 🤦🏻♂️
What’s it going to take, people? We need to get back in ASAP. This is why I am dreaming of a LibDem-Green coalition
What’s it going to take, people? We need to get back in ASAP. This is why I am dreaming of a LibDem-Green coalition
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
And yet many Leave voters *still* haven’t changed their minds 🤦🏻♂️
What’s it going to take, people? We need to get back in ASAP. This is why I am dreaming of a LibDem-Green coalition
What’s it going to take, people? We need to get back in ASAP. This is why I am dreaming of a LibDem-Green coalition
#OnThisDay 21 Nov 1874 🦁
Aston Villa were founded.
14 years later, Villa's president, William McGregor, helped found the Football League.
More on the roots of football in England and around the world in my first book, Origin Stories 📕
More 👉🏼 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/origin-.
Aston Villa were founded.
14 years later, Villa's president, William McGregor, helped found the Football League.
More on the roots of football in England and around the world in my first book, Origin Stories 📕
More 👉🏼 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/origin-.
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#OnThisDay 21 Nov 1874 🦁
Aston Villa were founded.
14 years later, Villa's president, William McGregor, helped found the Football League.
More on the roots of football in England and around the world in my first book, Origin Stories 📕
More 👉🏼 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/origin-.
Aston Villa were founded.
14 years later, Villa's president, William McGregor, helped found the Football League.
More on the roots of football in England and around the world in my first book, Origin Stories 📕
More 👉🏼 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/origin-.
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steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
So, exactly as I said, then 🤦🏻♂️
It’s that night before the first Ashes test Downunder, where you just have no idea what score you’ll wake up to but you’re braced for the worst 🏏
#Ashes
#Ashes
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
So, exactly as I said, then 🤦🏻♂️
I managed to photograph our local elusive kingfisher today.
Been trying to do this for several years, so finally lucked out! Usually, it’s just a blue flash.
Been trying to do this for several years, so finally lucked out! Usually, it’s just a blue flash.
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I managed to photograph our local elusive kingfisher today.
Been trying to do this for several years, so finally lucked out! Usually, it’s just a blue flash.
Been trying to do this for several years, so finally lucked out! Usually, it’s just a blue flash.