Evan
@evansmithhist.bsky.social
Academic/Writer - History/Politics/Criminology - British, Australian & southern African (plus transnational) history - he/him - top 2% researchers 2024 (Stanford/Elsevier rankings) - views own - cult classic, not best seller - DMs will, alas, remain unread
But never made it out of the group stage!
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 PM
But never made it out of the group stage!
New Zealand only first had an attempt at World Cup qualification in 1970 and didn’t qualify until Spain 1982.
January 24, 2026 at 12:53 PM
New Zealand only first had an attempt at World Cup qualification in 1970 and didn’t qualify until Spain 1982.
Reposted by Evan
Australia was originally in a qualifying group with South Africa, South Korea and North Korea. South Africa was eventually banned, South Korea withdrew due to logistics and North Korea/Australia played their two qualifying games in Prince Sihanouk's Cambodia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FI...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FI...
1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (Africa, Asia and Oceania) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Australia was originally in a qualifying group with South Africa, South Korea and North Korea. South Africa was eventually banned, South Korea withdrew due to logistics and North Korea/Australia played their two qualifying games in Prince Sihanouk's Cambodia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FI...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FI...
He calls French Fries ‘chips’
January 24, 2026 at 4:02 AM
He calls French Fries ‘chips’
Australia was originally in a qualifying group with South Africa, South Korea and North Korea. South Africa was eventually banned, South Korea withdrew due to logistics and North Korea/Australia played their two qualifying games in Prince Sihanouk's Cambodia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FI...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FI...
1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (Africa, Asia and Oceania) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Australia was originally in a qualifying group with South Africa, South Korea and North Korea. South Africa was eventually banned, South Korea withdrew due to logistics and North Korea/Australia played their two qualifying games in Prince Sihanouk's Cambodia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FI...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_FI...
Our book is the latest in a series that @manchesterup.bsky.social has published on the history of the British far left, originally edited by myself and Matthew Worley. You can get the paperbacks of these in the MUP sale too!
bsky.app/profile/evan...
bsky.app/profile/evan...
You can also use the discount to get the paperback editions of the two previous volumes, 'Against the Grain' and 'Waiting for the Revolution'. UK/EU discount applied at till, US/Can use code 'JAN40'.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526107343/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526113665/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526107343/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526113665/
January 22, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Our book is the latest in a series that @manchesterup.bsky.social has published on the history of the British far left, originally edited by myself and Matthew Worley. You can get the paperbacks of these in the MUP sale too!
bsky.app/profile/evan...
bsky.app/profile/evan...
They don’t seem to be on BlueSky but this chapter by Antje Ellermann and Ben O’Heran is also very helpful for me thinking through stuff.
“Unsettling migration studies: Indigeneity and immigration in settler colonial states”
cenes-narratives-2020.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2022/0...
“Unsettling migration studies: Indigeneity and immigration in settler colonial states”
cenes-narratives-2020.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2022/0...
cenes-narratives-2020.sites.olt.ubc.ca
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 AM
They don’t seem to be on BlueSky but this chapter by Antje Ellermann and Ben O’Heran is also very helpful for me thinking through stuff.
“Unsettling migration studies: Indigeneity and immigration in settler colonial states”
cenes-narratives-2020.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2022/0...
“Unsettling migration studies: Indigeneity and immigration in settler colonial states”
cenes-narratives-2020.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2022/0...
Another one is this article by @grundrza.bsky.social and Marcel Paret.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The South African tradition of racial capitalism
This introduction to the special issue on “The South African Tradition of Racial Capitalism” situates the South African tradition of racial capitalism (SAT) against the organizational backdrop of t...
www.tandfonline.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Another one is this article by @grundrza.bsky.social and Marcel Paret.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This article by @audieklotz.bsky.social is one of those that has been very helpful for something that I am writing for the @colmigproject.bsky.social project. So shout out to this one!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Imperial migration states
In the past decade, theorising about migration policy has rapidly included more states beyond Western Europe or North America. Expanding the temporal and geographical range of conventional cases de...
www.tandfonline.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:38 AM
This article by @audieklotz.bsky.social is one of those that has been very helpful for something that I am writing for the @colmigproject.bsky.social project. So shout out to this one!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....