Joey D'Urso
@joeydurso.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joey.durso/
Senior data journalist, The Times and Sunday Times | Author of 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓: https://geni.us/MoreThanAShirt | [email protected]
Senior data journalist, The Times and Sunday Times | Author of 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓: https://geni.us/MoreThanAShirt | [email protected]
That's great to hear, Graham!
August 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
That's great to hear, Graham!
Hope you enjoy it, Paul!
July 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Hope you enjoy it, Paul!
Thanks very much Jon, hope you enjoy it!
June 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Thanks very much Jon, hope you enjoy it!
Huge thanks to those kind enough to endorse the book including @migueldelaney.bsky.social @adamcrafton.bsky.social @simonkuper.bsky.social @davidarrowsmith.bsky.social @patrickmaguire.bsky.social @mattchorley.bsky.social
I am very grateful 🙏
I am very grateful 🙏
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Huge thanks to those kind enough to endorse the book including @migueldelaney.bsky.social @adamcrafton.bsky.social @simonkuper.bsky.social @davidarrowsmith.bsky.social @patrickmaguire.bsky.social @mattchorley.bsky.social
I am very grateful 🙏
I am very grateful 🙏
The last few days have been a whirlwind of events, radio appearances, podcasts... I've loved it.
It's a thrill to talk about this topic I am so passionate about. Always open to doing more stuff!
It's a thrill to talk about this topic I am so passionate about. Always open to doing more stuff!
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The last few days have been a whirlwind of events, radio appearances, podcasts... I've loved it.
It's a thrill to talk about this topic I am so passionate about. Always open to doing more stuff!
It's a thrill to talk about this topic I am so passionate about. Always open to doing more stuff!
I’ve loved travelling the world to tell these stories.
These are just 22 though. There are lots more football shirt stories out there. Tell me if you discover any interesting ones!
These are just 22 though. There are lots more football shirt stories out there. Tell me if you discover any interesting ones!
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I’ve loved travelling the world to tell these stories.
These are just 22 though. There are lots more football shirt stories out there. Tell me if you discover any interesting ones!
These are just 22 though. There are lots more football shirt stories out there. Tell me if you discover any interesting ones!
11) FINANCIAL TIMES
I’ve done lots of reporting on the flood of crypto cash into football, and went to Istanbul to do a fascinating interview with a crypto victim.
The shirt of Beşiktaş tells the story.
On finance broadly, the Australian women’s team is an interesting tale…
I’ve done lots of reporting on the flood of crypto cash into football, and went to Istanbul to do a fascinating interview with a crypto victim.
The shirt of Beşiktaş tells the story.
On finance broadly, the Australian women’s team is an interesting tale…
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
11) FINANCIAL TIMES
I’ve done lots of reporting on the flood of crypto cash into football, and went to Istanbul to do a fascinating interview with a crypto victim.
The shirt of Beşiktaş tells the story.
On finance broadly, the Australian women’s team is an interesting tale…
I’ve done lots of reporting on the flood of crypto cash into football, and went to Istanbul to do a fascinating interview with a crypto victim.
The shirt of Beşiktaş tells the story.
On finance broadly, the Australian women’s team is an interesting tale…
10) BORDERS
Football shirts can be a way of telling the story of complicated lines on a map.
Sectarian football in Glasgow - Celtic v Rangers - is one example.
Another is a team formed by the Palestinian diaspora in Chile…
Football shirts can be a way of telling the story of complicated lines on a map.
Sectarian football in Glasgow - Celtic v Rangers - is one example.
Another is a team formed by the Palestinian diaspora in Chile…
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
10) BORDERS
Football shirts can be a way of telling the story of complicated lines on a map.
Sectarian football in Glasgow - Celtic v Rangers - is one example.
Another is a team formed by the Palestinian diaspora in Chile…
Football shirts can be a way of telling the story of complicated lines on a map.
Sectarian football in Glasgow - Celtic v Rangers - is one example.
Another is a team formed by the Palestinian diaspora in Chile…
9) THE OTHER HALF
Women’s football was booming in England after WWI. Then it was banned for 50 years.
It’s since had a resurgence - unevenly - as women's rights have improved around the world.
Mary Earps’s goalkeeper shirt tells this alongside the purple of Corinthians in Brazil.
Women’s football was booming in England after WWI. Then it was banned for 50 years.
It’s since had a resurgence - unevenly - as women's rights have improved around the world.
Mary Earps’s goalkeeper shirt tells this alongside the purple of Corinthians in Brazil.
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
9) THE OTHER HALF
Women’s football was booming in England after WWI. Then it was banned for 50 years.
It’s since had a resurgence - unevenly - as women's rights have improved around the world.
Mary Earps’s goalkeeper shirt tells this alongside the purple of Corinthians in Brazil.
Women’s football was booming in England after WWI. Then it was banned for 50 years.
It’s since had a resurgence - unevenly - as women's rights have improved around the world.
Mary Earps’s goalkeeper shirt tells this alongside the purple of Corinthians in Brazil.
8) CHINA’S RISE AND RETREAT
China was the future once, pouring money into football.
In its domestic league, clubs like Guanzhou Evergrande attracted stars. And investment abroad, eg West Bromwich Albion.
When China's property bubble burst so did the football bubble.
China was the future once, pouring money into football.
In its domestic league, clubs like Guanzhou Evergrande attracted stars. And investment abroad, eg West Bromwich Albion.
When China's property bubble burst so did the football bubble.
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
8) CHINA’S RISE AND RETREAT
China was the future once, pouring money into football.
In its domestic league, clubs like Guanzhou Evergrande attracted stars. And investment abroad, eg West Bromwich Albion.
When China's property bubble burst so did the football bubble.
China was the future once, pouring money into football.
In its domestic league, clubs like Guanzhou Evergrande attracted stars. And investment abroad, eg West Bromwich Albion.
When China's property bubble burst so did the football bubble.
7) DEMOCRACY’S LIMITS
Nowhere is this truer than in Saudi Arabia which owns Newcastle, who play in a green and white third kit.. the colours of 🇸🇦
On Cape Town's Robben Island, football shirts tell a more optimistic story: not strengthening dictatorship but helping topple one.
Nowhere is this truer than in Saudi Arabia which owns Newcastle, who play in a green and white third kit.. the colours of 🇸🇦
On Cape Town's Robben Island, football shirts tell a more optimistic story: not strengthening dictatorship but helping topple one.
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
7) DEMOCRACY’S LIMITS
Nowhere is this truer than in Saudi Arabia which owns Newcastle, who play in a green and white third kit.. the colours of 🇸🇦
On Cape Town's Robben Island, football shirts tell a more optimistic story: not strengthening dictatorship but helping topple one.
Nowhere is this truer than in Saudi Arabia which owns Newcastle, who play in a green and white third kit.. the colours of 🇸🇦
On Cape Town's Robben Island, football shirts tell a more optimistic story: not strengthening dictatorship but helping topple one.
6) BEYOND OIL AND GAS
Barcelona shirts went from blank, to Unicef... to Qatar Airways.
Real Madrid, Arsenal and many other top clubs are sponsored by Fly Emirates.
Middle Eastern states are jockeying for power for when the oil and gas runs out.
Barcelona shirts went from blank, to Unicef... to Qatar Airways.
Real Madrid, Arsenal and many other top clubs are sponsored by Fly Emirates.
Middle Eastern states are jockeying for power for when the oil and gas runs out.
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
6) BEYOND OIL AND GAS
Barcelona shirts went from blank, to Unicef... to Qatar Airways.
Real Madrid, Arsenal and many other top clubs are sponsored by Fly Emirates.
Middle Eastern states are jockeying for power for when the oil and gas runs out.
Barcelona shirts went from blank, to Unicef... to Qatar Airways.
Real Madrid, Arsenal and many other top clubs are sponsored by Fly Emirates.
Middle Eastern states are jockeying for power for when the oil and gas runs out.
5) AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM
Like India, the US is a rare country that football hasn’t quite conquered yet.
But it’s trying, with Lionel Messi a big factor…
I went to Texas, host of a World Cup semi-final next year, to find out more…
Like India, the US is a rare country that football hasn’t quite conquered yet.
But it’s trying, with Lionel Messi a big factor…
I went to Texas, host of a World Cup semi-final next year, to find out more…
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
5) AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM
Like India, the US is a rare country that football hasn’t quite conquered yet.
But it’s trying, with Lionel Messi a big factor…
I went to Texas, host of a World Cup semi-final next year, to find out more…
Like India, the US is a rare country that football hasn’t quite conquered yet.
But it’s trying, with Lionel Messi a big factor…
I went to Texas, host of a World Cup semi-final next year, to find out more…
4) WORLD ON THE MOVE
Wherever you go in the world you will see shirts.
They can tell the story of migration patterns, from France’s sometimes uneasy relationship between immigrant communities and its national team, and a refugee team in Essex...
Wherever you go in the world you will see shirts.
They can tell the story of migration patterns, from France’s sometimes uneasy relationship between immigrant communities and its national team, and a refugee team in Essex...
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
4) WORLD ON THE MOVE
Wherever you go in the world you will see shirts.
They can tell the story of migration patterns, from France’s sometimes uneasy relationship between immigrant communities and its national team, and a refugee team in Essex...
Wherever you go in the world you will see shirts.
They can tell the story of migration patterns, from France’s sometimes uneasy relationship between immigrant communities and its national team, and a refugee team in Essex...