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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 6h

Cheers, Chris 🙌🏼

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 8h

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 16h

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 · 16h

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

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World Soccer @worldsoccermag.bsky.social · 17h

📚 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 · 1d

I didn’t know that, thanks

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

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.

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

#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 · 2d

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

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

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 · 2d

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

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

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 · 2d

@gerrytastic.bsky.social 👀

Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 2d

Mural homage to Irish International Brigader Bob Doyle, Dublin. Since painted over, but now plaque nearby Doyle was captured during Aragón offensive+spent hellish 11 months in San Pedro de Cardeña concentration camp before being released. I recommend his autobiography Brigadista

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

Alas, this is my county council (needless to say, I did NOT vote for them)

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

#OnThisDay 5 Oct 1957 🇺🇾

Uruguayan legend José Leandro Andrade, arguably the first international black footballing superstar, died aged 55

🏆 1930 World Cup
🥇🥇 1924 and 1928 Olympics
🏆 3x Copas América

This is his Olympic shirt at the Museo Estadio Centenario, which I visited last year.

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

NEW PODCAST 🎙️

My guest is @brunssen.bsky.social, whose new book
explores four European clubs with a Jewish connection: Ajax, Bayern München, FK Austria Wien and Tottenham Hotspur.

How did these identities come about, and why are they often problematic?

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

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

NEW POST 🗞️

I went along to AFC Wimbledon for the first time last week.

It’s one of the great stories of fan-owned football.

Why? Read on… 👇🏼 #groundhopping #AFCWimbledon

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

Football Travel: AFC Wimbledon

Firmly back where they belong in London’s SW19 postcode and a division above the franchise club that led to their creation, AFC Wimbledon is a modern fairytale of fan-owned football.

open.substack.com

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

#OnThisDay 5 Oct 1957 🇺🇾

Uruguayan legend José Leandro Andrade, arguably the first international black footballing superstar, died aged 55

🏆 1930 World Cup
🥇🥇 1924 and 1928 Olympics
🏆 3x Copas América

This is his Olympic shirt at the Museo Estadio Centenario, which I visited last year.

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

NEW POST 🗞️

I went along to AFC Wimbledon for the first time last week.

It’s one of the great stories of fan-owned football.

Why? Read on… 👇🏼 #groundhopping #AFCWimbledon

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

Football Travel: AFC Wimbledon

Firmly back where they belong in London’s SW19 postcode and a division above the franchise club that led to their creation, AFC Wimbledon is a modern fairytale of fan-owned football.

open.substack.com

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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.bsky.social · 6d

DROPPING SUNDAY

My guest is @brunssen.bsky.social, whose new book explores four European clubs with a Jewish connection: Ajax, Bayern München, FK Austria Wien and Tottenham Hotspur.

How did these identities come about, and why are they often problematic?

Find out on Sunday. Here's a taster...

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

I will be submitting an idea for a talk…

Come to Fulham next summer!

BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 4d

The Call For Papers/Presentations is now live for the International Football History Conference 2026. Get your proposals in for what promises to be another great conference. #Footycon26

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

Just a heads-up for fans of football #history, my latest podcast is with @drpetewatson.bsky.social of the University of Leeds, and we’re discussing the cultural significance of Diego Maradona 🇦🇷

Just look for ‘Football Travel by Outside Write’ wherever you get your podcasts.

Here’s a taster…

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Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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

#OnThisDay 4 Oct 1936

Tens of thousands of Eastenders block the police from clearing a path for the British Union of Fascists to march provocatively into a Jewish neighbourhood.

The ‘Battle of Cable Street’ became a symbol of British anti-fascist resistance.

📸 The Cable Street Mural, Stepney.

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