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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

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Published: December 7, 2025 08:27

#OnThisDay 7 Dec 1864 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Notts County FC were formally organised, although the club can trace its roots back to 1862 The Magpies are the oldest *professional* side in the world, while the oldest of all is @sheffieldfc.bsky.social Former County…

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Published: December 6, 2025 07:59

#OnThisDay 6 Dec 1921 The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed, which led to the division of Ireland. Football mirrored the political split with two new national leagues and international teams, unlike other all-island sports. Why? Find out in my book... 👉🏼…

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Published: December 5, 2025 07:51

#OnThisDay 5 Dec 1921 The FA deems football to be "quite unsuitable for females" and bans the use of FA-affiliated grounds for women's matches Women's sides, such as Dick, Kerr Ladies FC of Preston, were attracting huge crowds The ban lasted 50 years,…

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Published: December 5, 2025 07:41

#OnThisDay 5 Dec 1976 Just 13 months after the death of General Franco and with the Basque 'Ikurriña' flag still outlawed, the captains of Real Sociedad and Athletic Club took a huge risk by carrying a homemade Ikurriña onto the pitch. From my book, The…

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Published: December 4, 2025 19:20

So, creators also get an annual 'Wrapped' from Spotify, too, and I just want to thank everyone for another great year. The podcast will be back in the spring with new episodes, but there are 250+ episodes in the back catalogue to catch up on 🙌🏼 👉🏼…

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Published: December 4, 2025 09:47

#OnThisDay 4 Dec 1887 🇸🇪 Sweden's first and oldest football club, Örgryte Idrottssällskap (ÖIS), was founded. Sweden was early to football. You can learn all about how football started in Scandinavia and all over the world in my book, Origin Stories. 👉🏼…

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Published: December 4, 2025 08:28

#OnThisDay 4 Dec 1935 England played a controversial match with N*zi Germany at White Hart Lane, of all venues The match led to protests, with one fan scaling the roof to cut the swastika flag loose, and questions in parliament More in my book, The…

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Published: December 4, 2025 08:14

NEW POST 📣 Croatian club Hajduk Split was a beacon of Croatian/Yugoslavian patriotic resistance during World War II. In the post-war period, Hajduk fans introduced ‘ultrà’ culture into Europe. Read all about it in my new post… 📸 @dwil94.bsky.social …

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Published: December 3, 2025 09:16

#Onthisday, 3 December 1925 ☘️ John McCredy McAlery, the ‘father of Irish football’, died aged 77 McAlery: ⚽ arranged first demo match 🏟️ founded Ireland's first soccer club 🎩 lead creation of Irish FA ☘️ captained first Irish national side More in my…

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Published: December 3, 2025 08:36

#Onthisday, 3 Dec 1906 🇮🇹 Torino FC was founded by a breakaway group at Juventus, led by the Swiss Alfred Dick Torino FC has: 🏆 7x Serie A titles 🏆 3x Coppa Italia Here are some photos from my encounters with Torino FC over the years, including…

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Published: December 2, 2025 18:37

Upcoming over on Substack: Today: Non-league adventures at West Didsbury & Chorlton 04/12: Hajduk Split in WWII (thanks to @dwil94.bsky.social for pic) 09/12: The best books on Italian football 11/12: The three ages of the Arsenal Sub/follow for free 👉🏼…

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Published: December 2, 2025 08:49

#OnThisDay 2 Dec 1993 🇨🇴 Notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar, was shot dead by Colombian police Check out my podcast with @drpetewatson.bsky.social on the role of football in Colombian society, including in the shadow of the cartels …

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Published: December 2, 2025 08:17

NEW POST 🗞️ Continuing my #nonleague adventures, I made a long-overdue visit to progressive Manchester club, West Didsbury & Chorlton The club enjoyed average crowds of 877 last season, more than twice the average in their division Why? Read on……

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Published: December 2, 2025 08:14

NEW POST 🗞️ Continuing my #nonleague adventures, I made a long-overdue visit to progressive Manchester club, West Didsbury & Chorlton The club enjoyed average crowds of 877 last season, more than twice the average in their division Why? Read on……

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Published: December 1, 2025 19:26

I have a post going up on my (free) Substack tomorrow about Manchester’s progressive #nonleague club, West Didsbury & Chorlton. The club drew average crowds on 877 in the 9th tier last season. Give me a follow if you’re on Substack!

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Published: December 1, 2025 08:45

#OnThisDay, 1 Dec 1886 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Workers at an armoury in Woolwich gather to create the Dial Square Football Club. It’s the birth of the club we know now as the Arsenal. This is the dial itself, now home to a pub. #Arsenal #AFC

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Published: November 30, 2025 12:51

On this day, 30 Nov 1936 The Crystal Palace exhibition centre in South London burned down The stadium within Crystal Palace Park hosted several FA Cup finals 🏆 between 1895 and 1914 and gave rise to Crystal Palace FC 🦅 More in my video #CPFC…

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Published: November 30, 2025 09:01

#OnThisDay 30 Nov 1872 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scotland hosted England for the first official international match in Glasgow It finished goalless, but as a proof of concept, it pushed the game stratospheric More in this podcast…

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Published: November 29, 2025 17:43

I've received some great feedback on this post, so thanks all! On the fifth anniversary of Diego #Maradona's passing, I penned this piece on how I forgave the 'Hand of God' and became someone who very much identifies with him and Argentina. …

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Published: November 29, 2025 08:03

#OnThisDay 29 Nov 1899 FC Barcelona was founded by the Swiss Hans (Joan) Gamper. Here's me on my first visit to the (now old) Camp Nou in the late '90s. You can read all about the roots of football in Catalonia and Spain in my book, Origin Stories: The…