Historian and sociologist of football David Goldblatt is back on the podcast to talk to hosts Guy and Francesco about his latest book 'Injury Time. Football in a state of emergency'. David's excellent work discusses how football is an extraordinary tool to understand the recent past in Britain, from Brexit to covid and the various crises associated with the rising cost of living, growing inequality and climate change. As well as setting out the problems and challenges that society faces, Davi...
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Historian and sociologist of football David Goldblatt is back on the podcast to talk to hosts Guy and Francesco about his latest book 'Injury Time. Football in a state of emergency'. David's excellent work discusses how football is an extraordinary tool to understand the recent past in Britain, from Brexit to covid and the various crises associated with the rising cost of living, growing inequality and climate change. As well as setting out the problems and challenges that society faces, Davi...
Pasión, Politics & the Pitch: Spain's Football Journey ft. Miguel Lourenço Pereira
The FootPol Podcast
59 minutes
7 months ago
Pasión, Politics & the Pitch: Spain's Football Journey ft. Miguel Lourenço Pereira
In this episode, Guy and Francesco welcome back friend of the pod Miguel Lourenço Pereira to talk about his new book Pasión: A Journey to the Soul of Spanish Football (out 21 April from Pitch Publishing). Together, they dive into the political, cultural, and social undercurrents that have shaped Spanish football—from Franco’s regime using the sport as soft propaganda to the democratic era’s subtler, but still strategic, engagement with the game. They explore how ownership models shifted ...
The FootPol Podcast
Historian and sociologist of football David Goldblatt is back on the podcast to talk to hosts Guy and Francesco about his latest book 'Injury Time. Football in a state of emergency'. David's excellent work discusses how football is an extraordinary tool to understand the recent past in Britain, from Brexit to covid and the various crises associated with the rising cost of living, growing inequality and climate change. As well as setting out the problems and challenges that society faces, Davi...
