Forgotten Stories of Football

by The Guardian
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The best football stories you’ve probably never heard before, written by some of the world’s leading sports journalists. Spanning over 100 years of sporting history from across the footballing planet, the stories are narrated by leading actors and feature rich sound design and specially composed music

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Recent Episodes
  • How the white football was dismissed as an unwanted fad
    Aug 31, 2020 – 00:18:51
  • The Colourful XI tragedy
    Aug 12, 2020 – 00:23:17
  • The France football captain who murdered for Hitler
    Aug 5, 2020 – 00:13:20
  • The 1985 English Super Cup
    Jul 29, 2020 – 00:19:04
  • How the white football was dismissed as an unwanted fad
    Jul 22, 2020 – 00:18:44
  • Dundee United's glory years under Jim McLean – part two of two
    Jul 15, 2020 – 00:25:59
  • Dundee United's glory years under Jim McLean: part one of two
    Jul 8, 2020 – 00:22:00
  • Luton Town's Manager Idol
    Jul 1, 2020 – 00:09:47
  • How John Crossan became football's most harshly treated player
    Jun 24, 2020 – 00:18:49
  • Fred Spiksley: wing wizard, film star and POW escapee
    Jun 17, 2020 – 00:16:24
  • Abraham Klein, the 'master of the whistle': part two
    Jun 10, 2020 – 00:31:09
  • Abraham Klein, the 'master of the whistle': part one
    Jun 3, 2020 – 00:28:21
  • Jeff Hall: the footballer whose death turned the tide against polio
    May 27, 2020 – 00:19:52
  • Manchester United v Galatasaray, 1993
    May 20, 2020 – 00:15:48
  • Farce and fascism at the 1936 Olympics
    May 13, 2020 – 00:13:14
  • Forgotten Stories of Football podcast: season one trailer
    May 7, 2020 – 00:01:41
Recent Reviews
  • cjhermanns
    I love a good story
    … but nothing left to talk about?
  • Mightyspong
    Rerecord it!
    The writing is excellent, the reading/attempted accents/"acting" are beyond cringy. It wouldn't be hard to do it again better
  • SBywater
    Another Guardian Hit...
    What we stateside football fans needed, when we needed it! The Guardian scores again!
  • DCI Banks
    Quality Football/History
    As to be expected from the Guardian. Grateful Yank
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