Forgotten Stories of Football

Forgotten Stories of Football

15 episodes

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

Podcasts

The Colourful XI tragedy

Published: Aug. 12, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 17 seconds

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The France football captain who murdered for Hitler

Published: Aug. 5, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 20 seconds

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The 1985 English Super Cup

Published: July 29, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 4 seconds

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How the white football was dismissed as an unwanted fad

Published: July 22, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds

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Dundee United's glory years under Jim McLean – part two of two

Published: July 15, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 59 seconds

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Dundee United's glory years under Jim McLean: part one of two

Published: July 8, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes

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Luton Town's Manager Idol

Published: July 1, 2020, 7:06 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 47 seconds

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How John Crossan became football's most harshly treated player

Published: June 24, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 49 seconds

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Fred Spiksley: wing wizard, film star and POW escapee

Published: June 17, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 24 seconds

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Abraham Klein, the 'master of the whistle': part two

Published: June 10, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 9 seconds

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Abraham Klein, the 'master of the whistle': part one

Published: June 3, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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Jeff Hall: the footballer whose death turned the tide against polio

Published: May 27, 2020, 8:01 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 52 seconds

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Manchester United v Galatasaray, 1993

Published: May 20, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 48 seconds

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Farce and fascism at the 1936 Olympics

Published: May 13, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 14 seconds

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Forgotten Stories of Football podcast: season one trailer

Published: May 7, 2020, 9:39 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds

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