FootyCon @FootyCon

The next International Football History Conference will be held on 11-13 Jun 2026 at Fulham’s Craven Cottage in London. #Footycon26 eventbrite.co.uk/o/internationa… Joined April 2017

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Dr Gary James @GaryJamesWriter

2 months ago

Any academic members of @BritSportHisSoc @FootyCon in USA able to help with your institutional access?

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FootyCon @FootyCon

2 months ago

Good luck to all #footycon regulars attending the @BritSportHisSoc conference this week in Edinburgh. ENjoy it all

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Dr Gary James @GaryJamesWriter

4 months ago

Frank Soo Blue Plaque gjfootballarchive.com/2026/07/10/fra… @SportinHistory1 @sportinghistory @footyheritage @stokecity @HistoricEngland

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Mark Orton @MarkAOrton

4 months ago

A pleasure to again collaborate with @footyheritage as part of a wider project I am working on which I presented about last month at @FootyCon at Craven Cottage

Football Heritage @footyheritage

4 months ago

New Article: Sons of Bosnia This week, we saw Bosnia and Herzegovina bow out of the World Cup at the hands of the United States. It’s worth remembering that a little over 30 years ago, a genocide was taking place which intended to wipe out the Bosnian population. To now

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FURD @furdday

4 months ago

Nice to see this has come to fruition - Cameron spent some time in our library consulting our collection of football fanzines for his PhD.

FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

We continue this look at campaigns to tackle divisiveness as Cameron Huggett of the @britishlibrary & Teeside University discussing how football fanzines & anti-racism campaigns intersect in the 1990s and early 2000s.

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FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

A few general group images from, #footycon26

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FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

One of our most chaotic annual Team Photos so I’ve posted a few options. Hopefully all those who attended day one of #footycon26 will see themselves here.

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Dr Gary James @GaryJamesWriter

4 months ago

I’ll post more after a few days’ rest but it’s been a busy few days as one of the organisers of #footycon26 where I also did a presentation on Pickles. The new display in #Croydon I’ve helped research and write was put up a few days ago too. If you’re in Croydon look out for it.

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BSSH @BritSportHisSoc

4 months ago

All the action from this year's Footycon at Fulham Pier

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FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

We finish the conference with two short presentations by 2/3 of our organising committee as Max Portman (@WestHamSyndrome) & Gary James (@GaryJamesWriter) talk about I’m forever blowing bubbles and Pickles the dog

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FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

Up next, we have Chris Lee discussing a century of football rebelling against the evils of fascism across the world from Europe to South America

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FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

Our final session of #footycon26 is underway and we start with Malcolm Dowden tells us about the famous Welsh rugby historian WJT Collins

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FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

To round out this penultimate session of #Footycon26, we have Christian Schröder discussing confessional and migrant football communities in Germany

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FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

Up next, we have @GollnerPhilipp focusing on Ivica Osim, the last coach of the Yugoslav team and how his story deserves so much more attention than it currently gets from the international football history community

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FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

After lunch and a brief excursion across to the Press conference room, we’re back with @MarkAOrton talking to @GaryJamesWriter about football and how the Yugoslav wars keep shaping international football

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FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

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FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

But our final presentation in markers 2 before lunch on day 2 of #Footycon26 is Walter Hunt, winner of our best paper prize in … discussing the commentary of legendary commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme

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FootyCon @FootyCon

4 months ago

Walter has also got a recent book out with @softwoodbooks, which is available to buy on Amazon and is about Walter’s life in and around football, with Walter’s huge love for Newport Pagnell