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Sad news from Italy as Franco Baresi has passed away this morning at 66 years old. An absolute legend of the game with AC Milan and Italy, marking an era for different generations. Thoughts and prayers with the family and the friends. Rest in peace, Franco. ❤️🕊️

I remember there being some discussion around how to pronounce his name. UK commentators always pronounced it 'Won-Chop', when it was actually 'Wan-Cho-Pay' (if I recall correctly)

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#OnThisDay in football, 31 July 1948 - India played its first international, barefoot, in Ilford, losing 2-1 to France 🇮🇳 1969 - Antonio Conte born 🇮🇹 1976 - Paulo Wanchope born 🇨🇷 1979 - Carlos Marchena born 🇪🇸 2009 - Sir Bobby Robson died 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2022 - Luis Suárez returns to Nacional

Dank je wel!

Indeed. Coincidence, I'm sure. Ajax, I can understand, as that's the city badge ❌❌❌ PSV is interesting, as Philips' logo is blue Feyenoord's is like Sparta, who predate them, so maybe that's how they got those colours?

This coming Sunday's newsletter is all about the origins of the Dutch Big Three 🇳🇱 ✅ Ajax Amsterdam ✅ Philips Sport Vereniging (PSV) Eindhoven ✅ Feyenoord They've won 91% of Eredivisie titles since it launched. Sub/follow 👉 outsidewrite.substack.com #Groundhopping #footballhistory

The full statement from UEFA is remarkable. Members vow not to participate in FIFA competitions unless the entire proposal is scrapped and assurances are made it is gone for good.

Four of the ten episodes of the next series of the Football Travel by Outside Write podcast are in the can. They are: 🤝 Community football ⭐ Cold War Football ⚽ FC United of Manchester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 West Midlands Football Culture Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts. Out late August...

Meanwhile in Mediterranean life.

#OnThisDay in football, 30 June 1874 - Billy Meredith, the original 'Welsh Wizard' and football's first superstar, was born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 1930 - Uruguay won the first World Cup 🏆 1930 - Barça founder Joan Gamper died 🇨🇭 1964 - Jürgen Klinsmann born 🇩🇪 1966 - England won their only World Cup 🏆

Coming up on Outside Write (FREE!) NOW - How the working class took over football 💪 02/08 - The origins of the Dutch 'Big Three' 🇳🇱 09/08 - A Century of Fiorentina 🇮🇹 16/08 - How Vasco fought for equality 🇧🇷 Sub/follow 👉 outsidewrite.substack.com Podcast also returns in August 🎙️

Happy birthday #VivAnderson #BOTD in 1956.

Coming up on Outside Write (FREE!) NOW - How the working class took over football 💪 02/08 - The origins of the Dutch 'Big Three' 🇳🇱 09/08 - A Century of Fiorentina 🇮🇹 16/08 - How Vasco fought for equality 🇧🇷 Sub/follow 👉 outsidewrite.substack.com Podcast also returns in August 🎙️

#OnThisDay in football, 29 July 1911 - Mohun Bagan won the IFA Shield, the first Indian team to do so 🇮🇳 1951 - Ali Sami Yen, Galatasaray's founder, died 🇹🇷 1996 - Newcastle Utd signed Alan Shearer for a world-record £15m 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Birthdays: Alvin Martin (68), Ayoze Pérez (33), Daniele Rugani (32)

This week's newsletter looks at how the working class took over football, in the terraces and on the pitch, at least. The pattern of starting as a 'gentleman's pursuit' and being taken over by the masses is mirrored pretty much everywhere #FootballHistory outsidewrite.substack.com/p/the-game-o...

Bad news coming out of Madrid, where the council (which owns Estadio de Vallecas) has identified numerous safety issues and will start work on rectifying them this week Looks like Rayo might start the season playing elsewhere as 'home' It's the first club in my next book, 'Barrio Clubs' (out 2027)

This would be a very good move. I'm a recent convert to mandatory voting and increasingly messianic about it open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

#OnThisDay in football, 28 July 1966 - Miguel Ángel Nadal born 🇪🇸 1981 - Michael Carrick born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1993 - Harry Kane born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 This date is also 'National Soccer Day' in the US 🇺🇸

What are you doing on 12 Aug? Come and meet @richhall80.bsky.social, @rickhough.bsky.social, Chris Willis (The Calcio Blog), @markgordonmedia.bsky.social and me at The Volley in Old Street, London. It's free! But you'll need a ticket 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gentle...