Forgotten Stories of Football

A podcast by The Guardian

16 Episodes

  1. How the white football was dismissed as an unwanted fad

    Published: 31/08/2020
  2. The Colourful XI tragedy

    Published: 12/08/2020
  3. The France football captain who murdered for Hitler

    Published: 05/08/2020
  4. The 1985 English Super Cup

    Published: 29/07/2020
  5. How the white football was dismissed as an unwanted fad

    Published: 22/07/2020
  6. Dundee United's glory years under Jim McLean – part two of two

    Published: 15/07/2020
  7. Dundee United's glory years under Jim McLean: part one of two

    Published: 08/07/2020
  8. Luton Town's Manager Idol

    Published: 01/07/2020
  9. How John Crossan became football's most harshly treated player

    Published: 24/06/2020
  10. Fred Spiksley: wing wizard, film star and POW escapee

    Published: 17/06/2020
  11. Abraham Klein, the 'master of the whistle': part two

    Published: 10/06/2020
  12. Abraham Klein, the 'master of the whistle': part one

    Published: 03/06/2020
  13. Jeff Hall: the footballer whose death turned the tide against polio

    Published: 27/05/2020
  14. Forgotten stories of football: Manchester United v Galatasaray, 1993

    Published: 20/05/2020
  15. Football, farce and fascism at the 1936 Olympics

    Published: 13/05/2020
  16. Forgotten Stories of Football podcast: season one trailer

    Published: 07/05/2020

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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