David Arrowsmith Author
@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social
New book Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar’s Colombia published by Cassell is OUT NOW! ❤️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
Find your copy here ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/narcoball
All my links:
https://linktr.ee/DavidArrowsmithAuthor
Agent: @jonwoodagent.bsky.social
Vamos!
Find your copy here ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/narcoball
All my links:
https://linktr.ee/DavidArrowsmithAuthor
Agent: @jonwoodagent.bsky.social
Vamos!
A genius assist and a vital injury time goal from Luis Díaz today for Bayern. What a season Lucho is having in Munich.
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A genius assist and a vital injury time goal from Luis Díaz today for Bayern. What a season Lucho is having in Munich.
Some Friday reading inspiration for you, courtesy of my best efforts to create the best worst content on TikTok 🤣
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Some Friday reading inspiration for you, courtesy of my best efforts to create the best worst content on TikTok 🤣
Psyching myself up for an hour watching Little Miss Writerman’s hockey training tonight in the freezing cold. At least I’ve got Dan Dan Noodles to look forward to for dinner after… 🏑🥶🧊❄️🍜😋🤤
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Psyching myself up for an hour watching Little Miss Writerman’s hockey training tonight in the freezing cold. At least I’ve got Dan Dan Noodles to look forward to for dinner after… 🏑🥶🧊❄️🍜😋🤤
When you’re so tired you accidentally make yourself a double strength coffee instead of your planned single shot… that’s just the universe balancing things out for you.
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
When you’re so tired you accidentally make yourself a double strength coffee instead of your planned single shot… that’s just the universe balancing things out for you.
My interview with the 2nd biggest newspaper in Italy - La Repubblica. Hit “translate” on your browser tab if you want to read it in English!
Narcoball is out now, published in Italian by 66thand2nd
♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
d.repubblica.it/urep/2025/11...
Narcoball is out now, published in Italian by 66thand2nd
♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
d.repubblica.it/urep/2025/11...
Così Escobar rapiva e uccideva gli arbitri per vincere una partita
I signori della droga e la passione per il fútbol. Con Narcoball David Arrowsmith ci riporta nella Colombia anni 90, quando Diego Maradona...
d.repubblica.it
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My interview with the 2nd biggest newspaper in Italy - La Repubblica. Hit “translate” on your browser tab if you want to read it in English!
Narcoball is out now, published in Italian by 66thand2nd
♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
d.repubblica.it/urep/2025/11...
Narcoball is out now, published in Italian by 66thand2nd
♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
d.repubblica.it/urep/2025/11...
Fading now, 3.5hrs sleep is not enough!
Feel I did well somehow to put a semi-coherent video together about what we might have learned about Colombia from their final game of 2025…
Have you checked it out yet?
Agree?
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Feel I did well somehow to put a semi-coherent video together about what we might have learned about Colombia from their final game of 2025…
Have you checked it out yet?
Agree?
♥️⚽️🇨🇴
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Fading now, 3.5hrs sleep is not enough!
Feel I did well somehow to put a semi-coherent video together about what we might have learned about Colombia from their final game of 2025…
Have you checked it out yet?
Agree?
♥️⚽️🇨🇴
Feel I did well somehow to put a semi-coherent video together about what we might have learned about Colombia from their final game of 2025…
Have you checked it out yet?
Agree?
♥️⚽️🇨🇴
Colombia 3-0 Australia : what we learned about 🇨🇴 from their final game of 2025… I stayed up all night and got 3.5hrs sleep so you didn’t have to!
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Colombia 3-0 Australia : what we learned about 🇨🇴 from their final game of 2025… I stayed up all night and got 3.5hrs sleep so you didn’t have to!
3:5hr sleep. That’s what Fitbit tells me I got, after staying up until 3:30am watching Colombia 3-0 Australia. School drop off and quick little Waitrose shop done. Now? Coffee. Sofa. Regroup.
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
3:5hr sleep. That’s what Fitbit tells me I got, after staying up until 3:30am watching Colombia 3-0 Australia. School drop off and quick little Waitrose shop done. Now? Coffee. Sofa. Regroup.
I did end up missing last night’s game, the friendly between Colombia and New Zealand (I was actually fast asleep by the 12:30am kick off, and not even sure it was televised here in the UK), but it seems it was a decent 2-1 win and a useful chance to look at some fringe players?
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I did end up missing last night’s game, the friendly between Colombia and New Zealand (I was actually fast asleep by the 12:30am kick off, and not even sure it was televised here in the UK), but it seems it was a decent 2-1 win and a useful chance to look at some fringe players?
Narcoball is on 🔥 in 🇮🇹
2 new reviews, one of which might be my favourite so far…
m.tuttosport.com/amp/news/cal...
sport.quotidiano.net/locale/calci...
2 new reviews, one of which might be my favourite so far…
m.tuttosport.com/amp/news/cal...
sport.quotidiano.net/locale/calci...
Narcoball: ascesa e crollo di un impero
Arrowsmith racconta il legame tra Pablo Escobar e il calcio colombiano. Omicidi, violenze, corruzione ma anche imprese e vittorie entrate nella leggenda
m.tuttosport.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Narcoball is on 🔥 in 🇮🇹
2 new reviews, one of which might be my favourite so far…
m.tuttosport.com/amp/news/cal...
sport.quotidiano.net/locale/calci...
2 new reviews, one of which might be my favourite so far…
m.tuttosport.com/amp/news/cal...
sport.quotidiano.net/locale/calci...
Rather busy this week. In full-on edit mode, with actual deadlines and stuff. Sometimes being a writer actually does feel like a real job.
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Rather busy this week. In full-on edit mode, with actual deadlines and stuff. Sometimes being a writer actually does feel like a real job.
Reposted by David Arrowsmith Author
🚨New Episode⚽️
@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social talks:
- His Colombian and English roots and fandom of Colombian football
- His new book "Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia"
- The legacy of Andres Escobar
- Colombian football in modern times
bit.ly/4qUKYMQ
@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social talks:
- His Colombian and English roots and fandom of Colombian football
- His new book "Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia"
- The legacy of Andres Escobar
- Colombian football in modern times
bit.ly/4qUKYMQ
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🚨New Episode⚽️
@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social talks:
- His Colombian and English roots and fandom of Colombian football
- His new book "Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia"
- The legacy of Andres Escobar
- Colombian football in modern times
bit.ly/4qUKYMQ
@davidarrowsmith.bsky.social talks:
- His Colombian and English roots and fandom of Colombian football
- His new book "Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia"
- The legacy of Andres Escobar
- Colombian football in modern times
bit.ly/4qUKYMQ
Need a Sunday evening or Monday morning listen? Why not check out my episode of Curva Mundial, a brilliant pod hosted by the wonderful Sal Bono, that has had some huge previous guests and is all about a fan’s love for the beautiful game… ⚽️
open.spotify.com/episode/6kNI...
open.spotify.com/episode/6kNI...
Episode 134: David Arrowsmith
open.spotify.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Need a Sunday evening or Monday morning listen? Why not check out my episode of Curva Mundial, a brilliant pod hosted by the wonderful Sal Bono, that has had some huge previous guests and is all about a fan’s love for the beautiful game… ⚽️
open.spotify.com/episode/6kNI...
open.spotify.com/episode/6kNI...
Oggi è il giorno di Narcoball!
It’s Narcoball (in Italian) Day!
🇮🇹♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
It’s Narcoball (in Italian) Day!
🇮🇹♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
It’s release day for Narcoball in Italy - and here’s a fabulous review from Esquire Italia!
♥️🇮🇹
Meanwhile the piece in U Repubblica calls the book “mind-blowing and enlightening” 🤯
www.esquire.com/it/cultura/l...
♥️🇮🇹
Meanwhile the piece in U Repubblica calls the book “mind-blowing and enlightening” 🤯
www.esquire.com/it/cultura/l...
L’indissolubile legame tra narcos e calcio colombiano
Lo racconta David Arrowsmith in Narcoball, che esce oggi edito da 66thand2nd
www.esquire.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Oggi è il giorno di Narcoball!
It’s Narcoball (in Italian) Day!
🇮🇹♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
It’s Narcoball (in Italian) Day!
🇮🇹♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
Reposted by David Arrowsmith Author
It’s release day for Narcoball in Italy - and here’s a fabulous review from Esquire Italia!
♥️🇮🇹
Meanwhile the piece in U Repubblica calls the book “mind-blowing and enlightening” 🤯
www.esquire.com/it/cultura/l...
♥️🇮🇹
Meanwhile the piece in U Repubblica calls the book “mind-blowing and enlightening” 🤯
www.esquire.com/it/cultura/l...
L’indissolubile legame tra narcos e calcio colombiano
Lo racconta David Arrowsmith in Narcoball, che esce oggi edito da 66thand2nd
www.esquire.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It’s release day for Narcoball in Italy - and here’s a fabulous review from Esquire Italia!
♥️🇮🇹
Meanwhile the piece in U Repubblica calls the book “mind-blowing and enlightening” 🤯
www.esquire.com/it/cultura/l...
♥️🇮🇹
Meanwhile the piece in U Repubblica calls the book “mind-blowing and enlightening” 🤯
www.esquire.com/it/cultura/l...
It’s release day for Narcoball in Italy - and here’s a fabulous review from Esquire Italia!
♥️🇮🇹
Meanwhile the piece in U Repubblica calls the book “mind-blowing and enlightening” 🤯
www.esquire.com/it/cultura/l...
♥️🇮🇹
Meanwhile the piece in U Repubblica calls the book “mind-blowing and enlightening” 🤯
www.esquire.com/it/cultura/l...
L’indissolubile legame tra narcos e calcio colombiano
Lo racconta David Arrowsmith in Narcoball, che esce oggi edito da 66thand2nd
www.esquire.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It’s release day for Narcoball in Italy - and here’s a fabulous review from Esquire Italia!
♥️🇮🇹
Meanwhile the piece in U Repubblica calls the book “mind-blowing and enlightening” 🤯
www.esquire.com/it/cultura/l...
♥️🇮🇹
Meanwhile the piece in U Repubblica calls the book “mind-blowing and enlightening” 🤯
www.esquire.com/it/cultura/l...
So Luis Díaz had an eventful evening last night in Paris, his two goals helping Bayern to a CL win over PSG despite his red card right on half time. Lucho features in my book Narcoball : Love, Death & Football in Escobar’s Colombia. Love football? Check it out.
♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
So Luis Díaz had an eventful evening last night in Paris, his two goals helping Bayern to a CL win over PSG despite his red card right on half time. Lucho features in my book Narcoball : Love, Death & Football in Escobar’s Colombia. Love football? Check it out.
♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
14:45 UK time, Colombia U17 start their World Cup against Germany. Live (and free to watch) on FIFA+. Could be a cracker…
November 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
14:45 UK time, Colombia U17 start their World Cup against Germany. Live (and free to watch) on FIFA+. Could be a cracker…
Forza Narcoball! 🇮🇹
My interview with Maurizio Crosetti, for U Repibblica, the new men’s magazine supplement of La Repubblica- the second biggest daily newspaper in Italy.
Narcoball is a “hallucinating and enlightening journey” - and the Italian edition is out 7th November!
My interview with Maurizio Crosetti, for U Repibblica, the new men’s magazine supplement of La Repubblica- the second biggest daily newspaper in Italy.
Narcoball is a “hallucinating and enlightening journey” - and the Italian edition is out 7th November!
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Forza Narcoball! 🇮🇹
My interview with Maurizio Crosetti, for U Repibblica, the new men’s magazine supplement of La Repubblica- the second biggest daily newspaper in Italy.
Narcoball is a “hallucinating and enlightening journey” - and the Italian edition is out 7th November!
My interview with Maurizio Crosetti, for U Repibblica, the new men’s magazine supplement of La Repubblica- the second biggest daily newspaper in Italy.
Narcoball is a “hallucinating and enlightening journey” - and the Italian edition is out 7th November!
Reposted by David Arrowsmith Author
Just a few hours left to get Narcoball for 0.99 - hurry hurry hurry!
Narcoball, my best-selling account of the rise & fall of Colombian football & life & death of Pablo Escobar in the 80s & 90s, is a bargain 0.99 for the ebook edition right now. Have you snapped it up? Great prices on audiobook, paperback & OG hardback too! What to pick?
♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
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October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Just a few hours left to get Narcoball for 0.99 - hurry hurry hurry!
Ebook is 99p until midnight - hustle people!
Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar’s Colombia is OUT NOW!
❤️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
Perfect for lovers of True Crime, History & Biography or Sports books.
Snap up your copy today: snazzy new paperback, OG hardback, ebook or audiobook.
linktr.ee/narcoball
Vamos!
❤️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
Perfect for lovers of True Crime, History & Biography or Sports books.
Snap up your copy today: snazzy new paperback, OG hardback, ebook or audiobook.
linktr.ee/narcoball
Vamos!
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Ebook is 99p until midnight - hustle people!
Just a few hours left to get Narcoball for 0.99 - hurry hurry hurry!
Narcoball, my best-selling account of the rise & fall of Colombian football & life & death of Pablo Escobar in the 80s & 90s, is a bargain 0.99 for the ebook edition right now. Have you snapped it up? Great prices on audiobook, paperback & OG hardback too! What to pick?
♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
♥️☠️⚽️🇨🇴
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Just a few hours left to get Narcoball for 0.99 - hurry hurry hurry!
Luis Díaz with another goal and another assist in another Bayern Munich win tonight. Lucho is flying in Germany.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Luis Díaz with another goal and another assist in another Bayern Munich win tonight. Lucho is flying in Germany.
♥️⚽️🇨🇴
♥️⚽️🇨🇴
Sounds like James Rodriguez will be leaving his current club León, in Mexico’s Liga MX, in December… he absolutely HAS to make the right next move to ensure he has the absolute best preparation for the 2026 World Cup.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sounds like James Rodriguez will be leaving his current club León, in Mexico’s Liga MX, in December… he absolutely HAS to make the right next move to ensure he has the absolute best preparation for the 2026 World Cup.
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Got a favourite?
So, with the new Italian edition of Narcoball my debut work of non-fiction has had 4 very different cover designs so far (not including the Finnish translation which used the same design as the English language hardback).
Which do you like best, and why?
So, with the new Italian edition of Narcoball my debut work of non-fiction has had 4 very different cover designs so far (not including the Finnish translation which used the same design as the English language hardback).
Which do you like best, and why?
October 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Got a favourite?
So, with the new Italian edition of Narcoball my debut work of non-fiction has had 4 very different cover designs so far (not including the Finnish translation which used the same design as the English language hardback).
Which do you like best, and why?
So, with the new Italian edition of Narcoball my debut work of non-fiction has had 4 very different cover designs so far (not including the Finnish translation which used the same design as the English language hardback).
Which do you like best, and why?