Rhys W Richards
@rhyswrichards.bsky.social
Author of 'Blood On The Crossbar: The Dictatorship's World Cup'. Cardiff City. Cymro i'r carn.
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I'm happy to announce that Blood On The Crossbar is being re-released on paperback in time for the 2026 World Cup 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽
Pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social
⚽ Use the code enter “OCTOBER25” at the checkout to redeem the 25% discount from Tue 14 to Fri 17 Oct 2026. Link below 👇
Pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social
⚽ Use the code enter “OCTOBER25” at the checkout to redeem the 25% discount from Tue 14 to Fri 17 Oct 2026. Link below 👇
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NEW POST 🗞️
I know a lot of my followers are interested in South American football, so here’s a list of the Best Books on South American Football 🌎
Features @jonawils.bsky.social @hylland.bsky.social @rhyswrichards.bsky.social and more...
Any you’d add?
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I know a lot of my followers are interested in South American football, so here’s a list of the Best Books on South American Football 🌎
Features @jonawils.bsky.social @hylland.bsky.social @rhyswrichards.bsky.social and more...
Any you’d add?
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
The Best Books About South American Football
South America takes football to another level, and it’s often led football writing to new heights as well. Here are some of the best books out there on South American football...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
NEW POST 🗞️
I know a lot of my followers are interested in South American football, so here’s a list of the Best Books on South American Football 🌎
Features @jonawils.bsky.social @hylland.bsky.social @rhyswrichards.bsky.social and more...
Any you’d add?
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
I know a lot of my followers are interested in South American football, so here’s a list of the Best Books on South American Football 🌎
Features @jonawils.bsky.social @hylland.bsky.social @rhyswrichards.bsky.social and more...
Any you’d add?
open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...
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Mi libro ‘Los Leones: La Historia Única Del Athletic Club’ ha sido traducido al castellano y verá la luz con El Gallo de Oro el 10 de noviembre. Mila esker/ Eskerrik Asko a todos los que me habéis acompañado en este camino - ya sabéis quiénes sois 🙌🏻 🔴⚪️ #AthleticClub 🎥 Maitane Recio
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Mi libro ‘Los Leones: La Historia Única Del Athletic Club’ ha sido traducido al castellano y verá la luz con El Gallo de Oro el 10 de noviembre. Mila esker/ Eskerrik Asko a todos los que me habéis acompañado en este camino - ya sabéis quiénes sois 🙌🏻 🔴⚪️ #AthleticClub 🎥 Maitane Recio
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♾ DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA: the playlist
Diego Maradona should be celebrating his 65th birthday on Thursday 30th October, to celebrate I present a thread of songs written in homage to El D10S. (Spotify link at end of thread)
Nowhere does music and football better than Argentina!
🎸⚽️🧵
Diego Maradona should be celebrating his 65th birthday on Thursday 30th October, to celebrate I present a thread of songs written in homage to El D10S. (Spotify link at end of thread)
Nowhere does music and football better than Argentina!
🎸⚽️🧵
October 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
♾ DIEGO ARMANDO MARADONA: the playlist
Diego Maradona should be celebrating his 65th birthday on Thursday 30th October, to celebrate I present a thread of songs written in homage to El D10S. (Spotify link at end of thread)
Nowhere does music and football better than Argentina!
🎸⚽️🧵
Diego Maradona should be celebrating his 65th birthday on Thursday 30th October, to celebrate I present a thread of songs written in homage to El D10S. (Spotify link at end of thread)
Nowhere does music and football better than Argentina!
🎸⚽️🧵
Just shows, you're only one asteroid away from disaster.
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just shows, you're only one asteroid away from disaster.
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📺No domestic football on TV for 6 months
👊fans rioting
🆔ID cards
⚡️electric fences
😨people crossing the road to avoid you
That was football fandom in 1985/86.
Thank God for Saint & Greavsie.
Read all about it in THE SLUM SPORT - the story of 85/86
Links below⬇️⬇️
👊fans rioting
🆔ID cards
⚡️electric fences
😨people crossing the road to avoid you
That was football fandom in 1985/86.
Thank God for Saint & Greavsie.
Read all about it in THE SLUM SPORT - the story of 85/86
Links below⬇️⬇️
October 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
📺No domestic football on TV for 6 months
👊fans rioting
🆔ID cards
⚡️electric fences
😨people crossing the road to avoid you
That was football fandom in 1985/86.
Thank God for Saint & Greavsie.
Read all about it in THE SLUM SPORT - the story of 85/86
Links below⬇️⬇️
👊fans rioting
🆔ID cards
⚡️electric fences
😨people crossing the road to avoid you
That was football fandom in 1985/86.
Thank God for Saint & Greavsie.
Read all about it in THE SLUM SPORT - the story of 85/86
Links below⬇️⬇️
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Really enjoyed chatting to Chris Lee on the excellent @outsidewrite.bsky.social podcast about the Basque refugee children in Caerleon and those who went on to play for the likes of #AthleticClub and #RealMadrid. Have a listen in the usual places 🎧👍🏻 #RefugeesWelcome #StopWar #Euskadi #Gales #Cymru
NEW PODCAST 🎙️
@jervisevans.bsky.social joins me to discuss the story of the Basque refugee children of 1937, many of whom went pro
The second part is a talk I gave recently on football against fascism
Find wherever you get your podcasts
▶️ open.spotify.com/episode/38w4...
Taster... #skystorians
@jervisevans.bsky.social joins me to discuss the story of the Basque refugee children of 1937, many of whom went pro
The second part is a talk I gave recently on football against fascism
Find wherever you get your podcasts
▶️ open.spotify.com/episode/38w4...
Taster... #skystorians
October 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Really enjoyed chatting to Chris Lee on the excellent @outsidewrite.bsky.social podcast about the Basque refugee children in Caerleon and those who went on to play for the likes of #AthleticClub and #RealMadrid. Have a listen in the usual places 🎧👍🏻 #RefugeesWelcome #StopWar #Euskadi #Gales #Cymru
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Xi Jinping is preparing to go toe to toe with Donald Trump – and there will only be one winner | Simon Tisdall
Xi Jinping is preparing to go toe to toe with Donald Trump – and there will only be one winner | Simon Tisdall
Beijing has realised that reckless America First policies are alienating old and new friends alike, creating a vacuum it can fill, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Xi Jinping is preparing to go toe to toe with Donald Trump – and there will only be one winner | Simon Tisdall
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🚨 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
Following Inshallah United, I am chuffed to bits to announce my second book - Assalam Alaikum, Our Kid!
A story of being Muslim, Manc and mad for it in the new millennium
Pre-oder with 25% off at @Waterstones using the code OCTOBER25: www.waterstones.com/book/assalam...
Following Inshallah United, I am chuffed to bits to announce my second book - Assalam Alaikum, Our Kid!
A story of being Muslim, Manc and mad for it in the new millennium
Pre-oder with 25% off at @Waterstones using the code OCTOBER25: www.waterstones.com/book/assalam...
October 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
Following Inshallah United, I am chuffed to bits to announce my second book - Assalam Alaikum, Our Kid!
A story of being Muslim, Manc and mad for it in the new millennium
Pre-oder with 25% off at @Waterstones using the code OCTOBER25: www.waterstones.com/book/assalam...
Following Inshallah United, I am chuffed to bits to announce my second book - Assalam Alaikum, Our Kid!
A story of being Muslim, Manc and mad for it in the new millennium
Pre-oder with 25% off at @Waterstones using the code OCTOBER25: www.waterstones.com/book/assalam...
Cymru 2 - 4 Belgium.
We've got some good players, but we definitely create more problems for ourselves than for our opposition.
It's an anxious experience watching this team, at the moment.
We've got some good players, but we definitely create more problems for ourselves than for our opposition.
It's an anxious experience watching this team, at the moment.
October 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Cymru 2 - 4 Belgium.
We've got some good players, but we definitely create more problems for ourselves than for our opposition.
It's an anxious experience watching this team, at the moment.
We've got some good players, but we definitely create more problems for ourselves than for our opposition.
It's an anxious experience watching this team, at the moment.
I'm happy to announce that Blood On The Crossbar is being re-released on paperback in time for the 2026 World Cup 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽
Pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social
⚽ Use the code enter “OCTOBER25” at the checkout to redeem the 25% discount from Tue 14 to Fri 17 Oct 2026. Link below 👇
Pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social
⚽ Use the code enter “OCTOBER25” at the checkout to redeem the 25% discount from Tue 14 to Fri 17 Oct 2026. Link below 👇
October 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I'm happy to announce that Blood On The Crossbar is being re-released on paperback in time for the 2026 World Cup 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽
Pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social
⚽ Use the code enter “OCTOBER25” at the checkout to redeem the 25% discount from Tue 14 to Fri 17 Oct 2026. Link below 👇
Pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social
⚽ Use the code enter “OCTOBER25” at the checkout to redeem the 25% discount from Tue 14 to Fri 17 Oct 2026. Link below 👇
October 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Chelsea are quite likeable under Maresca. Beating Liverpool won't hurt that.
October 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Chelsea are quite likeable under Maresca. Beating Liverpool won't hurt that.
As the comms said - Vikings were resuscitated several times in that game. Still a kick in the teeth to see them flatline after a half a dozen sacks and interceptions, though. #NFLDublin
September 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As the comms said - Vikings were resuscitated several times in that game. Still a kick in the teeth to see them flatline after a half a dozen sacks and interceptions, though. #NFLDublin
Rams snatching defeat from the jaws of victory Vs Eagles. Never seen back-to-back blocked kicks before!
September 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Rams snatching defeat from the jaws of victory Vs Eagles. Never seen back-to-back blocked kicks before!
The existence of a Buendia and a Buonanotte in the Premier League suggests that there's also a 'Buenostardes' playing somewhere, waiting to be signed by Brighton.
September 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The existence of a Buendia and a Buonanotte in the Premier League suggests that there's also a 'Buenostardes' playing somewhere, waiting to be signed by Brighton.
A bunch of my friends who went to Kazakhstan to see Cymru (a) last week, wouldn't go to Swansea last night because it was too far.
My decision to not attend was far more legitimate, of course. It was raining.
My decision to not attend was far more legitimate, of course. It was raining.
September 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A bunch of my friends who went to Kazakhstan to see Cymru (a) last week, wouldn't go to Swansea last night because it was too far.
My decision to not attend was far more legitimate, of course. It was raining.
My decision to not attend was far more legitimate, of course. It was raining.
Levante 2-0 up v Barcelona. Never a penalty, but worth it for the chaotic vibes.
August 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Levante 2-0 up v Barcelona. Never a penalty, but worth it for the chaotic vibes.
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Looking forward to listening to @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social & @philippeauclair.bsky.social tomorrow night at the launch of David's latest book organised by @stanchionbooks.bsky.social at The Volley
August 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Looking forward to listening to @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social & @philippeauclair.bsky.social tomorrow night at the launch of David's latest book organised by @stanchionbooks.bsky.social at The Volley
Reassuring to see Everton are still absolutely honking. Unflappable consistency, year on year.
August 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reassuring to see Everton are still absolutely honking. Unflappable consistency, year on year.
La Liga on Disney +.
Vamos!
Vamos!
August 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
La Liga on Disney +.
Vamos!
Vamos!
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I think the most absurd thing about the Palace demotion is that being so pedantic and hardline on this case doesn't actually touch the multiple problems that multi-club ownership actually throws up.
As someone in Uefa put to me, it's being strong on the negligible aspects.
As someone in Uefa put to me, it's being strong on the negligible aspects.
August 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I think the most absurd thing about the Palace demotion is that being so pedantic and hardline on this case doesn't actually touch the multiple problems that multi-club ownership actually throws up.
As someone in Uefa put to me, it's being strong on the negligible aspects.
As someone in Uefa put to me, it's being strong on the negligible aspects.
Me, after a week in France: it's so refreshing to see them prioritise family and community over the rampant capitalism we have in the UK.
Me, after three weeks in France: Fuck me, is anywhere ever open?!
Me, after three weeks in France: Fuck me, is anywhere ever open?!
August 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Me, after a week in France: it's so refreshing to see them prioritise family and community over the rampant capitalism we have in the UK.
Me, after three weeks in France: Fuck me, is anywhere ever open?!
Me, after three weeks in France: Fuck me, is anywhere ever open?!
The shagadelic Bluebirds are top of league one!
August 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The shagadelic Bluebirds are top of league one!