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#OnThisDay, 28 October 1922 🇮🇹
Mussolini completes his ‘March on Rome’, ushering in the world’s first fascist dictatorship
What role did football play in opposing fascism?
Find out in my book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
More 👉 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/defiant
Mussolini completes his ‘March on Rome’, ushering in the world’s first fascist dictatorship
What role did football play in opposing fascism?
Find out in my book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
More 👉 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/defiant
The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
The Defiant charts a century of football-based activism against fascism and the far right - from the 1920s to the present day. Discover the role that footballers, fans, coaches and officials played in...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
#OnThisDay, 28 October 1922 🇮🇹
Mussolini completes his ‘March on Rome’, ushering in the world’s first fascist dictatorship
What role did football play in opposing fascism?
Find out in my book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
More 👉 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/defiant
Mussolini completes his ‘March on Rome’, ushering in the world’s first fascist dictatorship
What role did football play in opposing fascism?
Find out in my book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism
More 👉 www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/defiant
✏️Hellenic Africa.
This piece looks at Greek influence on early African football in Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt.
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This piece looks at Greek influence on early African football in Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt.
tinyurl.com/8ey9xs7r
October 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
✏️Hellenic Africa.
This piece looks at Greek influence on early African football in Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt.
tinyurl.com/8ey9xs7r
This piece looks at Greek influence on early African football in Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt.
tinyurl.com/8ey9xs7r
⚽The 'Other' Congo.
While everyone knows the story of Zaire in 1974, very little is known of the other Congolese side that reached their peak during the late 1960s.
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While everyone knows the story of Zaire in 1974, very little is known of the other Congolese side that reached their peak during the late 1960s.
tinyurl.com/c9c7w8jb
The 'Other' Congo
Congo, a word that is usually associated with either the river or one of the largest countries in Africa; the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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October 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
⚽The 'Other' Congo.
While everyone knows the story of Zaire in 1974, very little is known of the other Congolese side that reached their peak during the late 1960s.
tinyurl.com/c9c7w8jb
While everyone knows the story of Zaire in 1974, very little is known of the other Congolese side that reached their peak during the late 1960s.
tinyurl.com/c9c7w8jb
⚽Turning Squirrels into Cheetahs: A brief history of Benin's national team.
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September 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
⚽Turning Squirrels into Cheetahs: A brief history of Benin's national team.
africanfootballstories.substack.com/p/turning-sq...
africanfootballstories.substack.com/p/turning-sq...
We have launched a Sub Stack!
Starting tomorrow, African Football Stories will be a free sub stack looking at African Football's history and its present.
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Starting tomorrow, African Football Stories will be a free sub stack looking at African Football's history and its present.
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Stories from African Football | Ben Jackson | Substack
Ben Jackson, author of 'The Africa Cup of Nations: The history of an underappreciated tournament' explores African football's past and present. Click to read Stories from African Football, by Ben Jack...
africanfootballstories.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
We have launched a Sub Stack!
Starting tomorrow, African Football Stories will be a free sub stack looking at African Football's history and its present.
Subscribe here: africanfootballstories.substack.com
Starting tomorrow, African Football Stories will be a free sub stack looking at African Football's history and its present.
Subscribe here: africanfootballstories.substack.com