FootyCon
@footycon.bsky.social
The International Football History Conference AKA FootyCon is a 2-day annual conference that covers Football of ALL codes (Soccer, NFL, Rugby, AFL, etc.).
You can join us at our 2026 Conference #FootyCon26
You can join us at our 2026 Conference #FootyCon26
Our Call For Papers/Presentations is now live for the International Football History Conference aka FootyCon 2026.
Get your proposals in for what promises to be another great conference. The deadline is January 5th 2026!!
#Footycon26
Get your proposals in for what promises to be another great conference. The deadline is January 5th 2026!!
#Footycon26
October 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our Call For Papers/Presentations is now live for the International Football History Conference aka FootyCon 2026.
Get your proposals in for what promises to be another great conference. The deadline is January 5th 2026!!
#Footycon26
Get your proposals in for what promises to be another great conference. The deadline is January 5th 2026!!
#Footycon26
We’re excited to announce that the location for #FootyCon26 is…
LONDON!!
Join us at Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage on the 12th & 13th of June 2026 for the latest edition of our annual conference to enjoy lots of great people talk about Football of all codes from multiple backgrounds
LONDON!!
Join us at Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage on the 12th & 13th of June 2026 for the latest edition of our annual conference to enjoy lots of great people talk about Football of all codes from multiple backgrounds
September 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We’re excited to announce that the location for #FootyCon26 is…
LONDON!!
Join us at Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage on the 12th & 13th of June 2026 for the latest edition of our annual conference to enjoy lots of great people talk about Football of all codes from multiple backgrounds
LONDON!!
Join us at Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage on the 12th & 13th of June 2026 for the latest edition of our annual conference to enjoy lots of great people talk about Football of all codes from multiple backgrounds
We’re very excited to announce the location for #FootyCon26 in the next few days!!
We won’t tell you just yet… but feel free to have a guess to where we might end up!
The only hint we’ll give you is the answer is in our new logo.
Post your guesses in the comments ⬇️
We won’t tell you just yet… but feel free to have a guess to where we might end up!
The only hint we’ll give you is the answer is in our new logo.
Post your guesses in the comments ⬇️
September 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We’re very excited to announce the location for #FootyCon26 in the next few days!!
We won’t tell you just yet… but feel free to have a guess to where we might end up!
The only hint we’ll give you is the answer is in our new logo.
Post your guesses in the comments ⬇️
We won’t tell you just yet… but feel free to have a guess to where we might end up!
The only hint we’ll give you is the answer is in our new logo.
Post your guesses in the comments ⬇️
Also, a huge thanks the authors of ‘A most unsuitable game’ for their panel, which was the well deserved winner of our inclusivity prize, which celebrates inclusive & diverse histories of football. A huge thanks & congrats to @fionaskillen.bsky.social, Karen Fraser & @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Also, a huge thanks the authors of ‘A most unsuitable game’ for their panel, which was the well deserved winner of our inclusivity prize, which celebrates inclusive & diverse histories of football. A huge thanks & congrats to @fionaskillen.bsky.social, Karen Fraser & @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social
Additionally, we want to shout out Tim Mills, for his community-led programming presentation, which co-won our day 1 best paper prize (sponsored by Routledge) for his work with @officialcufc.bsky.social.
June 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Additionally, we want to shout out Tim Mills, for his community-led programming presentation, which co-won our day 1 best paper prize (sponsored by Routledge) for his work with @officialcufc.bsky.social.
A huge shoutout to Karen & Lauren from the Maroon Mile Project for getting involved with our conference this year! Whilst the presentation so very closely missed out on our inclusivity prize, Karen & Lauren were great representatives for @Hearts& highlighting such a wonderful project
June 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A huge shoutout to Karen & Lauren from the Maroon Mile Project for getting involved with our conference this year! Whilst the presentation so very closely missed out on our inclusivity prize, Karen & Lauren were great representatives for @Hearts& highlighting such a wonderful project
Secondly, a huge thanks to the Irish FA for their support and allowing us to hold the conference at the Clearer Twist National Football Stadium at Windsor Park. It was a great venue and we can’t thank you enough for your support of our event
June 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Secondly, a huge thanks to the Irish FA for their support and allowing us to hold the conference at the Clearer Twist National Football Stadium at Windsor Park. It was a great venue and we can’t thank you enough for your support of our event
Our last post for today sees the end of #footycon25 with 2 winners being announced, with Gabrielas Rios-Infante winning our day 2 best paper prize & @fionaskillen.bsky.social, Karen Fraser and @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social
winning our conference inclusivity prize, both sponsored by Routledge
winning our conference inclusivity prize, both sponsored by Routledge
June 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our last post for today sees the end of #footycon25 with 2 winners being announced, with Gabrielas Rios-Infante winning our day 2 best paper prize & @fionaskillen.bsky.social, Karen Fraser and @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social
winning our conference inclusivity prize, both sponsored by Routledge
winning our conference inclusivity prize, both sponsored by Routledge
Sadly, We’re into our final session of #footycon25 😭 but our penultimate paper of the conference sees Wesley Kirkpatrick talking about @arsenalfc.bsky.social manager George Allison & how the club became well versed in their advertisement of the club thanks to Allison’s career in journalism
June 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Sadly, We’re into our final session of #footycon25 😭 but our penultimate paper of the conference sees Wesley Kirkpatrick talking about @arsenalfc.bsky.social manager George Allison & how the club became well versed in their advertisement of the club thanks to Allison’s career in journalism
Our final paper of this penultimate session of #footycon25 sees Mark Orton
once again regaling us with his research on Argentinian football as he tells us about the lesser known son of Alexander Watson Hutton, Arnold, and his role in the history of Argentine football & rugby
once again regaling us with his research on Argentinian football as he tells us about the lesser known son of Alexander Watson Hutton, Arnold, and his role in the history of Argentine football & rugby
June 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Our final paper of this penultimate session of #footycon25 sees Mark Orton
once again regaling us with his research on Argentinian football as he tells us about the lesser known son of Alexander Watson Hutton, Arnold, and his role in the history of Argentine football & rugby
once again regaling us with his research on Argentinian football as he tells us about the lesser known son of Alexander Watson Hutton, Arnold, and his role in the history of Argentine football & rugby
Up next at #footycon25, we’re looking closer to home with quite a detour as @modernlepra.bsky.social talks through his fascinating journey of exploring Irish roots in Argentine football.
June 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Up next at #footycon25, we’re looking closer to home with quite a detour as @modernlepra.bsky.social talks through his fascinating journey of exploring Irish roots in Argentine football.
We’re back to sole presenters for the rest of the day & our penultimate session of #footycon25 sees Richard McBrearty of @scotfootballmuseum.bsky.social
talking about the case for continuity and innovation in the emergence of Association football in Scotland
talking about the case for continuity and innovation in the emergence of Association football in Scotland
June 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We’re back to sole presenters for the rest of the day & our penultimate session of #footycon25 sees Richard McBrearty of @scotfootballmuseum.bsky.social
talking about the case for continuity and innovation in the emergence of Association football in Scotland
talking about the case for continuity and innovation in the emergence of Association football in Scotland
A change of pace now as we have a panel with @fionaskillen.bsky.social, Karen Fraser & @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social talking about their joint book ‘A most unsuitable game’, released last August and covering the history of women’s football in Scotland
June 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A change of pace now as we have a panel with @fionaskillen.bsky.social, Karen Fraser & @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social talking about their joint book ‘A most unsuitable game’, released last August and covering the history of women’s football in Scotland
We’ve missed a couple of presenters here at #footycon with Christian Schröder & Andrew McFarland talking about the value of education through football and Spanish football respectively
June 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We’ve missed a couple of presenters here at #footycon with Christian Schröder & Andrew McFarland talking about the value of education through football and Spanish football respectively
Up next at #footycon25, we have #footycon veteran and our own Dutch maestro Jan Luitzen discussing early Dutch football between 1885-1899 titled: “A leather ball in Little Manchester: Earliest Dutch Football → EFC PW (Enschede) 1885-1899
June 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Up next at #footycon25, we have #footycon veteran and our own Dutch maestro Jan Luitzen discussing early Dutch football between 1885-1899 titled: “A leather ball in Little Manchester: Earliest Dutch Football → EFC PW (Enschede) 1885-1899
As we’re just back from lunch, we just want to take a moment to celebrate the joint winners of our #footycon25 day 1 best paper, sponsored by Routledge
, who are Tim Mills, with his paper on @carlisleunited.bsky.social & @kaseysymons.bsky.social
for her paper on romance fiction in the AFLW sphere
, who are Tim Mills, with his paper on @carlisleunited.bsky.social & @kaseysymons.bsky.social
for her paper on romance fiction in the AFLW sphere
June 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
As we’re just back from lunch, we just want to take a moment to celebrate the joint winners of our #footycon25 day 1 best paper, sponsored by Routledge
, who are Tim Mills, with his paper on @carlisleunited.bsky.social & @kaseysymons.bsky.social
for her paper on romance fiction in the AFLW sphere
, who are Tim Mills, with his paper on @carlisleunited.bsky.social & @kaseysymons.bsky.social
for her paper on romance fiction in the AFLW sphere
Our final session before lunch on day 2 of #footycon25 sees Brian Griffin discussing Irish Footballers and Irish Football Fans in the British Armed Forces
during the First World War
during the First World War
June 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Our final session before lunch on day 2 of #footycon25 sees Brian Griffin discussing Irish Footballers and Irish Football Fans in the British Armed Forces
during the First World War
during the First World War
As we forgot to mention him (our bad) and we want to ensure that everyone gets fair coverage at #footycon25, here is our earlier presentation from Stipica Grgić giving us a very short history of women’s football in the former kingdom of Yugoslavia
June 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
As we forgot to mention him (our bad) and we want to ensure that everyone gets fair coverage at #footycon25, here is our earlier presentation from Stipica Grgić giving us a very short history of women’s football in the former kingdom of Yugoslavia
Up next at #footycon25, we have Brandon Blakeslee discussing how football and infrastructure (and coffee) brought Colombia together between 1918-48
June 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Up next at #footycon25, we have Brandon Blakeslee discussing how football and infrastructure (and coffee) brought Colombia together between 1918-48
Session 3 of #footycon25 is underway with @matttayl.bsky.social discussing football and the origins of town-twinning (which you’ll see on almost any welcome sign to a town across the world) in post-war Europe
June 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Session 3 of #footycon25 is underway with @matttayl.bsky.social discussing football and the origins of town-twinning (which you’ll see on almost any welcome sign to a town across the world) in post-war Europe
Our 2nd session at #footycon25 begins with a first time delegate, all the way from Mexico, in Gabriela Rios-Infante, (we’ve apologised to Gabby about the downgrade in weather a lot) who is talking about the philosophy of Women’s football in Mexico through an ethnographic Lens
June 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Our 2nd session at #footycon25 begins with a first time delegate, all the way from Mexico, in Gabriela Rios-Infante, (we’ve apologised to Gabby about the downgrade in weather a lot) who is talking about the philosophy of Women’s football in Mexico through an ethnographic Lens
To round out our first session of #footycon25, we have Russ Crawford, equipped with a colourful Hawaiian shirt to combat this miserable Belfast weather, talking about a history of American football in Northern Ireland
June 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
To round out our first session of #footycon25, we have Russ Crawford, equipped with a colourful Hawaiian shirt to combat this miserable Belfast weather, talking about a history of American football in Northern Ireland
Up next at #footycon25, we have George N Koussis talking about the US & transitional referee networks circa 1962 and how it had implications between not only the US & UK, but the global game as well with @FIFAcom’s involvement as well
You would have loved this presentation @refbooks.bsky.social
You would have loved this presentation @refbooks.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Up next at #footycon25, we have George N Koussis talking about the US & transitional referee networks circa 1962 and how it had implications between not only the US & UK, but the global game as well with @FIFAcom’s involvement as well
You would have loved this presentation @refbooks.bsky.social
You would have loved this presentation @refbooks.bsky.social
Up first on day 2 of #footycon25 is John T Lang talking about his beloved LAFC and how we can explore the identity of the club within Los Angeles
June 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Up first on day 2 of #footycon25 is John T Lang talking about his beloved LAFC and how we can explore the identity of the club within Los Angeles
Day 2 of #footycon25 is up and running with @GaryJamesWriter giving us a brief intro of our 2nd day at Windsor Park
June 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Day 2 of #footycon25 is up and running with @GaryJamesWriter giving us a brief intro of our 2nd day at Windsor Park