Henry Bell
@henrybellcalcio.bsky.social
I’m a Glasgow-based person who thinks about Italian football with a Napoli bias.
Co-host and founder of In The Shadow of Vesuvio podcast
(Personal account not linked to my job as a Theatre Academic!)
Co-host and founder of In The Shadow of Vesuvio podcast
(Personal account not linked to my job as a Theatre Academic!)
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Henry Bell
@henrybellcalcio.bsky.social
· Sep 28
We’ve got two greats playing each other tonight for #MilanNapoli.
The blog is back & here I consider what makes great players great.
(With some help from Diego Maradona, football tactics and Paddy Considine’s acting in Shane Meadows’ films)
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/de-bruyne-...
The blog is back & here I consider what makes great players great.
(With some help from Diego Maradona, football tactics and Paddy Considine’s acting in Shane Meadows’ films)
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/de-bruyne-...
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That’s where Milan are Henry, they’re f’ing there!
Albeit a nailed on 0-0 tonight as you said on the Pod. Would gladly take that right now but let’s roll the footballing dice once more eh. Looking forward to reading the blog 👏🏼 #ForzaNapoli 🩵🤍🎲 ⚽️
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That’s where Milan are Henry, they’re f’ing there!
Albeit a nailed on 0-0 tonight as you said on the Pod. Would gladly take that right now but let’s roll the footballing dice once more eh. Looking forward to reading the blog 👏🏼 #ForzaNapoli 🩵🤍🎲 ⚽️
September 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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🫱🏼
That’s where Milan are Henry, they’re f’ing there!
Albeit a nailed on 0-0 tonight as you said on the Pod. Would gladly take that right now but let’s roll the footballing dice once more eh. Looking forward to reading the blog 👏🏼 #ForzaNapoli 🩵🤍🎲 ⚽️
🫱🏼
That’s where Milan are Henry, they’re f’ing there!
Albeit a nailed on 0-0 tonight as you said on the Pod. Would gladly take that right now but let’s roll the footballing dice once more eh. Looking forward to reading the blog 👏🏼 #ForzaNapoli 🩵🤍🎲 ⚽️
We’ve got two greats playing each other tonight for #MilanNapoli.
The blog is back & here I consider what makes great players great.
(With some help from Diego Maradona, football tactics and Paddy Considine’s acting in Shane Meadows’ films)
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/de-bruyne-...
The blog is back & here I consider what makes great players great.
(With some help from Diego Maradona, football tactics and Paddy Considine’s acting in Shane Meadows’ films)
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/de-bruyne-...
September 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We’ve got two greats playing each other tonight for #MilanNapoli.
The blog is back & here I consider what makes great players great.
(With some help from Diego Maradona, football tactics and Paddy Considine’s acting in Shane Meadows’ films)
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/de-bruyne-...
The blog is back & here I consider what makes great players great.
(With some help from Diego Maradona, football tactics and Paddy Considine’s acting in Shane Meadows’ films)
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/de-bruyne-...
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Great episode, loved Michele's naked schadenfreude at the Tribuna. A friend is getting me a ticket for city game so may see there, as a Romanista United fan (mainly FC now) I'll still be firmly siding with the Partonopei
September 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Great episode, loved Michele's naked schadenfreude at the Tribuna. A friend is getting me a ticket for city game so may see there, as a Romanista United fan (mainly FC now) I'll still be firmly siding with the Partonopei
74 is here!
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & I discuss:
😇 Who is the most Jesus like of Napoli's players?
🏟️ Decibel Bellini fiasco
💪 Napoli v Cagliari
🤬 ADL trolling the world?
💶 Away tickets for UCL games
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/64Bz...
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & I discuss:
😇 Who is the most Jesus like of Napoli's players?
🏟️ Decibel Bellini fiasco
💪 Napoli v Cagliari
🤬 ADL trolling the world?
💶 Away tickets for UCL games
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/64Bz...
September 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
74 is here!
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & I discuss:
😇 Who is the most Jesus like of Napoli's players?
🏟️ Decibel Bellini fiasco
💪 Napoli v Cagliari
🤬 ADL trolling the world?
💶 Away tickets for UCL games
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/64Bz...
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & I discuss:
😇 Who is the most Jesus like of Napoli's players?
🏟️ Decibel Bellini fiasco
💪 Napoli v Cagliari
🤬 ADL trolling the world?
💶 Away tickets for UCL games
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/64Bz...
New blog!
I process my emotions with Cholito, Raspadori and Osimhen all leaving the club.
I then look forward to the future by going back through #NapoliSorrento in detail.
Please subscribe to the new substack and share!!
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/cholito-ra...
I process my emotions with Cholito, Raspadori and Osimhen all leaving the club.
I then look forward to the future by going back through #NapoliSorrento in detail.
Please subscribe to the new substack and share!!
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/cholito-ra...
Cholito, Raspa and Osimhen - Three Very Different Farewells
Henry bids farewell to Napoli icons and looks forward to the future following Napoli's most recent pre-season friendlies.
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
New blog!
I process my emotions with Cholito, Raspadori and Osimhen all leaving the club.
I then look forward to the future by going back through #NapoliSorrento in detail.
Please subscribe to the new substack and share!!
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/cholito-ra...
I process my emotions with Cholito, Raspadori and Osimhen all leaving the club.
I then look forward to the future by going back through #NapoliSorrento in detail.
Please subscribe to the new substack and share!!
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/cholito-ra...
New blog!
With the arrival of VMS, @sscnapolifc.bsky.social have the best goalkeeper in @seriea.bsky.social for the first time in the ADL era.
To celebrate this, I look back at the legacy of goalkeeping since 2004 in Naples.
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/goalkeeper...
With the arrival of VMS, @sscnapolifc.bsky.social have the best goalkeeper in @seriea.bsky.social for the first time in the ADL era.
To celebrate this, I look back at the legacy of goalkeeping since 2004 in Naples.
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/goalkeeper...
August 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
New blog!
With the arrival of VMS, @sscnapolifc.bsky.social have the best goalkeeper in @seriea.bsky.social for the first time in the ADL era.
To celebrate this, I look back at the legacy of goalkeeping since 2004 in Naples.
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/goalkeeper...
With the arrival of VMS, @sscnapolifc.bsky.social have the best goalkeeper in @seriea.bsky.social for the first time in the ADL era.
To celebrate this, I look back at the legacy of goalkeeping since 2004 in Naples.
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/goalkeeper...
Napoli have really got these shirts right.
Pretty rapid arrival from Italy, replica option is really high quality and is a normal fit, too.
Design is beautiful and full of Neapolitan iconography when you look closely
Pretty rapid arrival from Italy, replica option is really high quality and is a normal fit, too.
Design is beautiful and full of Neapolitan iconography when you look closely
July 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Napoli have really got these shirts right.
Pretty rapid arrival from Italy, replica option is really high quality and is a normal fit, too.
Design is beautiful and full of Neapolitan iconography when you look closely
Pretty rapid arrival from Italy, replica option is really high quality and is a normal fit, too.
Design is beautiful and full of Neapolitan iconography when you look closely
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🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
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Quite a few really bad career decisions in the mercato. Osimhen and Retegui among them. No point in discussing the merits of other leagues (money talks as ever) but worth emphasizing again, that the Italian top flight remains one of the best in the world. Tired of people talking down Serie A.
July 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Quite a few really bad career decisions in the mercato. Osimhen and Retegui among them. No point in discussing the merits of other leagues (money talks as ever) but worth emphasizing again, that the Italian top flight remains one of the best in the world. Tired of people talking down Serie A.
First blog is here!
Welcome To Napoli Lorenzo Lucca
I write about:-
9️⃣ the enjoyment of ‘proper strikers’ in Italy
🗣️ Uanema Jeppson and Neapolitan language
🌟 a history of Napoli ‘bombers’
🤔 how Lucca will fit into to Conte’s side
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/lorenzo-lu...
Welcome To Napoli Lorenzo Lucca
I write about:-
9️⃣ the enjoyment of ‘proper strikers’ in Italy
🗣️ Uanema Jeppson and Neapolitan language
🌟 a history of Napoli ‘bombers’
🤔 how Lucca will fit into to Conte’s side
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/lorenzo-lu...
Lorenzo Lucca: Welcome to Napoli!
In his first blog for this new site, Henry Bell goes deep on why Lorenzo Lucca's signing excites him. Content warning for long-time pod listener Daniel Bowen: this post contains food references.
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
First blog is here!
Welcome To Napoli Lorenzo Lucca
I write about:-
9️⃣ the enjoyment of ‘proper strikers’ in Italy
🗣️ Uanema Jeppson and Neapolitan language
🌟 a history of Napoli ‘bombers’
🤔 how Lucca will fit into to Conte’s side
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/lorenzo-lu...
Welcome To Napoli Lorenzo Lucca
I write about:-
9️⃣ the enjoyment of ‘proper strikers’ in Italy
🗣️ Uanema Jeppson and Neapolitan language
🌟 a history of Napoli ‘bombers’
🤔 how Lucca will fit into to Conte’s side
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com/p/lorenzo-lu...
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🪶 Bit of news from me 🪶
In 2025/26 I’ll be writing about Napoli every week as part of the In The Shadow Of Vesuvio Substack that we’ve just launched.
I’ve really missed penning pieces on calcio and Naples and hope a few of you will be glad to see me back.
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com
In 2025/26 I’ll be writing about Napoli every week as part of the In The Shadow Of Vesuvio Substack that we’ve just launched.
I’ve really missed penning pieces on calcio and Naples and hope a few of you will be glad to see me back.
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com
In The Shadow of Vesuvio | Substack
For extra In The Shadow of Vesuvio bits. Click to read In The Shadow of Vesuvio, a Substack publication. Launched 3 hours ago.
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🪶 Bit of news from me 🪶
In 2025/26 I’ll be writing about Napoli every week as part of the In The Shadow Of Vesuvio Substack that we’ve just launched.
I’ve really missed penning pieces on calcio and Naples and hope a few of you will be glad to see me back.
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com
In 2025/26 I’ll be writing about Napoli every week as part of the In The Shadow Of Vesuvio Substack that we’ve just launched.
I’ve really missed penning pieces on calcio and Naples and hope a few of you will be glad to see me back.
intheshadowofvesuvio.substack.com
72 is here!
Me & @getnapolitickets.bsky.social discuss:-
👕 Our new beautiful shirts
🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne’s arrival
🙋♀️ Listener Questions
🤔 Pros and cons of Conte driven mercato
🏟️ Stadio update
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/7HtQ...
Me & @getnapolitickets.bsky.social discuss:-
👕 Our new beautiful shirts
🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne’s arrival
🙋♀️ Listener Questions
🤔 Pros and cons of Conte driven mercato
🏟️ Stadio update
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/7HtQ...
July 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
72 is here!
Me & @getnapolitickets.bsky.social discuss:-
👕 Our new beautiful shirts
🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne’s arrival
🙋♀️ Listener Questions
🤔 Pros and cons of Conte driven mercato
🏟️ Stadio update
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/7HtQ...
Me & @getnapolitickets.bsky.social discuss:-
👕 Our new beautiful shirts
🇧🇪 Kevin De Bruyne’s arrival
🙋♀️ Listener Questions
🤔 Pros and cons of Conte driven mercato
🏟️ Stadio update
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/7HtQ...
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Heartening! Deserves the 🩵. Amidst euphoria of Naples for Scudetto #3 Fiorentina match I bought Kim’s FaceGame shirt in what it turned out was a v challenging size Medium. I think he left for Bayern literally the next day so gone before it turned up. Low moment though still worn (just!) with pride 🙌🏼
July 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Heartening! Deserves the 🩵. Amidst euphoria of Naples for Scudetto #3 Fiorentina match I bought Kim’s FaceGame shirt in what it turned out was a v challenging size Medium. I think he left for Bayern literally the next day so gone before it turned up. Low moment though still worn (just!) with pride 🙌🏼
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“McTominay isn’t idolised here but that’s not the same as not being idolised in say London. He is still 100% being assaulted every time he comes out of his house…….in a good way!”
A Michele classic there 😆
Great ep as usual 🙌🏼 Kim is a majorly underrated cult hero for me. An absolute collosus! 🩵🤍
A Michele classic there 😆
Great ep as usual 🙌🏼 Kim is a majorly underrated cult hero for me. An absolute collosus! 🩵🤍
July 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“McTominay isn’t idolised here but that’s not the same as not being idolised in say London. He is still 100% being assaulted every time he comes out of his house…….in a good way!”
A Michele classic there 😆
Great ep as usual 🙌🏼 Kim is a majorly underrated cult hero for me. An absolute collosus! 🩵🤍
A Michele classic there 😆
Great ep as usual 🙌🏼 Kim is a majorly underrated cult hero for me. An absolute collosus! 🩵🤍
71 is here!
We discuss:-
💩 71’s significance in Neapolitan culture
💶 the state of play with Osimhen
🤔 Osimhen’s Napoli legacy
🦸 What makes a Napoli mito?
🙋♀️ Listener questions
open.spotify.com/episode/1D5H...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
We discuss:-
💩 71’s significance in Neapolitan culture
💶 the state of play with Osimhen
🤔 Osimhen’s Napoli legacy
🦸 What makes a Napoli mito?
🙋♀️ Listener questions
open.spotify.com/episode/1D5H...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
July 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
71 is here!
We discuss:-
💩 71’s significance in Neapolitan culture
💶 the state of play with Osimhen
🤔 Osimhen’s Napoli legacy
🦸 What makes a Napoli mito?
🙋♀️ Listener questions
open.spotify.com/episode/1D5H...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
We discuss:-
💩 71’s significance in Neapolitan culture
💶 the state of play with Osimhen
🤔 Osimhen’s Napoli legacy
🦸 What makes a Napoli mito?
🙋♀️ Listener questions
open.spotify.com/episode/1D5H...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
Came out a while ago but if anyone wants to relive Napoli’s Scudetto weekend episode 70 is here:-
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
I’m still coming down!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
I’m still coming down!
June 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Came out a while ago but if anyone wants to relive Napoli’s Scudetto weekend episode 70 is here:-
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
I’m still coming down!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
I’m still coming down!
Omg @okwonga.bsky.social with the most perfect answer to *that* mailbag question.
McFratm managing his club in Genoa is the purest @stadio.football vibration that has ever been sounded.
McFratm managing his club in Genoa is the purest @stadio.football vibration that has ever been sounded.
June 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Omg @okwonga.bsky.social with the most perfect answer to *that* mailbag question.
McFratm managing his club in Genoa is the purest @stadio.football vibration that has ever been sounded.
McFratm managing his club in Genoa is the purest @stadio.football vibration that has ever been sounded.
I’m in Ischia, otherwise known as @legalizemaradona.com’s ancestral home.
Christ on a bike it is wonderful
Christ on a bike it is wonderful
June 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’m in Ischia, otherwise known as @legalizemaradona.com’s ancestral home.
Christ on a bike it is wonderful
Christ on a bike it is wonderful
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NEW – Napoli Serie A Champions! 🔵🇮🇹🏆
Conte's Napoli secured the title this season by a single point. Here is the most-used formation, most-used 11 (by minutes) that fit it, and then the next 5 most-used players as 'subs'. Enjoy!
Fans, you can pick up a print here if you wish! ➡️🛒 buff.ly/3fDCDvh
Conte's Napoli secured the title this season by a single point. Here is the most-used formation, most-used 11 (by minutes) that fit it, and then the next 5 most-used players as 'subs'. Enjoy!
Fans, you can pick up a print here if you wish! ➡️🛒 buff.ly/3fDCDvh
June 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
NEW – Napoli Serie A Champions! 🔵🇮🇹🏆
Conte's Napoli secured the title this season by a single point. Here is the most-used formation, most-used 11 (by minutes) that fit it, and then the next 5 most-used players as 'subs'. Enjoy!
Fans, you can pick up a print here if you wish! ➡️🛒 buff.ly/3fDCDvh
Conte's Napoli secured the title this season by a single point. Here is the most-used formation, most-used 11 (by minutes) that fit it, and then the next 5 most-used players as 'subs'. Enjoy!
Fans, you can pick up a print here if you wish! ➡️🛒 buff.ly/3fDCDvh
Reposted by Henry Bell
‘That’s why a state is different to a rich man or venture capitalists, however unpleasant they may be, they’re not as bad as a state and never will be.’
The Football Weekly panel discuss PSG's Champions League win.
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@nickybandini.bsky.social
@jonawils.bsky.social
The Football Weekly panel discuss PSG's Champions League win.
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@nickybandini.bsky.social
@jonawils.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
‘That’s why a state is different to a rich man or venture capitalists, however unpleasant they may be, they’re not as bad as a state and never will be.’
The Football Weekly panel discuss PSG's Champions League win.
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@nickybandini.bsky.social
@jonawils.bsky.social
The Football Weekly panel discuss PSG's Champions League win.
@maxrushden.bsky.social
@nickybandini.bsky.social
@jonawils.bsky.social
69 is here!
A bonus mini pod made in Naples
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/1MVt...
A bonus mini pod made in Naples
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/1MVt...
May 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
69 is here!
A bonus mini pod made in Naples
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/1MVt...
A bonus mini pod made in Naples
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/1MVt...
Reposted by Henry Bell
No club in Europe is like Napoli.
No place in Europe is like Naples.
#napoli #SSCNapoli #scudetto #forzanapolisempre
No place in Europe is like Naples.
#napoli #SSCNapoli #scudetto #forzanapolisempre
May 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
No club in Europe is like Napoli.
No place in Europe is like Naples.
#napoli #SSCNapoli #scudetto #forzanapolisempre
No place in Europe is like Naples.
#napoli #SSCNapoli #scudetto #forzanapolisempre
Reposted by Henry Bell
Has Michele survived the night?! Hope so. Very very special to be there. Grande Henry! 👏🏼👏🏼🩵🤍🏆🥇🫶🏼
May 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Has Michele survived the night?! Hope so. Very very special to be there. Grande Henry! 👏🏼👏🏼🩵🤍🏆🥇🫶🏼
Curva B last night in Naples.
The whole city feels hungover today but in a very pleasant way!
The whole city feels hungover today but in a very pleasant way!
May 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Curva B last night in Naples.
The whole city feels hungover today but in a very pleasant way!
The whole city feels hungover today but in a very pleasant way!