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!)
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-...
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!
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
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...
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!
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
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...
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!
Just got home.
What a night.
4 felt better than 3.
Thank you Naples!
What a night.
4 felt better than 3.
Thank you Naples!
May 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Just got home.
What a night.
4 felt better than 3.
Thank you Naples!
What a night.
4 felt better than 3.
Thank you Naples!
Just saw Spiritualized for the first time.
The played the whole of Pure Phase then Cop Shoot Cop as an encore and WOW.
Still utterly amazing
The played the whole of Pure Phase then Cop Shoot Cop as an encore and WOW.
Still utterly amazing
March 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Just saw Spiritualized for the first time.
The played the whole of Pure Phase then Cop Shoot Cop as an encore and WOW.
Still utterly amazing
The played the whole of Pure Phase then Cop Shoot Cop as an encore and WOW.
Still utterly amazing
64 is here!
📕 The Book is Submitted (don’t buy it)
😳 @getnapolitickets.bsky.social is a plastic Neapolitan
😤 I have a rant!
🏟️ Positivity in the Stadio Maradona
🕶️ Behind the scenes at the choreography
💶 Training ground update
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/2JTA...
📕 The Book is Submitted (don’t buy it)
😳 @getnapolitickets.bsky.social is a plastic Neapolitan
😤 I have a rant!
🏟️ Positivity in the Stadio Maradona
🕶️ Behind the scenes at the choreography
💶 Training ground update
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/2JTA...
March 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
64 is here!
📕 The Book is Submitted (don’t buy it)
😳 @getnapolitickets.bsky.social is a plastic Neapolitan
😤 I have a rant!
🏟️ Positivity in the Stadio Maradona
🕶️ Behind the scenes at the choreography
💶 Training ground update
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/2JTA...
📕 The Book is Submitted (don’t buy it)
😳 @getnapolitickets.bsky.social is a plastic Neapolitan
😤 I have a rant!
🏟️ Positivity in the Stadio Maradona
🕶️ Behind the scenes at the choreography
💶 Training ground update
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/2JTA...
63 is here!
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & I discuss:-
🥰 Possible reasons behind Lobotka’s slight downturn in form
🏟️ Stadium fan response to the team #NapoliUdinese
😡 Mercato thoughts
👿 ADL thoughts
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/0kgr...
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & I discuss:-
🥰 Possible reasons behind Lobotka’s slight downturn in form
🏟️ Stadium fan response to the team #NapoliUdinese
😡 Mercato thoughts
👿 ADL thoughts
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/0kgr...
February 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
63 is here!
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & I discuss:-
🥰 Possible reasons behind Lobotka’s slight downturn in form
🏟️ Stadium fan response to the team #NapoliUdinese
😡 Mercato thoughts
👿 ADL thoughts
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/0kgr...
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & I discuss:-
🥰 Possible reasons behind Lobotka’s slight downturn in form
🏟️ Stadium fan response to the team #NapoliUdinese
😡 Mercato thoughts
👿 ADL thoughts
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/0kgr...
62 is here!
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & Henry discuss:
🥪 increasingly ignorant panini
😡 Away Napoli fans ban
💙 #NapoliJuventus emotions
🧠 Conte the tactician
🏟️ Sarò con te’s developing meaning
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/38VW...
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & Henry discuss:
🥪 increasingly ignorant panini
😡 Away Napoli fans ban
💙 #NapoliJuventus emotions
🧠 Conte the tactician
🏟️ Sarò con te’s developing meaning
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/38VW...
January 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
62 is here!
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & Henry discuss:
🥪 increasingly ignorant panini
😡 Away Napoli fans ban
💙 #NapoliJuventus emotions
🧠 Conte the tactician
🏟️ Sarò con te’s developing meaning
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/38VW...
@getnapolitickets.bsky.social & Henry discuss:
🥪 increasingly ignorant panini
😡 Away Napoli fans ban
💙 #NapoliJuventus emotions
🧠 Conte the tactician
🏟️ Sarò con te’s developing meaning
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/38VW...
January 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
61 is here!
Michele & I discuss
💙 The emotions of #AtalantaNapoli
🍟 The most ignorant panino of all time
✈️ Airport celebrations
🏟️ Is there a ‘true’ way to be a fan?
💩 #NapoliJuventus
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/show/2sBLrXh...
Michele & I discuss
💙 The emotions of #AtalantaNapoli
🍟 The most ignorant panino of all time
✈️ Airport celebrations
🏟️ Is there a ‘true’ way to be a fan?
💩 #NapoliJuventus
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/show/2sBLrXh...
January 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
61 is here!
Michele & I discuss
💙 The emotions of #AtalantaNapoli
🍟 The most ignorant panino of all time
✈️ Airport celebrations
🏟️ Is there a ‘true’ way to be a fan?
💩 #NapoliJuventus
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/show/2sBLrXh...
Michele & I discuss
💙 The emotions of #AtalantaNapoli
🍟 The most ignorant panino of all time
✈️ Airport celebrations
🏟️ Is there a ‘true’ way to be a fan?
💩 #NapoliJuventus
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/show/2sBLrXh...
Settling the pre game #AtalantaNapoli nerves with a pre game wander around a loch
January 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Settling the pre game #AtalantaNapoli nerves with a pre game wander around a loch
I’ve just finished The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin.
It is, for sure, one of the great novels of the twentieth century in the English language.
If you’re feeling a bit despondent at the state of the world, it’ll reaffirm your faith in our weird species.
It is, for sure, one of the great novels of the twentieth century in the English language.
If you’re feeling a bit despondent at the state of the world, it’ll reaffirm your faith in our weird species.
January 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I’ve just finished The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin.
It is, for sure, one of the great novels of the twentieth century in the English language.
If you’re feeling a bit despondent at the state of the world, it’ll reaffirm your faith in our weird species.
It is, for sure, one of the great novels of the twentieth century in the English language.
If you’re feeling a bit despondent at the state of the world, it’ll reaffirm your faith in our weird species.
60 is here!
Michele & I discuss:-
😡 Exciting occasional Zoom bloopers
🎥 Films set in Naples
👋 Kvara’s legacy and the transfer
🏟️ Tifosi culture and la maglia
🌟 The upturn in the team’s performance and quality
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/069X...
Michele & I discuss:-
😡 Exciting occasional Zoom bloopers
🎥 Films set in Naples
👋 Kvara’s legacy and the transfer
🏟️ Tifosi culture and la maglia
🌟 The upturn in the team’s performance and quality
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/069X...
January 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
60 is here!
Michele & I discuss:-
😡 Exciting occasional Zoom bloopers
🎥 Films set in Naples
👋 Kvara’s legacy and the transfer
🏟️ Tifosi culture and la maglia
🌟 The upturn in the team’s performance and quality
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/069X...
Michele & I discuss:-
😡 Exciting occasional Zoom bloopers
🎥 Films set in Naples
👋 Kvara’s legacy and the transfer
🏟️ Tifosi culture and la maglia
🌟 The upturn in the team’s performance and quality
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/069X...
January 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Painful
Electr-O-Pura
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Summer Sun
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Is an absurdly consistent six album run.
Yo La Tengo I salute you!
Electr-O-Pura
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Summer Sun
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Is an absurdly consistent six album run.
Yo La Tengo I salute you!
January 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Painful
Electr-O-Pura
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Summer Sun
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Is an absurdly consistent six album run.
Yo La Tengo I salute you!
Electr-O-Pura
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Summer Sun
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Is an absurdly consistent six album run.
Yo La Tengo I salute you!