Joey D'Urso
@joeydurso.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joey.durso/
Senior data journalist, The Times and Sunday Times | Author of 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓: https://geni.us/MoreThanAShirt | joey.durso@the-times.co.uk
Senior data journalist, The Times and Sunday Times | Author of 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓: https://geni.us/MoreThanAShirt | joey.durso@the-times.co.uk
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I don't really use BlueSky (or X), but am posting more on Instagram these days, do follow! www.instagram.com/joey.durso/
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I don't really use BlueSky (or X), but am posting more on Instagram these days, do follow! www.instagram.com/joey.durso/
I don't really use BlueSky (or X), but am posting more on Instagram these days, do follow! www.instagram.com/joey.durso/
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I don't really use BlueSky (or X), but am posting more on Instagram these days, do follow! www.instagram.com/joey.durso/
Honoured that MORE THAN A SHIRT is longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025, alongside some very talented authors.
September 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Honoured that MORE THAN A SHIRT is longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025, alongside some very talented authors.
Thanks for having me @outsidewrite.bsky.social !
NEW PODCAST 🎙️
@joeydurso.bsky.social joins me to discuss his new book, More Than a Shirt, which reveals how football shirts tell complex geopolitical stories
Download/listen ▶️ outsidewrite.co.uk/podcast-the-...
@joeydurso.bsky.social joins me to discuss his new book, More Than a Shirt, which reveals how football shirts tell complex geopolitical stories
Download/listen ▶️ outsidewrite.co.uk/podcast-the-...
August 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thanks for having me @outsidewrite.bsky.social !
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Few, if any, football supporters want “to wrestle with complex geopolitical issues”, argues Joey D’Urso in a new book. He explains why geopolitics keeps invading the pitch
What a football shirt can tell you about finance and geopolitics
Kits encode all sorts of information, Joey D’Urso argues
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July 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Few, if any, football supporters want “to wrestle with complex geopolitical issues”, argues Joey D’Urso in a new book. He explains why geopolitics keeps invading the pitch
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Here's a taster of this Sunday's podcast 🎙️
@joeydurso.bsky.social joins me to discuss his new book on the politics of football shirts 👕
Plus, we discuss a few of our personal favourite #footballshirts
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
@joeydurso.bsky.social joins me to discuss his new book on the politics of football shirts 👕
Plus, we discuss a few of our personal favourite #footballshirts
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
August 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Here's a taster of this Sunday's podcast 🎙️
@joeydurso.bsky.social joins me to discuss his new book on the politics of football shirts 👕
Plus, we discuss a few of our personal favourite #footballshirts
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
@joeydurso.bsky.social joins me to discuss his new book on the politics of football shirts 👕
Plus, we discuss a few of our personal favourite #footballshirts
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
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Next up on the reading list.. 'More Than a Shirt' from the boy @joeydurso.bsky.social
New book exploring the sometimes murky world of football shirt sponsorship deals and occasions when politics and sport are more than happy to get into bed together
New book exploring the sometimes murky world of football shirt sponsorship deals and occasions when politics and sport are more than happy to get into bed together
July 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Next up on the reading list.. 'More Than a Shirt' from the boy @joeydurso.bsky.social
New book exploring the sometimes murky world of football shirt sponsorship deals and occasions when politics and sport are more than happy to get into bed together
New book exploring the sometimes murky world of football shirt sponsorship deals and occasions when politics and sport are more than happy to get into bed together
Enjoyed this!
Really enjoyed speaking to @joeydurso.bsky.social about his new book ‘More Than A Shirt’ and what football shirts can tell us about the world.
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How Can Football Shirts Explain Money, Power and Politics?
Intelligence Squared · Episode
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July 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Enjoyed this!
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Great evening at The Volley in Old Street listening to @joeydurso.bsky.social discussing his new book, ‘More Than a Shirt’ 👕
Thanks to @stanchionbooks.bsky.social as ever for hosting a top event 👏🏼
Thanks to @stanchionbooks.bsky.social as ever for hosting a top event 👏🏼
June 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Great evening at The Volley in Old Street listening to @joeydurso.bsky.social discussing his new book, ‘More Than a Shirt’ 👕
Thanks to @stanchionbooks.bsky.social as ever for hosting a top event 👏🏼
Thanks to @stanchionbooks.bsky.social as ever for hosting a top event 👏🏼
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I was in a stadium in Colombia. It was sticky. The crowd was noisy.
In front of me was a man wearing a football shirt with a face on the back... the face of a murdered drug warlord.
I've been to five continents to tell the story of how football shirts explain the world...
I was in a stadium in Colombia. It was sticky. The crowd was noisy.
In front of me was a man wearing a football shirt with a face on the back... the face of a murdered drug warlord.
I've been to five continents to tell the story of how football shirts explain the world...
June 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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I was in a stadium in Colombia. It was sticky. The crowd was noisy.
In front of me was a man wearing a football shirt with a face on the back... the face of a murdered drug warlord.
I've been to five continents to tell the story of how football shirts explain the world...
I was in a stadium in Colombia. It was sticky. The crowd was noisy.
In front of me was a man wearing a football shirt with a face on the back... the face of a murdered drug warlord.
I've been to five continents to tell the story of how football shirts explain the world...
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Really looking forward to this by @joeydurso.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Really looking forward to this by @joeydurso.bsky.social
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Unbelievably proud of top data journo and football shirt supremo @joeydurso.bsky.social, who launches his book tonight!!
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June 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Unbelievably proud of top data journo and football shirt supremo @joeydurso.bsky.social, who launches his book tonight!!
🔗 amzn.eu/d/bvUYlQv
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🎧🎙️Great to go on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning talking about my new book 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓...
June 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🎧🎙️Great to go on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning talking about my new book 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓...
I'll be on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 at 8.40am 📻
June 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I'll be on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 at 8.40am 📻
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I've written for @thetimes.com about my journey across the world to find 22 football shirts that explain the world, from one with a drug warlord's face on it, to a German shirt explaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine..
MORE THAN A SHIRT book out next week!
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
I've written for @thetimes.com about my journey across the world to find 22 football shirts that explain the world, from one with a drug warlord's face on it, to a German shirt explaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine..
MORE THAN A SHIRT book out next week!
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
My quest to find 22 football shirts that explain the state of the world
Greed, politics, religion — jerseys worn by footballers give an insight into shifting landscapes and show how football is world’s most powerful cultural force
www.thetimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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I've written for @thetimes.com about my journey across the world to find 22 football shirts that explain the world, from one with a drug warlord's face on it, to a German shirt explaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine..
MORE THAN A SHIRT book out next week!
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
I've written for @thetimes.com about my journey across the world to find 22 football shirts that explain the world, from one with a drug warlord's face on it, to a German shirt explaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine..
MORE THAN A SHIRT book out next week!
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
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I've written for @thetimes.com about my journey across the world to find 22 football shirts that explain the world, from one with a drug warlord's face on it, to a German shirt explaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine..
MORE THAN A SHIRT book out next week!
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
I've written for @thetimes.com about my journey across the world to find 22 football shirts that explain the world, from one with a drug warlord's face on it, to a German shirt explaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine..
MORE THAN A SHIRT book out next week!
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
My quest to find 22 football shirts that explain the state of the world
Greed, politics, religion — jerseys worn by footballers give an insight into shifting landscapes and show how football is world’s most powerful cultural force
www.thetimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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I've written for @thetimes.com about my journey across the world to find 22 football shirts that explain the world, from one with a drug warlord's face on it, to a German shirt explaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine..
MORE THAN A SHIRT book out next week!
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
I've written for @thetimes.com about my journey across the world to find 22 football shirts that explain the world, from one with a drug warlord's face on it, to a German shirt explaining Putin's invasion of Ukraine..
MORE THAN A SHIRT book out next week!
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
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Just been reading this fantastic book by @joeydurso.bsky.social
Its about footy shirts - and so much more.
Come and join us in conversation next week @waterstones.bsky.social #Birmingham
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
Its about footy shirts - and so much more.
Come and join us in conversation next week @waterstones.bsky.social #Birmingham
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
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June 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Just been reading this fantastic book by @joeydurso.bsky.social
Its about footy shirts - and so much more.
Come and join us in conversation next week @waterstones.bsky.social #Birmingham
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
Its about footy shirts - and so much more.
Come and join us in conversation next week @waterstones.bsky.social #Birmingham
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
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Vaccine fatigue is real but more hard core anti-vax sentiment is also on the rise. Are children paying the price for their parents misguided beliefs? Great to work with @joeydurso.bsky.social for this Sunday Times piece:
June 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Vaccine fatigue is real but more hard core anti-vax sentiment is also on the rise. Are children paying the price for their parents misguided beliefs? Great to work with @joeydurso.bsky.social for this Sunday Times piece:
Very exciting to get the first hard copy of MORE THAN A SHIRT: HOW FOOTBALL SHIRTS EXPLAIN GLOBAL POLITICS, MONEY AND POWER. Out June 19!
May 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Very exciting to get the first hard copy of MORE THAN A SHIRT: HOW FOOTBALL SHIRTS EXPLAIN GLOBAL POLITICS, MONEY AND POWER. Out June 19!
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Is the "60+ Oyster card" Britain's biggest freebie? From the age of 60, several years before the retirement age of 66, London residents get free transport.
The cost of this is projected to double between 2022 and 2027. Fares for younger users will pay for it.
Is the "60+ Oyster card" Britain's biggest freebie? From the age of 60, several years before the retirement age of 66, London residents get free transport.
The cost of this is projected to double between 2022 and 2027. Fares for younger users will pay for it.
May 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Is the "60+ Oyster card" Britain's biggest freebie? From the age of 60, several years before the retirement age of 66, London residents get free transport.
The cost of this is projected to double between 2022 and 2027. Fares for younger users will pay for it.
Is the "60+ Oyster card" Britain's biggest freebie? From the age of 60, several years before the retirement age of 66, London residents get free transport.
The cost of this is projected to double between 2022 and 2027. Fares for younger users will pay for it.
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‘Colourful’ @patrickmaguire.bsky.social
‘Innovative’ @migueldelaney.bsky.social
‘Meticulously researched’ @adamcrafton.bsky.social
‘Original’ @mattchorley.bsky.social
Some incredible early endorsements have landed for @joeydurso.bsky.social’s #MoreThanAShirt
Out 19/06/25 geni.us/MoreThanAShirt
‘Innovative’ @migueldelaney.bsky.social
‘Meticulously researched’ @adamcrafton.bsky.social
‘Original’ @mattchorley.bsky.social
Some incredible early endorsements have landed for @joeydurso.bsky.social’s #MoreThanAShirt
Out 19/06/25 geni.us/MoreThanAShirt
March 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
‘Colourful’ @patrickmaguire.bsky.social
‘Innovative’ @migueldelaney.bsky.social
‘Meticulously researched’ @adamcrafton.bsky.social
‘Original’ @mattchorley.bsky.social
Some incredible early endorsements have landed for @joeydurso.bsky.social’s #MoreThanAShirt
Out 19/06/25 geni.us/MoreThanAShirt
‘Innovative’ @migueldelaney.bsky.social
‘Meticulously researched’ @adamcrafton.bsky.social
‘Original’ @mattchorley.bsky.social
Some incredible early endorsements have landed for @joeydurso.bsky.social’s #MoreThanAShirt
Out 19/06/25 geni.us/MoreThanAShirt
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Absolutely thrilled to be publishing @joeydurso.bsky.social’s
More Than A Shirt @orionbooks.bsky.social.
Joey’s writing is intrepid and gripping, his book is an incredible exploration of geopolitics, finance, history and power through 22 football shirts.
Out 19/06/25: geni.us/MoreThanAShirt
More Than A Shirt @orionbooks.bsky.social.
Joey’s writing is intrepid and gripping, his book is an incredible exploration of geopolitics, finance, history and power through 22 football shirts.
Out 19/06/25: geni.us/MoreThanAShirt
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I'm excited to announce that my first book is out on June 19! I've travelled to five continents to tell the story of how 22 different football shirts explain the world...
@tierneywitty.bsky.social @northbanktalent.bsky.social @orionbooks.bsky.social
I'm excited to announce that my first book is out on June 19! I've travelled to five continents to tell the story of how 22 different football shirts explain the world...
@tierneywitty.bsky.social @northbanktalent.bsky.social @orionbooks.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Absolutely thrilled to be publishing @joeydurso.bsky.social’s
More Than A Shirt @orionbooks.bsky.social.
Joey’s writing is intrepid and gripping, his book is an incredible exploration of geopolitics, finance, history and power through 22 football shirts.
Out 19/06/25: geni.us/MoreThanAShirt
More Than A Shirt @orionbooks.bsky.social.
Joey’s writing is intrepid and gripping, his book is an incredible exploration of geopolitics, finance, history and power through 22 football shirts.
Out 19/06/25: geni.us/MoreThanAShirt
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I'm excited to announce that my first book is out on June 19! I've travelled to five continents to tell the story of how 22 different football shirts explain the world...
@tierneywitty.bsky.social @northbanktalent.bsky.social @orionbooks.bsky.social
I'm excited to announce that my first book is out on June 19! I've travelled to five continents to tell the story of how 22 different football shirts explain the world...
@tierneywitty.bsky.social @northbanktalent.bsky.social @orionbooks.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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I'm excited to announce that my first book is out on June 19! I've travelled to five continents to tell the story of how 22 different football shirts explain the world...
@tierneywitty.bsky.social @northbanktalent.bsky.social @orionbooks.bsky.social
I'm excited to announce that my first book is out on June 19! I've travelled to five continents to tell the story of how 22 different football shirts explain the world...
@tierneywitty.bsky.social @northbanktalent.bsky.social @orionbooks.bsky.social
Ignore the pearl-clutchers, it is totally fine for Aston Villa fans to boo Jack Grealish. It is all a pantomime and rattling the opposition is what home crowds are meant to do: www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
Jack Grealish – why it’s fine for Aston Villa fans to boo former hero
Man City’s £100million man received a frosty reception from fans at Villa Park, but football is pantomime and booing players is part of what gives the game life
www.thetimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Ignore the pearl-clutchers, it is totally fine for Aston Villa fans to boo Jack Grealish. It is all a pantomime and rattling the opposition is what home crowds are meant to do: www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
Former Everton player Li Tie has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery in China. I reported on this earlier this year, including speaking to people who knew him.
There may well be more to this than meets the eye.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/527...
There may well be more to this than meets the eye.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/527...
December 13, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Former Everton player Li Tie has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery in China. I reported on this earlier this year, including speaking to people who knew him.
There may well be more to this than meets the eye.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/527...
There may well be more to this than meets the eye.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/527...