Where football meets politics — and neither escapes unscathed.
Since October 2023, I’ve co-hosted The FootPol Podcast with Dr Francesco Belcastro (University of Derby). Each Monday, we dig into how politics and football collide — and occasionally conspire.
From how politicians, parties, and movements try to harness the beautiful game for their own purposes, to how football reflects deeper social and political questions — race, gender, nationalism, identity — we explore the messy overlap between the pitch and the public sphere.
Episodes are available below and on all the usual platforms (Spotify, Apple, Google, etc). Reviews are welcome (yes, even the critical ones — we’re academics, we’re used to it). Subscribe, share, and join us as we ask: is football ever just a game?
