Forest Green Rovers, football's greenest club, have lost their Football League status after seven years -- the first five joyful, the last two grim.

It's not your typical story of a club losing its league status. But #FGR are far from a typical club
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#OnThisDay 28 April 1923🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The original Wembley Stadium was opened in time for the FA Cup final, where a police officer on a white horse famously cleared a crowd off the pitch

It was demolished in 2003 and rebuilt by 2007 with an arch replacing its iconic twin towers

#OnThisDay 28 April 1945🇮🇹

Former dictator of Italy, Benito Mussolini, is shot dead by partisans near Como

What role did football play in resistance to the Mussolini dictatorship and other fascist regimes in Europe and S. America?

All in my book...👇

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FC Porto take on Sporting CP later in one of Liga Portugal’s biggest clashes.

Some notable players have played for both sides of this big rivalry, including:

- Mario Jardel
- Ricardo Quaresma
- Edmilson
- Jaime Pacheco
- Paulo Futre
- Fernando Gomes
- João Moutinho
- Maniche

The past really is another country. Take me back!

I'm delighted to be doing a bit for Phizzfest this year. Apart from running another edition of the Bohemian Way tour on Sunday 12th I've been luck to work with lots of other talented people as part of a wider Football history festival 🧵 phizzfest.ie/event/festival…

Upcoming Podcast Schedule 🎙️

🇮🇹 Superga 75 years on w/ @penninocalcio
🌍 AFCON w/ Ben Jackson
🇫🇷 Euro 84 w/ Aidan Williams
🇳🇴 Groundhopping in Norway w/ Marius Helgå
⚽️ Football Beyond Borders w/ Ceylon Andi Hickman

Catch up/sub wherever you get your podcasts!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Another picture showing the original founders of the Football League to mark its centenary in 1998.

Believe that Accrington are the only club who no longer exist. Stoke eventually adopted 'City' as part of their name.

Question for my British and Irish audiences, after another poll this week showed that you make up 81% of my audience

Please let me know where you’re from.

Thanks!

#OnThisDay 25 April 1974🇵🇹

Portugal's 'Estado Novo' (New State) dictatorship falls in the 'Carnation Revolution'. I was Western Europe's longest-running authoritarian regime.

What role did football play in the regime's downfall?

Read on...

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Today is Liberation Day in Italy 🇮🇹

What role did footballers play in fighting fascism before and during World War II?

Find out in my second book, The Defiant 👇

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Today is Liberation Day in Italy 🇮🇹

What role did footballers play in fighting fascism before and during World War II?

Find out in my second book, The Defiant 👇

outsidewrite.co.uk/book-launch-th…

‘The politics within Irish football is unbelievable’ – FAI assistant director of football Shane Robinson independent.ie/sport/soccer/l…

#OnThisDay 25 April 1974🇵🇹

Portugal's 'Estado Novo' (New State) dictatorship falls in the 'Carnation Revolution'. I was Western Europe's longest-running authoritarian regime.

What role did football play in the regime's downfall?

Read on...

outsidewrite.co.uk/portugal-when-…