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Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches (460)
The Cold War was a huge battle for hearts and minds — a true “people’s war.” But where did the “people’s game” fit into it?
In their new book, Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches, Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall explore the surprising and fascinating links between football and the global st…
Kicking above our weight: Canada in the World Cup and the World Cup in Canada
We're diving into your questions about the World Cup, Canada’s team, FIFA and what hosting the games means for Canada.
Joshua Kloke is staff writer at The Athletic. Carrie Serwetnyc is a former Canada national team player and first woman in the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame. Alan McDougall is prof…
Cold War Football: Yugoslavia in Dalymount Park
In October 1955, the visit of Yugoslavia to Dublin caused real division in Irish society. A top-class football side on the world stage, opposition to communism led Archbishop McQuaid and others to call for a boycott of the game. In a new book, Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches, Alan McDou…
Summer Reads 2026
This week, it's a special episode as three of the Aspects of History gang – Antonia Senior, Richard Foreman and Jane Thynne – join Zeb Baker-Smith in person to talk through their recommendations for your holiday reading list.
Plenty of picks, with links below, to acc…
When football became a weapon of the Cold War
The Cold War cast a shadow over all aspects of life – including the world's favourite sport. All sides of the ideological divide used football to score political goals. Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall talk Spencer Mizen through some of the most explosive Cold War footballing clashes in a story that ta…
"War minus the shooting": football during the Cold War
What happens when football becomes far more than a game? As the 2026 World Cup unfolds, this Long Read written by Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall revisits four matches played during the Cold War that turned the beautiful game into a battleground of ideology, identity and state power.
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1966: The World Cup that changed a nation
The England men’s football team has missed out on the opportunity to replicate the nation’s much-heralded victory back in the 1966 World Cup, still one of the most celebrated moments in its sporting history. But what did the football tournament reveal about the state of the country that staged it b…
Scholars’ Circle – Author Interview on “Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches” and 1973 Coup D’État in Chile – July 26, 2026
The 2026 World Cup has finished and the final two teams, Spain and Argentina, have stirred up old notions of what we call soft power. Sports play a large role in how countries display their soft power, but it can often be confused for cooperation. Indeed all power is contested and soft power is no …
Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast-Episode 304 (Interview with English Author and Professor of History, Dr. Alan McDougall and Professor Tony Shaw of University of Hertfordshire, as we discuss their book ‘Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches’ (2026))
This is the 304th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’.
For this episode, I interview English Author and Professor of History, Dr. Alan McDougall and Professor Tony Shaw of University of Hertfordshire, as we discuss their book ‘Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches’ (2026).…
Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches
We're discussing Cold War football today with Alan McDougall and Tony Shaw, who have written a book about the Cold War as told through ten matches.
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