Lost Boyos: A Football Travel Podcast

It was a long journey for Wales fans travelling to Kazakhstan last month, but none did the trip quite like our guest John McAllister. Starting from his hometown of Barry in South Wales, John travelled overland to the Kazakh capital of Astana over 5,000km over five weeks. We discussed his odyssey across Europe, the various games of football he took in en route and his travel vlogging.

You can find John on X at @john_mcal and on Instagram at @john_mcal.

And you can find his travel vlog on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnMacTravels

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In fair Verona we lay our scene for this week’s episode, as we were joined by Richard Hough. Richard has lived in Verona for the past 15 years and is a season ticket holder at Hellas Verona. His love for the club led to him writing the book ‘Verona Campeone: the Miracle of 85’ which came out this year - a book chronicling the team that won an unlikely Scudetto in 1985. We talked about the book, some of the great characters to feature for Hellas Verona for that Scudetto triumph - and over the years since - and why Bentegodi is a great place to watch football, even if the stadium is a bit battered and ruined.

You can find Richard on X at @richard_hough and on BlueSky at @rickhough.bsky.social. You can find his book, Verona Campeone, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Verona-Campione-Miracle-Richard-Hough/dp/1836801211/ref=pd_rhf_se_s_ci_mcx_mr_hp_d_d_sccl_1_2/525-4669992-1845525?pd_rd_w=eB3Na&content-id=amzn1.sym.a9750e23-15f2-4034-9ecc-e6dd38907891:amzn1.symc.206c6295-3b43-4a2b-9d15-273ba17f7025&pf_rd_p=a9750e23-15f2-4034-9ecc-e6dd38907891&pf_rd_r=3WWEJQ7N36JVS1DWDPK5&pd_rd_wg=oiFFm&pd_rd_r=e7e596b9-021b-4a5a-aa27-e3a32b048341&pd_rd_i=1836801211&psc=1  

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For this episode, we focused on Gran Canaria and the yellow and blue-clad footballing kings of the island, UD Las Palmas. Matt Rayns, the host of the English language Las Palmas podcast Pío Pío Inglés, joined us to chat about what makes Las Palmas such a fun team to support, as well as why Gran Canaria is worth a visit. Plus, we celebrated some of the genius footballers to come through the football club - and those born on the island - as well as heralding the great concrete bowl of Estadio Gran Canaria.

You can find Matt Rayns on X at @MattRayns and you can find Pio Pio Ingles on X via @UDLPUK.

You can listen to Pío Pío Inglés in all the usual podcast places and you can find it on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6pU8zrr8kmAPSTBBKcNvTX?si=25561304dbae4e60

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Justin Walley has travelled the world as a football fan and a football coach - whether that be forming a football club in Riga or managing Matebeleland in the CONIFA World Cup, Justin has plenty of stories to tell. We discussed his storied adventures as a coach, but we focused on his latest venture: coaching the Marshall Islands - the last nation in the world to have a national football team. Travelling across the world to coach in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the ups and downs of helping to build a national team from scratch and being on the bench for the nation's first ever matches in Arkansas - Justin told us quite a tale of his time with the Marshall Islands.

You can find Justin Walley on X at @JustinWalley10 and the Marshall Islands at @SoccerFedMI. You can also find the Marshall Islands on Instagram at @rmisoccer.

You can find the Marshall Islands shop - where you can buy one of those lovely shirts we talk about on the pod - here: https://marshall-islands-soccer-federation.square.site/s/shop

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Former Athletic journalist and current The Times and Sunday Times reporter Joey d'Urso joined us to talk about his book, More Than A Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power. We discussed his excellent book and the global adventures it took him , as well as digging into some of the shirts explored in the book and how they are a reflection of football off the pitch and modern society in general. Plus, Matt brings along some shirts from his own collection to suggest for a possible sequel to More than a Shirt.

You can find Joey on X at @josephmdurso and on Instagram at @joeydurso92.

You can buy his More than a Shirt here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Than-Shirt-Football-Politics/dp/1399622803/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L5WWSS58ICQB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mX4wzot0HeHzOA7XhV1r-mpphRxxlVco5k2Cy1P0dcEH8GbhiispXZSZcI7-TgTuRyXkZziyn99PLm0R4L30_Fu5L9M6IMZAOLqwC3NSLR09VdE9NoadS8KbFVhBwdf5n6uu2l2FrSsTTFJXeSESIglV-6_eIQLGxA-7Uj42v7tU7vOT9uoo6mj2nU_kdOSay7JzFQVrEYasVMeimL--Jj3B8OslWTWvUHH3pmwNgPs.ohymaSisdyd3T7yecsnE8Q3kUmvGzdhrpR_RWgjzjL8&dib_tag=se&keywords=more+than+a+shirt&qid=1757624179&sprefix=more+than+a+shirt%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1

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For this episode, we were joined by Harry Hugo - the young entrepeneur who is now the chairman of Farnham Town, arguably the most successful club in non-league football over recent seasons. They have had back-to-back promotions from Step 5 to Step 3, they have fast growing crowds and there have been a variety of innovative initiatives and developments off-the pitch too. Plus, he is a old friend of Lost Boyos, meaning we reflect on his contributions to the old blog (such as designing the website) and Harry discusses some of his memories of Lost Boyos groundhop trips from over a decade ago.

You can find Farnham Town across social media at @FarnhamTown FC and Harry at @HarryHugoGoat.

Check out the Farnham Town YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@FarnhamTownFCVideo

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Joining us to discuss his beloved Brøndby IF was Danish journalist Toke Theilade - a writer for several publications, but who also runs the Brøndby fan website Vilfortpark.dk. After discussing the city of Copenhagen and some of the football within it, we headed to the suburbs to chat about the experiences of a Brøndby fan and all the ups and downs that comes with that. Plus, we heard about what matchday is like at their vociferous home and we discussed the legend that is Michael Laudrup and his impact on the club on and off the pitch, as well as much, much more.

You can find Toke on X at @TokeTheilade and you can find his Brøndby fan site Vilfortpark.dk here https://www.vilfortpark.dk/.

You can find Lost Boyos on X at @LostBoyosPod and now on instgram at @lostboyos.

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Merseyside was very much the focus of this episode, as we were joined by Simon Hughes of The Athletic. We largely focused on his beloved Liverpool FC - discussing Anfield, the ethos around the club and Simon's new book, Chasing Salah - before delving into the non-league scene on Merseyside, with a particular focus on Marine AFC, where Simon got his break in football journalism.

You can find Simon on X at @SimonHughes_ and you can find his latest book, Chasing Salah, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chasing-Salah-Biography-Simon-Hughes/dp/1408721155

You can find Simon's work on The Athletic here too (with a subscription): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/simon-hughes/

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Alongside guest co-host Nick Bell of El Partido, for this episode, we were joined by one of the great authorities on Spanish football: Graham Hunter. Going through his storied career - and life - we discussed the Aberdeen glory days, moving to Barcelona, writing the book on one of the greatest teams of all-time and hanging out with Spain's 2008-2012 golden era, plus much, much more.

You can find Graham Hunter on X at @BumperGraham and you can find/subscribe to his podcast, Revista de La Liga here: https://www.revistadelaliga.com/podcast

You can find this episode's co-host, Nick Bell, on X at @nickbellofbpl and his excellent Spanish football podcast El Partido at @elpartido_es on X and @el_partido.es on Instagram. Both are available on all the usual podcast places. Spotify links below:

El Partido: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DcY8EGAIbXLdwZW8dDVJE?si=0e7ec902fdb14abf

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After a little summer break, Matt and Marc are back. And what a great way to start, as we were joined by Aaron Flanagan - journalist, non-league lover and old friend of Lost Boyos. We started by talking his connection to Manchester City - from the grit of the 90s and 00s to the glitz of its modern day - before going into Aaron's main love: non-league football. We diiscussed his love for Curzon Ashton (via Woodley Sports and Mossley) before getting on to his new local club, Cray Valley PM - where he has just accepted a place on the committee. If you love non-league football, you will love this episode.

You can find Aaron on X at @aaronflan and at @aaronflanag on Instagram. Also for more info on Curzon Ashton and Cray Valley PM, go to @Curzon Ashton and @CrayValleyPM on X.

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