This is the 219th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’. 

For this episode, I interview Spanish Author and Historian Mr. Sergio Vilariño Ferreiro as we discuss the matches of the Spanish National Team during the 1985/86 season. 

Mr. Vilariño is the author of ‘MÉXICO 70. 50 AÑOS DE FÚTBOL EN COLOR’ 

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Mr. Vilariño’s contact info: 

Twitter: @SVilarino 

Bluesky: @svilarino.bsky.social 

Book Link; https://www.libreriadeportiva.com/libro/mexico-70-50-anos-de-futbol-en-color_73780 

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-219-interview/id1601074369?i=1000731498026

Youtube Link: 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o47RsZIDLk

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https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2025/10/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode_12.html

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This is the 218th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’. 

For this episode, we interview English Author Mr. Gareth Dace, discussing his book ‘Hot Shot Tottenham: Spurs in the 80s – Hoddle, Hummel and Hazards (2025). 

This book covers the Tottenham Hotspur’s decade of the 1980s. 

Mr. Dace is a lifelong Tottenham Hostpur’s fan, who witnessed this decade as a fan of the club. 

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Mr. Dace’s contact info: 

Twitter: @GarethDace 

Bluesky: @80s90sspursbooks.bsky.social 

Link: https://90sspursbook.square.site/ 

Podcast: @Spurs90spod 

Link to Mr. Dace’s book: 

https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Shot-Tottenham-Hoddle-Hazards/dp/1836801904?ref_=ast_author_dp 

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gareth-Dace/author/B0CTKH1116?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true 

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-218-interview/id1601074369?i=1000731050773

Youtube Link: 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55LcrgKh8uQ

Blog Link: 

 https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2025/10/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode_9.html

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This is the 217thepisode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’. 

For this episode, I interview Distinguished Professor Dr. Laurent Bellaiche of University of Arkansas as we discuss FC Nantes during the Jean Vincent era (1976-1982).  

Professor Ballaiche has written a number of Football (Soccer) related articles on University of Arkansas site, ‘The Beautiful Game: Dispatches from the Hill’ 

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https://linktr.ee/BeforeThePremierLeague 

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Mr. Bellaiche’s contact info: 

Email: [email protected] 

Link to some articles: 

https://honorsblog.uark.edu/the-beautiful-game/ 

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 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2XqET67gXte7Er703vK2TW?si=Y741AcytSsib9y-5UOUUOw&nd=1&dlsi=39c89797e49740b3

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-217-interview/id1601074369?i=1000730694775

Youtube Link: 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3re9hPLmHQ8

Blog Link: 

 https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2025/10/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode_7.html

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This is the 216th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’. 

For this episode, I interview German Journalist Christian Prechtl as we discuss VfB Stuttgart during the decade of the 1980s. 

Mr. Prechtl has been a Publicist, editor, Certified PR consultant. 27 years of professional communications. He has worked for leading international PR Agency, Start Up Company, Policy Network and Maximum Care Hospitals. He has worked in Campaigns (PR & Marketing) for listed Global Players as well as SME's. 

He is a Member of the Association of German Public Relations Specialists (Deutsche Public Relations Gesellschaft e.V., DPRG). 

He has 25 years of blogging and columns for media partners print and online. 

He is also a Member of VfB Stuttgart 

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https://linktr.ee/BeforeThePremierLeague 

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Mr. Prechtl’s contact info: 

Link: www.cpkomm.de 

Twitter (X): @ChrisPrech 

Bluesky: @heiland.bsky.social

Email: [email protected] 

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 https://open.spotify.com/episode/69F14G3OOzUcu2jUGVEBY7?si=qf5YK0okTGiLiasMB_Xi_g&nd=1&dlsi=0359599a56114c2a

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-216-interview/id1601074369?i=1000730134813

Youtube Link: 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WaEn563nGg

Blog Link: 

https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2025/10/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode_4.html

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This is the 215th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’

For this episode, I interview Iranian Author Mr. Djamshid Foroughi and Irish Freelance Writer, Historian and Broadcaster, Mr. John O’Carroll as we discuss the November 2001 World Cup qualifying play-offs between Republic of Ireland and Iran.

Mr. Djamshid Foroughi is an Iranian Author, Interpreter, Translator and Football Historian.

Mr. O’Carroll has appeared many times on the podcast discussing the history of Irish Football.

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You may also contact me on this blog, on twitter @sp1873 and on facebook under Soccernostalgia.

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Mr. Paul Whittle, @1888letter on twitter and https://the1888letter.com/contact/

https://linktr.ee/BeforeThePremierLeague

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Mr. Djamshid Foroughi’s contact info:

e-mail:[email protected]

Mr. O’Carroll’s contact info:

e-mail:[email protected]

Twitter: @JohnOCarroll17

or on facebook under John O’Carroll

Link to Mr. Paul Whittle’s book (Before the Premier League: A History of the Football League's Last Decades):

https://the1888letter.com/book-before-the-premier-league/

http://www.wibblepublishing.com/bpl.html

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/2lrKwDXRotpoGcJ2NAOuQQ?si=vngQ0uY8RpyFggYnQJ_sXg&nd=1&dlsi=32bdad1ac2f041cc

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-215-interview/id1601074369?i=1000729599271

Youtube Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD_czegesxE

Blog Link:

https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2025/10/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode.html

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This is the 214th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’.

For this episode, I interview American Author, Journalist and Journalism Professor Mr. Clemente Lisi as we discuss the 1998 World Cup.

Mr. Lisi appeared previously on the podcast discussing the 1990 and 1994 World Cups.

Mr. Lisi is a Journalism Professor at The King’s College. He has been a Journalist for the likes of New York Post and the New York Daily News. He has also worked as Senior Editor for ABCNews.com. Mr. Lisi is also a contributor to Religion Unplugged.

Mr. Lisi is the author of ‘The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story (2010)’ and his new book ‘The FIFA World Cup: A History of the Planet's Biggest Sporting Event (2022)’

Mr. Lisi also has a website ‘Planet Soccer’ on substack at https://planetsoccer.substack.com/

For any questions/comments, you may contact us:

You may also contact me on this blog, on twitter @sp1873 and on facebook under Soccernostalgia.

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https://linktr.ee/BeforeThePremierLeague

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Mr. Lisi’s contact info:

Twitter: @ClementeLisi

Email: [email protected]

Substack: https://planetsoccer.substack.com/

Link to Mr. Lisi’s books:

https://www.amazon.com/FIFA-World-Cup-History-Sporting/dp/1538156431

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003TFE1GM/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-214-interview/id1601074369?i=1000728135145

YouTube Link:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NisESW-n-o

Blog Link:

https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2025/09/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode_23.html

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This is the 213thepisode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’. 

For this episode, I interview Italian Author Roberto Amorosino, as we discuss the Italy National Team during the 1974 World Cup. 

Roberto Amorosino, has in the past, worked at international organizations in the human resources area between Washington DC, Paris and Rome. 

He writes for Italian sports website https://www.sportmemory.it/ and is the author of Italian language book: Venti di calcio (2022). 

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https://linktr.ee/BeforeThePremierLeague 

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Mr. Amorosino’s contact info: 

Website: https://www.sportmemory.it/ 

Book: 

https://www.sportmemory.it/prodotto/venti-di-calcio/ 

https://www.amazon.it/Venti-calcio-Roberto-Amorosino/dp/8894670619 

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 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7JgFIiGz5ovFSWp9kmyt3w?si=gtAgD-8FSSWOujL7l_ImRw&nd=1&dlsi=0f411593b45a4112

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-213-interview/id1601074369?i=1000727641515

Youtube Link: 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avxb5VF4TWc

Blog Link: 

https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2025/09/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode_20.html

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This is the 212th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’. 

For this episode, I interview Belgian Football fan Mr. Jean-Marc Richard, as we discuss Anderlecht during the decade of the 1970s. 

Mr. Richard has worked as a press reporter during 30 years for a local newspaper, a radio and a tv channel, from 1990 to 2020. 

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You may also contact me on this blog, on twitter @sp1873 and on facebook under Soccernostalgia. 

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Mr. Paul Whittle, @1888letter on twitter and https://the1888letter.com/contact/ 

https://linktr.ee/BeforeThePremierLeague 

You may also follow the podcast on spotify and Apple podcasts all under ‘Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’ 

Please leave a review, rate and subscribe if you like the podcast. 

Mr. Jean-Marc Richard’s contact info: 

https://www.facebook.com/jeanmarc.richard.9 

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 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2fLCh2WTpfnhN1QONFw6eh?si=zq8d0xpWQdC4NDYjfD-d6g&nd=1&dlsi=570b9ed2bc524bd3

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-212-interview/id1601074369?i=1000727270514

Youtube Link: 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn3PPqSZ89k

Blog Link: 

https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2025/09/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode_17.html

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This is the 211th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’. 

For this episode, I interview British historian and Germanophile, Mr. Matthew Dorkings as we discuss the history of English and German Football relations. 

Mr. Dorkings has a substack page called ‘A British Lens on Germany’. 

For any questions/comments, you may contact us: 

You may also contact me on this blog, on twitter @sp1873 and on facebook under Soccernostalgia. 

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Mr. Paul Whittle, @1888letter on twitter and https://the1888letter.com/contact/ 

https://linktr.ee/BeforeThePremierLeague 

You may also follow the podcast on spotify and Apple podcasts all under ‘Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’ 

Please leave a review, rate and subscribe if you like the podcast. 

Mr. Dorkings’s contact info: 

Substack:  

https://matthewdorkings.substack.com/

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 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7MGP7Ukxrd7HCyM0l8Ytfm?si=SFwcdMogTOScc8iQHIuACg&nd=1&dlsi=f75196df28b248b5

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-211-interview/id1601074369?i=1000726767737

Youtube Link: 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPKgnVAcdjE

Blog Link: 

 https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2025/09/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode_14.html

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This is the 210th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’. 

For this episode, I interview Author Tony Kokkinos, revisiting and discussing his book, ‘Caviar and Sausages: Arsenal in the Time of Wenger’ (2021). 

For any questions/comments, you may contact us: 

You may also contact me on this blog, on twitter @sp1873 and on facebook under Soccernostalgia. 

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Mr. Paul Whittle, @1888letter on twitter and https://the1888letter.com/contact/ 

https://linktr.ee/BeforeThePremierLeague 

You may also follow the podcast on spotify and Apple podcasts all under ‘Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’ 

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Mr. Kokkinos’ contact info: 

Link to Mr. Kokkinos’  book: 

https://www.amazon.com/Caviar-Sausages-Arsenal-Time-Wenger/dp/1838412700

Link: https://www.tonykokkinos.com/about 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caviarandsausagesbook/ 

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 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2HXciV8sb2cHz707jUR4nw?si=ovlk-V3BRD6fWKTGHIX9Pw&nd=1&dlsi=3d02f3916d73433f

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-210-interview/id1601074369?i=1000726579982

Youtube Link: 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk8liT0oytA

Blog Link: 

https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2025/09/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode_12.html

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