We're joined by Paul Hurst and George Baker, co-founders and board members at FC United of Manchester, the club who are fast becoming the go-to model for protest, fan ownership and matchday experience in English non-league.

Founded in the wake of Malcolm Glazer's takeover of Manchster United, FC United exist to give disenfranchised supporters a space to watch football.

Celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, FC United are looking to the future while their fanbase continues to grow year on year.

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FC United of Manchester

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What is cultural heritage? How do we quantify the intangible elements of football culture? What can understanding these concepts mean for football?

We're joined by PhD student Josh Bland for a conversation surrounding cultural heritage, it's relationship with football, and some of the themes we've touched on throughout the podcast.

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Josh Bland

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Against The Run of Play

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We're joined by Steven Torres, Andy Wilson and Edwin Jusino - committee members of ANCCIF - to talk about the work they undertake across the CONCACAF region to uncover groundbreaking new information about football history in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

ANCCIF is an acronym for 'Asociación Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Investigadores del Fútbol' - The Association of North, Central America and Caribbean Football Investigators. We chat to them about their work, the challenges the face and the research the conduct to achieve their aim of creating the full picture of football across the region.

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Asociación Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Investigadores del Fútbol (ANCCIF)

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Steven Torres

@Steve1T

Andy Wilson

@CanSoccerHist

Edwin Jusino

@erjusinoa

This week we're joined by Jim Thomson, the organiser of Scottish Football Programme & Memorabilia Fairs, for a chat about collecting and what memorabilia means to football fans.

We discuss the reasons why each fan has their 'holy grail' item, why we should view programmes as historic documents and the wider value of collectible memorabilia.

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Scottish Football Programme & Memorabilia Fairs

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We're joined by Matt Oldroyd of Forza Garibaldi and general Forest busybody Dave Marples for a deep dive into one of England's biggest clubs - Nottingham Forest.

We cover the early days of Nottingham Forest, the club colours and identity, the 50s, and the club's downfall after their period of unprecedented success. We also discuss the Clough era and Forest's European Cups, of course.

Through the episode we explore the underlying thread of Forest's bohemian identity, both as an extension of the city and the pioneering innovations they brought to football.

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Forza Garibaldi

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The Forest Preservation Society

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'Trailblazers: The Groundbreaking History of Nottingham Forest Football Club' https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/trailblazers

We're joined by Finlay Stanley (aka AFCFinners) to talk about the life and legacy of Joe Fagan and how we remember football's overshadowed heroes.

Possibly one of football's most underappreciated figures, Joe Fagan famously won the treble with Liverpool in his first season, including the European Cup. However, his tenure as Liverpool manager was short lived, and he retreated from public life soon after. This is his story.

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AFC Finners

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We're joined by John Williams, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester, to talk about the stories, myths and historic tales which make our game what it is today.

Storytelling plays a huge role within football, whether it's about the origin stories of the club your support or your grandad telling you about his favourite away day. As supporters, we create myths and idolise players in such a way that these stories take on a generational aspect.

John seeks to capture these sentiments in his latest book, which tells the history of football in Britain through a scrapbook-timeline of lesser-known stories and tales, each of which speak to the wider socio-economic and political landscapes of the contexts in which they exist.

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Professor John Williams

https://le.ac.uk/people/john-williams

'Football in Wind and Rain: The Making of the British Game'

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We're back!

Our fist episode of 2025 is an exclusive. For the first time, Steven Torres and Luis Yero sit down with Rory to tell the inside story of the New York Cosmos' trip to Cuba in 2015 and their roles in making this historic fixture come to fruition.

In December 2014, President Obama relaxed diplomatic relations with Cuba for the first time since the Cold War. Steven, our guest, jumped at the opportunity to send a football team there to compete in a friendly - the first time a soccer club from the US had visited Cuba since the 1970s.

From the first chaotic meeting in Jamaica to meeting Pelé, Steven and Luis orchestrated one of the most historic fixtures in US soccer history. This is the first time they've told their story.

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Asociación Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Investigadores del Fútbol (ANCCIF)

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Steven Torres

@Steve1T

Our contributors Rory, Dave, Chris, Christian and Matty come together for a look back at their years on and off the pitch, as well as discussing their plans and wishes for 2025.

Thank you to everyone who has supported Football Heritage since launching this year. We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

We'll see you again in 2025!

This is our last podcast of 2024. Our next podcast episode will be released on February 17.

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We're joined once again by Scott Coyne from The Belgian Football Podcast to cover the recently-defunct KMSK Deinze and the crisis which football in Belgium finds itself in.

12 days ago, Belgian club KMSK Deinze announced their bankruptcy, bringing an end to 98 years of history and an 18-month long circus.

This is the detailed story of how, and why this continues to happen in Belgium.

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Scott Coyne

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Coyne Consultancy

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The Belgian Football Podcast

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