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). Dr. McDougall, an English Professor of History at University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) His books include: The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany (2014) Contested Fields: A Global History of Modern Football (2020) Youth Politics in East Germany: The Free German Youth Movement 1946-1968 (2004) Dreams and Songs to Sing: A People's History of Liverpool FC from Shankly to Klopp (to be released August 28, 2025) For any questions/comments, you may contact us: You may also contact me on this blog, on twitter @sp1873 and on facebook under Soccernostalgia. https://linktr.ee/sp1873 Mr. Paul Whittle, @real1888letter 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. Dr. McDougall’s contact info: Email: [email protected] Links to Mr. McDougall’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Cold-War-Football-History-Matches/dp/1009456121 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JXIIEE4/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084HPBHHQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199276277/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2 https://www.amazon.com/Dreams-Songs-Sing-Peoples-Liverpool/dp/1009340239?ref_=ast_author_dp Listen on Spotify / Apple Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0DmoSrtAJe0xUtlIbTH46e?si=iJWfCG43Tg2oGmnTHGEluA&utm_source=copy-link&nd=1&dlsi=d750fef28dbf4a35 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-304-interview/id1601074369?i=1000783035003 Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0glYF1STNGY&t=6s Blog Link: https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2026/08/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode_0622119061.html Support the show