The FootPol Podcast
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The FootPol Podcast is a sports podcast hosted by Francesco Belcastro and Guy Burton. It has 104 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
The podcast that brings together football and politics. We'll be exploring the relationship between the two, both inside and outside the game.The podcast covers "Big Politics" like politicians, clubs, international and national federations and other organised groups and how they use or abuse the game to "Small, Everyday Politics" in the form of community-level clubs, fan associations and the way that football reflects the political challenges of our day to day lives.The FootPol Podcast is brought to you by co-hosts Drs Francesco Belcastro and Guy Burton.
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Sacred Grounds: People's Football in India ft. Sandeep Menon
Insta‑FootPol. AFCON Fallout, Iran World Cup Participation and Iranian Women’s Asylum
Staples, Satire and Protest: The Politics of Football Fanzines ft. Paddy Hoey
Insta-FootPol. The US-Israel War with Iran and the 2026 World Cup
2026 World Cup Debutants: Uniting the Islands — Cabo Verde ft. Emmanuel Charles D’Oliveira & Nuno Domingos
Breaking Barriers: Women’s Football Across the Middle East ft. Assile Toufailly
Carnival or Control? Politics and the 2026 World Cup ft. Pete Watson & Roger Magazine
Grassroots, Growth and the Game: Football in New Zealand ft. CJ Price
How the Football Association Took Over the Women's Game ft. Rafaelle Nicholson
From College to the Pros: Power and Pathways in Women’s Football ft. Sydney Minarik
2026 World Cup Debutants: Uzbekistan’s Rise from Soviet Shadows ft. Donat Iskanderov
Football in a state of emergency ft. David Goldblatt
How Football Sells Its History: Stadium Tourism and Identity ft. Felipe Tobar
Fueling or burning the game? Football clubs, fans and energy companies ft. Leslie Mabon
African Fans, European Dreams ft. Manase Chinwesha and Solomon Waliaula
Pride in the Game: LGBTQ+ Football Culture ft. Rory Magrath
Season 3 Opener: Israel, Women’s Football, FIFA and Saudi Power Plays
Full-Time Whistle: The Season 2 Finale!
Football in a Time of War: Gaza, Iran, Sudan & DR Congo
Class Act: Football and the English Working Class ft. Josh Bland
When Goals Don't Matter: Gals FC ft. Nora Beqaj
Did Spain's World Cup win change society? ft. Fernando Gutiérrez-Chico and Aníbal Mesa López
The Club World Cup and Women’s Euros and What’s at Stake
Rage Sport: People's sportswear against fascism (English edition)
Rage Sport: sport popolare, solidale e antifascista (edizione italiana)
Inside Indonesia's Football and Politics ft. Andy Fuller
Pitching Ambition: The Rise and Risk of Non-League Football ft. Paul Caulfield
Small Nation, Giant Game: Uruguay’s Football Story ft. Will Huddleston
Football and identity in the MENA region ft. the SEPAD research group
Pasión, Politics & the Pitch: Spain's Football Journey ft. Miguel Lourenço Pereira
From community to climate justice. Bohemian FC ft. Sean McCabe
Kicking Down Barriers: Building Inclusivity through Football ft. Charl Galloway
Flying the Flag: The women who played football abroad ft. Carrie Dunn
The Politics of FIFA's 2030 World Cup ft. Leslie Mabon
The Drama of Greek Football ft. Theofilos Pouliopoulos
Are football styles and tactics political? ft. Jonathan Wilson
The German Football Model: Politics, Fans, and the 50+1 Rule ft. Danyel Reiche
Football's new home? The beautiful game in the Gulf ft. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Playing for equality: Lewes FC ft. Joe Short
The Beautiful Game in Troubled Times: Iraq’s Football Saga ft. Hassanane Balal
The Dragon's Kick: Football and Politics in Hong Kong and China ft. Chun Wing Lee
Socialist soccer? The beautiful game in the USSR and after its collapse ft. Yacov Zohn
Two Koreas, Two Goals: The Politics of Football ft. Jung-Woo Lee
What may be football's political battle grounds in 2025?
FIFA's 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia ft. Aziz Alghashian and Stephen Cockburn
The Politics of Data in Football ft. Daniel Memmert
British history, social changes and football ft. David Kynaston
Power to the fans. The Exeter City FC story
FootPol special: Amsterdam's long night.
What is e-football and how is it political? ft. Tsubasa Shinohara
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