Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast-Episode 194 (Interview with Mr. Brian D. Bunk of UMass, revisiting his book ‘From Football to Soccer: The Early History of the Beautiful Game in the United States’ (2021))

This is the 194th episode of my podcast, 'Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast’. For this episode, I interview Mr. Brian D. Bunk, ‪revisiting his book ‘From Football to Soccer: The Early History of the Beautiful Game in the United States’ (2021). Mr. Bunk is a senior lecturer in the history department at the University of Massachusetts. He is also the author of the following books:‘Ghosts of Passion: Martyrdom, Gender, and the Origins of the Spanish Civil War‘ (2007)and the coeditor of ‘Nation and Conflict in Modern Spain: Essays in Honor of Stanley G. Payne.’ (2008)‘Beyond the Field: How Soccer Built Community in the United States (Sport and Society)’ (to be released in June 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, @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. Bunk ’s contact info:Twitter (X): @SoccerHistoryUSBluesky: @brianbunk.bsky.social Link to Mr. Bunk’s books:https://www.amazon.com/Football-Soccer-History-Beautiful-Society/dp/0252085876https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p085871https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Passion-Martyrdom-Origins-Spanish-ebook/dp/B00EHNTUSY?ref_=ast_author_dphttps://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Field-Soccer-Community-Society/dp/0252046684?ref_=ast_author_dp  Listen on Spotify / Apple Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XHfsgPYiWE3Uv6tWrySG0?si=4oxNGNrOStCOLq5RBo1eAg&nd=1&dlsi=f8f41b52685042dchttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode-194-interview/id1601074369?i=1000714726909  Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXlLuAYJFdM  Blog Link:https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2025/06/soccernostalgia-talk-podcast-episode_26.htmlSupport the show