Justin Walley: coaching the Marshall Islands, the first ever games in the history of the Marshall Islands and the globetrotting adventures of a itinerant football coach
Justin Walley has travelled the world as a football fan and a football coach - whether that be forming a football club in Riga or managing Matebeleland in the CONIFA World Cup, Justin has plenty of stories to tell. We discussed his storied adventures as a coach, but we focused on his latest venture: coaching the Marshall Islands - the last nation in the world to have a national football team. Travelling across the world to coach in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the ups and downs of helping to build a national team from scratch and being on the bench for the nation's first ever matches in Arkansas - Justin told us quite a tale of his time with the Marshall Islands.
You can find Justin Walley on X at @JustinWalley10 and the Marshall Islands at @SoccerFedMI. You can also find the Marshall Islands on Instagram at @rmisoccer.
You can find the Marshall Islands shop - where you can buy one of those lovely shirts we talk about on the pod - here: https://marshall-islands-soccer-federation.square.site/s/shop
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Joey d'Urso: how football shirts tell the story of the modern world, travelling the world to spy random football shirts and why we all love Villa Park.
Former Athletic journalist and current The Times and Sunday Times reporter Joey d'Urso joined us to talk about his book, More Than A Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power. We discussed his excellent book and the global adventures it took him , as well as digging into some of the shirts explored in the book and how they are a reflection of football off the pitch and modern society in general. Plus, Matt brings along some shirts from his own collection to suggest for a possible sequel to More than a Shirt.
You can find Joey on X at @josephmdurso and on Instagram at @joeydurso92.
You can buy his More than a Shirt here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Than-Shirt-Football-Politics/dp/1399622803/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L5WWSS58ICQB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mX4wzot0HeHzOA7XhV1r-mpphRxxlVco5k2Cy1P0dcEH8GbhiispXZSZcI7-TgTuRyXkZziyn99PLm0R4L30_Fu5L9M6IMZAOLqwC3NSLR09VdE9NoadS8KbFVhBwdf5n6uu2l2FrSsTTFJXeSESIglV-6_eIQLGxA-7Uj42v7tU7vOT9uoo6mj2nU_kdOSay7JzFQVrEYasVMeimL--Jj3B8OslWTWvUHH3pmwNgPs.ohymaSisdyd3T7yecsnE8Q3kUmvGzdhrpR_RWgjzjL8&dib_tag=se&keywords=more+than+a+shirt&qid=1757624179&sprefix=more+than+a+shirt%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1
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Harry Hugo: being the chairman of Farnham Town, falling for non-league football, and innovating off-the-pitch in grassroots football
For this episode, we were joined by Harry Hugo - the young entrepeneur who is now the chairman of Farnham Town, arguably the most successful club in non-league football over recent seasons. They have had back-to-back promotions from Step 5 to Step 3, they have fast growing crowds and there have been a variety of innovative initiatives and developments off-the pitch too. Plus, he is a old friend of Lost Boyos, meaning we reflect on his contributions to the old blog (such as designing the website) and Harry discusses some of his memories of Lost Boyos groundhop trips from over a decade ago.
You can find Farnham Town across social media at @FarnhamTown FC and Harry at @HarryHugoGoat.
Check out the Farnham Town YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@FarnhamTownFCVideo
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Toke Theilade: the Brøndby fan culture, matchday at 'Vilfortpark' and Laudrup and Frank's varying managerial years at Brøndby
Joining us to discuss his beloved Brøndby IF was Danish journalist Toke Theilade - a writer for several publications, but who also runs the Brøndby fan website Vilfortpark.dk. After discussing the city of Copenhagen and some of the football within it, we headed to the suburbs to chat about the experiences of a Brøndby fan and all the ups and downs that comes with that. Plus, we heard about what matchday is like at their vociferous home and we discussed the legend that is Michael Laudrup and his impact on the club on and off the pitch, as well as much, much more.
You can find Toke on X at @TokeTheilade and you can find his Brøndby fan site Vilfortpark.dk here https://www.vilfortpark.dk/.
You can find Lost Boyos on X at @LostBoyosPod and now on instgram at @lostboyos.
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Simon Hughes: Chasing Salah, Anfield's aura and the magnificence of Marine AFC amongst the Merseyside football scene
Merseyside was very much the focus of this episode, as we were joined by Simon Hughes of The Athletic. We largely focused on his beloved Liverpool FC - discussing Anfield, the ethos around the club and Simon's new book, Chasing Salah - before delving into the non-league scene on Merseyside, with a particular focus on Marine AFC, where Simon got his break in football journalism.
You can find Simon on X at @SimonHughes_ and you can find his latest book, Chasing Salah, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chasing-Salah-Biography-Simon-Hughes/dp/1408721155
You can find Simon's work on The Athletic here too (with a subscription): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/simon-hughes/
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