Lost Boyos: A Football Travel Podcast

Cork native Alex O’Brien talks us through the joys of following his local club, Cork City, and the growing football culture in Ireland. We chat about matchdays at Turner’s Cross, the passion surrounding the League of Ireland and what makes Cork such a special football city.

We also head across to the south of Madrid, where Alex has another footballing love: AD Alcorcón. Currently playing in Spain’s third tier, Alcorcón have embraced Alex as one of their own through his ‘Alcorcón Irlanda’ support, which gaves us a chance to explore the club, its fans and the pleasures of following fútbol modesto in Madrid.

You can follow Alex's Alcorcón account on X at @AlcorconIrlanda and his own account at @AlexisOBrien48.

Follow Lost Boyos on X at @LostBoyosPod and on Instagram at @lostboyos. You can also follow the Lost Boyos Substack here: https://lostboyospod.substack.com/

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Luke Taylor, the man behind the Forza Calcio Substack, joined us to talk all things Italian football.

Luke told us how the 2006 World Cup acted as a gateway to his love for all things calcio, before we chatted about Serie A past and present — including why the league has provided such great entertainment in recent seasons.

You can sign up to Forza Calcio on Substack here: https://forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/

You can also read Luke's article on why he loves Italian football here: https://forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/p/why-i-love-italian-football

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We were joined by all-round football lover Seb White to remind us why he loves football. We chatted about his first love, Yeovil Town, before getting onto his involvement with Hampton & Richmond in more recent years, as well as his experiences accompanying his daughter to watch Chelsea FC Women and Brentford.

Of course, we had to discuss his founding of MUNDIAL and his new projects, FC Camisa and (A)WAY.

You won’t find many more passionate voices talking about some of the ills of football, but more importantly, what makes football fandom so bloody, bloody great.

You can find Seb on Instagram at @sebdwhite.

Make sure to check out FC Camisa: https://www.youtube.com/@fccamisa

And you can find (A)WAY here: https://awaysoccerpaper.com/

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Andrew Gibney joined us to chat about his beloved Lille, and how a man from Glasgow came to fall for the club via a scarf gifted to him and a Pro Evolution Soccer forum in the mid-2000s.

We talked about the city itself and why it is perhaps slightly overlooked, what a typical matchday is like at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, and some of the great names who have come through the club. Plus, there’s plenty of love for Andrew’s newest football obsession, Chadderton FC — the Greater Manchester club who ply their trade in the ninth tier of English football.

You can find Andrew on X at @thegibshow_.

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We were joined by football writer David Arrowsmith to talk about his latest book, Killing Maradona. We discussed the highs and lows of El Diego, from his early beginnings in Buenos Aires to god-like status in Napoli, before his downfall around USA 1994. His finest moments, some of the mythology, his legacy - we covered it here, just like David has in his latest book.

Plus, we also began the episode chatting about his previous book, Narcoball - a deep dive into Pablo Escobar and the other cartels' influence on Colombian football.

You can find David on X at @@mrwriterman79 and on Instagram at @davidarrowsmithauthor.

You can find his books, Narcoball and Killing Maradona here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=David+Arrowsmith&i=audible&ref=dp_byline_sr_audible_1

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