How football shirts explain the world

Tifo Football Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Joey D’Urso’s book More Than A Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power plus how Rayan Ait-Nouri’s arrival may change Manchester City were discussed in the latest Tifo Football podcast…

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Joey D’Urso, JJ Bull & Jon Mackenzie and is produced by Steve Hankey.

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network
0:04.1	Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. I am Joe Devine.
0:14.9	And today I'm delighted to be joined by JJ Ball.
0:18.2	Hello!
0:21.6	John McKenzie.
0:23.1	Hi.
0:24.6	You wanted energy?
0:25.7	Steve wanted energy.
0:26.7	I brought it.
0:27.3	Yeah, where's your energy, John?
0:28.7	That was energy.
0:29.6	Was it?
0:29.9	That's as energetic as I got.
0:31.2	Hi.
0:32.1	Hi.
0:32.5	Hi.
0:32.9	Hi.
0:33.1	Hi.
0:35.3	And the author of a new book, which isn't even out yet, but has been seen in a bookstore in Blackheath, illegally.
0:48.0	The book is called More Than a Shirt, How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power.
0:53.6	It's very fun, and we spend some of today sort of talking about it.
0:57.2	It's Joey Derso.
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