Liverpool F.C, a Global People's History: Alan McDougall on his new book

About this episode

Alan McDougall discusses his new book on the people's history of Liverpool F.C.

Every time one of the big clubs show up on this humble podcast, the audience is a little larger - and maybe I should do more on the likes of Bayern or Liverpool. But I always shirk back a bit. Too mainstream, I think. And if you like Liverpool, wouldn't you have found another, more professional media outlet already? If that is you, I think you need to buy this book. And, first, hear about it: Alan McDougall has written what the subtitle says is a peoples’ history of Liverpool F.C. I would say...

People in this episode

Host: Philipp Gollner

Guest: Alan McDougall

Topics covered

• Liverpool F.C.
• people's history
• soccer culture
• sports history
• mainstream media

Keywords

• Liverpool F.C.
• Alan McDougall
• soccer
• history
• culture
• sports
• mainstream

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Liverpool F.C., Bayern

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