The International Football History Conference AKA FootyCon is a 2-day annual conference that covers Football of ALL codes (Soccer, NFL, Rugby, AFL, etc.).
You can join us at our 2026 Conference #FootyCon26
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Was a pleasure to chat and looks like the it has legs for further development
It's me!! Loved presenting this year at footycon, thank you for having me 🥹
Malcolm Dowden on ‘Dromio’, the Welsh rugby journalist and historian
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It’s a wrap! #FootyCon26 draws to a close, so hats off to @garyjames.bsky.social @whuhistorian.bsky.social and all the team at @footycon.bsky.social for an enlightening couple of days at Fulham FC.
Great to put some names to faces, too!
On next in the second room are Kieran Manchip and Philip Richardson, presenting on actual football archaeology in Anwoth and Dumfries, with focus on Reverend Rutherford
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Up next, we have @outsidewrite.bsky.social discussing a century of football rebelling against the evils of fascism across the world from Europe to South America between 1922-2022
Our final session of #footycon26 is underway and we start with Malcolm Dowden tells us about the famous Welsh rugby historian WJT Collins
To round out this penultimate session of #Footycon26, we have Christian Schröder discussing confessional and migrant football communities in Germany
Christian Schröder is on next, with a paper on pillarisation: separate religions and migrant communities founding separate leagues in pre-war Germany
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Returning to the other room, where recurring speaker George Kioussis presents on gift-giving among sports officials, focusing on football
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But we finish this short panel with Sian Allpress discussing her PhD research on @SpursOfficial and their heritage assets.
After lunch and a brief excursion across to the Press conference room, we’re back with @markaorton.bsky.social
talking to @garyjames.bsky.social
about football and how the Yugoslav wars keeps shaping international football
