Simon Hughes @simonhughes1983.bsky.social Senior football writer at The Athletic. Author of Chasing Salah - out now
IRIS - Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques @institutiris.bsky.social Acteur français de la recherche stratégique et géopolitique. Ses activités : recherche, publication, organisation d’évènements et formation.
GEOPOLIST - Istanbul Center for Geopolitics @geopolist.bsky.social Predicting the unpredictable!☯ Founded by http://newsaboutturkey.com, GEOPOLIST is your premier source for comprehensive analysis of global & regional geopolitical developments. Op-eds are welcomed. ➔ https://geopolist.com/submit-an-op-ed/
Gareth Enticott 🏴 @garethenticott.bsky.social Professor of Human Geography at Cardiff University.
Bovine TB, Farmers & Vets, Sheepdogs, Rural, Wales, New Zealand
Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social Writer of books, most recently: No Questions Asked: How Football Joined the Crypto Con (amzn.to/42aKE0w). Investigative pieces at http://theuglygame.wordpress.com/
Signal: mcalladine.44
Andrew McGarry @sporting-tragic.bsky.social ABC Sport digital reporter, Irishman in Brisbane, Australia, author, former Proper Premier League podcast - sport of all types, #Eurovision #musicals #karaoke 🎤 #Olympics #Paralympics ❤️. Breaking news follower. Thoughts my own - RTs no endorsement
@davidgoldblatt.bsky.social @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social 
Ali Shihabi علي الشهابي @alishihabi.bsky.social Writing about the Politics and Economics of Saudi Arabia
Kevin Garside @kevingarside.bsky.social Write about sport for the i paper, post about life, which amounts to the same thing, right?
Vitaly Kazakov @vitalykaz.bsky.social Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions European Postdoctoral Fellow at Aarhus University
Sport | Media | Politics
Dominik Schreyer @schreyerforscht.bsky.social I’m a Professor of Sports Economics at WHU and Director of the Center for Sports and Management.
My research focuses on the economic decisions of football fans, including stadium attendance demand and no-show behavior.
Follow for insights on #emptyseats.
Afroxander @afroxander.bsky.social Editor-At-Large at L.A. Taco (formerly Weekend Editor). Arts, Culture, Entertainment, History, Politics, Sports in English/Español. CSUSB / SDSU. Chicano Jeff Goldblum. Views my own & etc.
Portfolio: https://authory.com/ivanfernandez
@drjsimonrofe.bsky.social @drjsimonrofe.bsky.social 
Danyel Reiche @politicsofsports.bsky.social Associate Professor in the Department of Government & Society at United Arab Emirates University. Formerly, American University of Beirut & Georgetown University. Chairing the Political Studies Association Sport & Politics group.
Thilde Asmussen @thildeasmussen.bsky.social Journalist Danwatch. Often in Saudi Arabia. ta@danwatch.dk / thilde.asmussen@live.dk
Dominic Dudley @dominicdudley.bsky.social Journalist, mostly writing and editing about politics and economics in the Middle East and Africa. Short stories, photos etc sometimes emerge too.
Conor Heffernan @physcstudy.bsky.social Lecturer At Ulster University. Historian of health, fitness and physical culture. Co-host of Boys We've Seen podcast. I also run history of fitness website, physicalculturestudy.com
Dr Robert Muller @robertmuller.bsky.social On Kaurna Land, Adelaide, South Australia. PhD Thesis Editor; Sociologist; Founding Board Member TruthBombSocial: https://www.truthbombsocial.org/; Research on grey zone warfare, democratic & community resilience, disinformation. https://drrobmuller.com
Laurence Defranoux @laurencedefranoux.bsky.social 👱♀️ Journaliste Libération
📰 Suit la #défense. Membre de l'Association des journalistes de défense @ajdpresse.bsky.social, auditrice @IHEDN
📚 ''Les Ouïghours, histoire d'un peuple sacrifié'', Tallandier (nouvelle édition en poche, janvier 2025) 
Tom Burrows @tburrows16.bsky.social Football writer for The Athletic
My articles: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/tom-burrows/
Paul Downward @pauldownward.bsky.social Professor of Economics, old fashioned Keynesian. Getting old.....tries to post positive stuff!
BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social I am warning you with peace and love
Dan Orlowitz @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social Sports (& more!) journalist (ditto) in Japan | Lots of soccer but sometimes everything else | available for commissions | nerdy shit at @nerdy.tokyo | all hot takes my own | 日本語OK | Philly & Tokyo >>> | he/him | danorlowitz.carrd.co
Malcolm MacLean @malcomaxx.bsky.social UK-based settler scholar grappling with colonialism, sport, culture & activism; irredeemable Tsundoku; penchant for sardonic détournement https://labourbehindthelabel.org/; https://malcolmkmaclean.net/
@ijhs.bsky.social @ijhs.bsky.social 
Daryl Adair @daryladair.bsky.social Associate Professor of Management at University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Interested in politics, policy, and human decency. 
David McArdle @davemcardle.bsky.social Sports Law, Employment Law, Head of Stirling University Law School, Scotland. Trustee @ spireitestrust. I do other things too. Insert specious disclaimer here.
Matt Slater @mjslater.bsky.social I cover the business/politics of football & other global sports for The Athletic. In other words, I mainly do bad news.
🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/matt-slater/
Josh Noble @joshnoble.bsky.social FT sports business person 
Alp Ulagay @alpulagay.bsky.social Sports writer / FWA/SJA/NUJ member
@London
Dermot Corrigan @dermotmcorrigan.bsky.social Living in Spain, writing about football for @TheAthleticFC.bsky.social
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/dermot-corrigan/
Scott @ The Online Rule @theonlinerule.com Analysing how football teams use marketing to engage with fans.
Read in-depth pieces and sign up for the newsletter at onlrl.co/bluesky.
Lisa OKeefe @lisaokeefe.bsky.social Secretary General of IWG Women and Sport. Former Executive Director of Insight - Sport England & This Girl Can. Scotland Rugby #34
Kat Craig @katcraig1.bsky.social Human rights lawyer, CEO of sport+social impact org @athlead_uk, Chairwoman @candiunited. https://www.ted.com/speakers/kat_craig
Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social 🏀📚Author Basketball Empire ⚽️📚#MakingOfLesBleus. Historian 🇫🇷 sports & sports diplomacy, director FranceAndUS
🎓Clinical Assistant Prof at NYU Tisch Institute for Global Sports. Fmr HistoryAtState. Views=my own
https://linktr.ee/lkrasnoff
Dr Renan Petersen-Wagner @renanpwagner.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sport Business and Marketing (Leeds Beckett University)
research interests in the intersections of media and social theories in the context of global sport
Jane Purdon @janepurdon.bsky.social Director, writer and lecturer in football. Interests: governance, youth development, the business of football (men’s and women’s). Author “The Homecoming: the Lionesses and Beyond”. Sunderland Till I Die. Views my own
Daniel Lock @daniell0ck.bsky.social Director of the Institute for Sport Business at Loughborough University London. Keen mountain biker and proud Dorset boy.
James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social Christian, husband, father, Oldham Athletic sufferer, runner, economist
Martin Cloake @martincloake.bsky.social Writer, editor, Londoner
www.martincloake.com
https://martincloake.substack.com
Sports Media LGBT+ @sportsmedialgbt.com News, networking, consultancy and helping to build a #sports community of #LGBTQ people and allies. DM / 📧 info@sportsmedialgbt.com 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🖤🤎 Proud supporters of @footballvhomophobia.com
🌐 sportsmedialgbt.com
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Very Terry 🔥 @bookseditorial.bsky.social Publisher. Of books - critical/creative/cultural management and the like. Once known as @RoutledgeEditor on the other place. From Southport to London, via Cardiff. YNWA.
Africa Facts Zone @africafactzone.bsky.social What if we tell you everything about our continent Africa🌍-politics, culture, sports, Entertainment, tourism and social life >>>Kindly re-sky our content to make our continent re-known to the outside world-
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Darren Olivier @handle.invalid Director at African Defence Review (@africandefence)
Covering African conflicts with a specific focus on Southern Africa.
Email: dolivier@africandefence.net
Signal: darren.13
Thadeu Gasparetto @tgasparetto.bsky.social Sports Economics | Tenure-Track in Sport Management at West Virginia University 🇺🇸 | Previously worked at Leeds Beckett University 🇬🇧 & Higher School of Economics 🇷🇺 | PhD & MSc at University of Vigo 🇪🇸 | BSc at UFJF 🇧🇷
Andy Reed OBE @andyjreed.bsky.social Strategic Advisor @sajeimpact Former Labour MP for Lboro. Chair - Leics Business Board @Llepnews @sfdCoalition @activellr @sport_thinktank
Hassanin Mubarak @hassaninmubarak.bsky.social Football writer
Author of 'Far from War and Politics: The story of Iraq’s 2007 Asian Cup'.
http://amazon.com/dp/B0BH2X8P68
http://hassaninmubarak.substack.com
Rasmus K. Storm @rasmusks.bsky.social PhD│Head of Research @Danish Institute for Sports Studies (Idan)│ Adj. Associate Prof. @NTNU Business School│+45 2921 0974 │rasmus.storm@idan.dk│Access to my work: https://researchgate.net/profile/Rasmus-Storm
Mark Doidge @markdoidge.bsky.social Sociologist at Loughborough University researching sport, environmental sustainability, antiracism & refugees. Member of @fanseurope & @britsoci
Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social Director of European and Institutional Affairs at Football Supporters Europe (FSE). Season-ticket holder at 100% member-run club FC Schalke 04. Volt Deutschland member. Post here in a personal capacity.
Ben Ryder @benryder.bsky.social Climate and Health @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Posts about climate change, climate policy/politics, health, adaptation and L&D, formerly @UNEP @UCL. Views own.
Feargal McKay @cycologies.com Reviewing cycling books and writing about professional cycling's mythological past and the reality behind the stories told and retold by cycling's duff historians
cycologies.com 🇮🇪
Joe Cable @joecable.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in PR, Media, and Communications. PhD from Cardiff Uni. Interested in protest, politics, and sport. Working at Swansea University.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jonathan-cable
Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com Award-winning author and investigative journalist covering the intersection of sports and politics. Pre-order my new book, THE ULTIMATE STRONGMEN, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ultimate-Strongmen/Karim-Zidan/9781668225721
Martyn Ziegler @martynziegler.bsky.social sports journalist for The Times
Jonathan Northcroft @jnorthcroft.bsky.social Football correspondent for The Sunday Times. "A carefully rehearsed piece of tomfoolery."
Seb Stafford-Bloor @sebsb.bsky.social German Football correspondent, The Athletic.
David Kilpatrick @davidkilpatrick.bsky.social Professor of English, Mercy University.
Club Historian, New York Cosmos.
Dr Connor Penfold @drcpenfold.bsky.social Lecturer and Sociologist | Researcher of disability, sport, activism and social inequalities | #OUFC 💛 | https://linktr.ee/connorpenfold
Russell Holden @russinthezone.bsky.social Author. Researcher, Lecturer, Mentor and Broadcaster on issues where Sport and Politics overlap. Cricket, Jazz and dog lover. 
BackmarkerSPORTS @backmarkersports.com Making sense of modern motorsport.
Founder, BackmarkerSPORTS ✍️
Follow for F1-led analysis, opinion and debate.
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🔗 BackmarkerSPORTS.com
FootyCon @footycon.bsky.social 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
Alun Vaughan @alunvaughan1.bsky.social Comms consultant in the football industry. Ex FIFA, ECA, & The FA/UK & IE EURO 2028 Bid. MUFC supporter. ⚽️
Emma Sherry @emmasherry.bsky.social Sport for social change researcher and advocate. Living in Melbourne/Naarm, Australia. National sport board director. Cricket mum/committee member and sometimes player. Day job as a University Dean.
Mogens Olesen @mogensolesen.bsky.social Associate Prof, U. of Copenhagen. Research and write about digital media culture, mostly in relation to sport, fandom and education. Slightly nerdy about Liverpool FC and music.
Rachel Allison @rachelallison.bsky.social Associate Prof of Sociology at Mississippi State, studies gender and sport (mostly ⚽️). Loves women’s soccer, running, music, coffee. Stepmom to one human and mama to 🐶 🐶 🐱 🐱 🐱 🐱
Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social BBC Sports Editor
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/topics/cd61kendv7et
Mark O'Neill @moneill94.bsky.social Sports Law Academic, newly qualified lawyer, cricket tragic, often found playing football manager in whatever spare time I have
Moby @mobyhaque.bsky.social We talk future ballers, youth football & all things LFC. Interested in the stories behind football. Oh please spread love 🫶
Christos Kassimeris @ckassimeris.bsky.social Professor in Political Science | mad about football | author of Discrimination in football & The politics of football
Michael Wood @michaeldwood74.bsky.social Dad, Husband, Researcher - Sport Management @ Northumbria University, #PhD student - #Sport #Culture, #Places, #Spaces, #People. Future #Lidos co-founder. Frequently #Swimming or #Cycling. Views my own.
FootballPakistan.Com @footballpakistan.bsky.social Independent online platform covering #PakistanFootball since 2003.
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https://www.footballpakistan.com
X.com/FootballPak
Facebook.com/footballpakistan
Instagram.com/footballpakistan
Tony Mabert @tonymabertespn.bsky.social Senior editor and writer for ESPN FC
Paul Murphy @paulmurphybkk.bsky.social 🟢 Bangkok-based football writer
🟢 Have written for ESPN, AFC, AFP and more
🟢 Author of ‘Socceroos in Scotland’
🟢 Co-author of ‘Chappuis - My Story’
James @highburyjvc.bsky.social Documentary film maker, ex-BBC Business Unit, Arsenal STH. Not necessarily in that order.
Block 17.
Daniel Storey @danielstorey85.bsky.social Chief Football Writer, The i Paper
Read all my work: https://inews.co.uk/author/daniel-storey
Winthedogfan @ericforsch.bsky.social Community builder, broadband enthusiast, dog lover, Arsenal fanatic, not necessarily in that order.
The FootPol Podcast @footpolpodcast.bsky.social The FootPol Podcast: Where Football Meets Politics.
Episodes out every other Monday on all podcast platforms. We also link here!
Hosted by Dr Guy Burton and Dr Francesco Belcastro,
https://bsky.app/profile/guyburton.net and @drfrancescobelc.bsky.social
Kieran Maguire @priceoffootball.bsky.social Slightly rippled, with a flat underside
Rich Holmes @rich-holmes.bsky.social Brummy | Parent x2 | Director @FinalThirdSport.bsky.social | Trustee @ B’ham & Black Country Wildlife Trust | UEFA B Coach | MBA | AVFC fan | Music lover | FPL addict
Dr Stefan Lawrence @drstefanlawrence.bsky.social Reader | Social justice, sport & politics | Media, marketing & comms | Critical Economic Sociology | All views my own
Iain Lindsey @iainlindsey.bsky.social Academic: youth and community sport, sport for development, policy. Beware: I will post my own stuff.
Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.co.uk The curious fan’s football Substack and podcast by Chris Lee, author of 📕 Origin Stories (2021), 📘 The Defiant (2022), and 📗 Shades of Green (2025). DM to commission me
Groundhopping and football culture and history.
More 👉 https://linktr.ee/outsidewrite
Janine Partington @janinepartington79.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sport Development & Management Leeds Beckett University, PhD, sport & music lover, long suffering oafc supporter.
Declan Curry @declancurry.com Biz journalist for 25+ yrs. Thanks for following! Might amuse or inform. If you don’t like whimsy or sarcasm, look away now. No one else wants these views. 👬
David Reed @david-reed-bsky.bsky.social Journalist, Broadcaster, TV Producer
Josh Bland @joshbland13.bsky.social PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge. Specialise in cultural heritage and football. Media hack, sports activist, drummer. WBA. 78/92.
Work here: https://cambridge.academia.edu/JoshBland
Ramblings here: https://joshbland.substack.com/
Na'eem @naeemibnf.bsky.social ⚽️ Intersection of football, power & strategy
📚 Books
🏋🏽♂️ Constantly on side missions
Duncan Drasdo @drasdo.bsky.social CEO of MUST - the Independent Manchester United Supporters Trust @imust
www.imust.org.uk
Manchester United Football Club #MUFC
Personal account
Tim Reynolds @bytimreynolds.bsky.social NBA writer for The Associated Press. Other beats: Miami Hurricanes, USA Basketball, your Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers and more. Give Jim Boeheim his wins back.
Max Portman @whuhistorian.bsky.social West Ham historian & PhD candidate.
@bssh.bsky.social Membership Sec.
@sportinhistorypod.bsky.social & thewesthamsyndrome.bsky.social Host.
Co-Convenor of Sports & Leisure History Seminar at @ihr.bsky.social
@footycon.bsky.social co-organiser
He/Him.
Anna Walsh @annaannawalsh.bsky.social Contemporary historian. Interested in migration, cities and towns, visual and material cultures, 20th century buildings, photography, leisure centres, pubs, creative methodologies, Irish and British history and oral history. Liverpool.
Paul Reidy @paulreidy.bsky.social Football, Fútbol, Calcio, كرة القدم: Rayo Vallecano, Derry City, Eibar, Unionistas, PTFC, Kits, Football Culture/Governance: Posts Eng/Esp
#VamosCiclón
Daniel Ogunshakin @danogunshakin.bsky.social BBC Journalist, TV Sports News | BBC Squad Goals | Broadcaster, producer, commentator & emcee | Podcaster | 2023 SJA awards bronze recipient | All-round sports enthusiast | Foodie and amateur chef | dad to Liam & Fiadh