The History of Yugoslav Football Podcast

...oh, and Mura beat Spurs.

Eyes turn to Macedonia as they get independence, start a league and become embroiled in a debate over exactly what they're allowed to call themselves.

Wrapping up the first six months of war and also attempting to explain why everyone's changing name and just what exactly an Istra is...

The World Cup in jeopardy, issues in Europe but what promises to be one hell of a title race - Croatia in the spotlight...

Part one of our look through the Croatian Homeland War as we take a trip to hell in Vukovar

Half an hour just of me talking about the goings on in Slovenia - Mura in the Conference League, Maribor in the gutter and Olimpija in the business pages

Slovenia declared independence but what came next?

The final Yugoslav First League season proper. The foundation of a rebel state within Croatia. The run up to war. The death of Yugoslavia. 

A brief look at the state of play for the nations in World Cup qualifying and a look at the early stages of the domestic club seasons with a bit of European Club football in as well!

After multiple lessons to be learned, Crvena Zvezda put together a generation that could win the European Cup. It would do so in the shadow of war.

Italia 90 - Yugoslavia's last dance on the international stage

Who will win? Will every club last the season? The big questions ahead of the season...

A title race? Is it possible? Istra being good? Is it possible? All that and much more...

News, nonsense and new managers - it can only be the Superliga...

After two final day title deciders in a row, is Slovenia set for a third? This time, we go through a probable four way title race, a two way relegation fight, lots of praise for one former champion and even have something for a blooper reel!

With Croatia knocked out, it's time for a swift round-up of what's come out of it!

Macedonia get mastered as Croatia continue

All the seasons are finished so if you want to know who finished where and why, listen to this rather than just searching Wikipedia as this has actual context!

In the past year, they've an impressive record, yet most will see them as no-hopers - can North Macedonia shock the Euros?

Three years on from being World Cup runners-up, the silver generation come for a swansong in the Euros, but will it be a glorious last stand or will the veterans be put to pasture early?

Titles will be decided and relegations will be confirmed this weekend...

On 13 May 1990, Crvena Zvezda visited Zagreb for a match that would never take place. In the week prior, Franjo Tudjman had won democratic elections. In the year prior, Croatia had gone from silence to boiling point. On 13 May 1990, it would explode at Maksimir in the most famous footballing riot the world has ever seen. This is the story of what happened and how we got there.

Yugoslavia continues into turmoil while Zvezda's European demons change their future

It's time for a revolution as, between Summer 1988 and Summer 1989, Slobodan Milosevic finds time to take control of the balance of power in Yugoslavia and even fits in a victory lap at Gazimestan.

We travel to the south west this episode to find out just what's been going on in Albania, and Albanian football, up to where we are in our timeline as that nation finds out what happens when you get a paranoid dictator instead of a canny one.