CURVA MUNDIAL

We welcome to Nima Tavallaey Roodsari to CURVA MUNDIAL. Nima is the Swedish-based Serie A journalist who has founded the website Sempre Inter, and is the co-host and co-founder of The Italian Football Podcast. Nima tells us about growing up in Iran, moving to Sweden, falling in love with Inter and carving his own path in the wild world of Serie A journalism. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/curva-mundial/support

Sex Pistols founding member Glen Matlock speaks to CURVA MUNDIAL about his love of QPR; his legendary music career; touring the globe and taking in football wherever he is; going to matches with his son and famous friends including Steve Jones of the Pistols, and Paul Simonon of The Clash; as well as his prematch food ritual. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/curva-mundial/support

Mexican soccer writer Amy Lopez tells us about her fandom of Club America, El Tre, Arsenal and L.A. Galaxy. Lopez, a single mom of two in California, explains how soccer is a familial love affair which helped her see an opportunity to report on Mexican soccer in America for an English language audience when no one else was. Her passion has brought her around the country reporting on the game as well to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. --- Support this podcast:

In this episode of CURVA MUNDIAL, we speak to legendary bassist Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order about his love of Manchester United; growing up near Old Trafford; being neighbors with Beckham and Van Der Saar; what it was like tossing Giggs out of the Hacidenda; how the recording "World in Motion" came about. Plus, he tells what could be the funniest story on Sir Alex you will ever hear. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/curva-mundial/support

In the first episode of CURVA MUNDIAL, host Sal Bono explains what this podcast is, what we are doing and his story about how he fell in love with the game through Italy's Azzurri during the 1990 World Cup and how his fandom of AC Milan is pure accident. He also speaks to journalist TC Newman about performing with Whitney Houston at the 1994 World Cup final in California and her experience watching Brazil take on Italy. --- Support this podcast:

COMING IN 2022, CURVA MUNDIAL -- A PODCAST ABOUT THE FANS OF THE BEAUTIFUL GAME HOSTED BY SAL BONO. SEASON 1 OF CURVA MUNDIAL FEATURES PETER HOOK OF JOY DIVISION AND NEW ORDER; GLEN MATLOCK OF THE SEX PISTOLS; SOUTH AFRICAN BAND BLaK JaKS; WRITER AMY LOPEZ; ITALIAN FOOTBALL PODCAST COHOST NIMA TAVALLAY ROODSAARI; GREEK SOCCER STAR STAVROS ZARAKOSTAS AND MANY MORE! SIT BACK IN YOUR PERSONAL STADIUM AND HEAR THE STORIES OF FANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD DISCUSS WHY THEY LOVE THE TEAMS THEY DO…. AND WHAT