The lecture has been popular with Bradford City fans since its launch in 2018.
As Bradford celebrates the year of the UK's Cultural City, the 2025 sports lunchtime lecture series will return to Record Cafe in North Parade on Saturday, February 22nd.
Dave Pendleton said: “To present a lecture titled “The Judge is Gringo,” in which Dr. Alex Jackson from the National Football Museum and Dr. Pete Watson from the University of Leeds, focuses on the appearance of British judges that they don't look like. , this is a double bill. In South American football.
“In the 1940s and 1950s, a small band of British judges fled postwar austerity for lifelong adventures – a judge in South America, at the valley parade and Park Avenue in Labonella and Malacanan.
“Traked to improve national umpire standards, they traveled the continent and experienced a football culture where British fans saw most of what they saw with their own eyes. To Evita and Juan Peron From meetings to the fiery horror between Boca Junior and River Plate, to those who riot players and managers up until the Copa America final, they're not appealing but lesser-known stories. .”
The lecture will be held at 12 noon. The entrance is free. Simply raise it and buy a pint or cuppa.
