Jonathan Wilson
@jonawils.bsky.social
Author of Inverting the Pyramid, Angels with Dirty Faces, The Names Heard Long Ago and Two Brothers. Editor of the Blizzard. Journalist for the Guardian. Co-host of It Was What It Was: the Football History Podcast.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today, on Libero, in the wake of the Paramount deal for the Champions League, we ask what is the future for broadcast football?
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pod.fo/e/35bc58
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Today, on Libero, in the wake of the Paramount deal for the Champions League, we ask what is the future for broadcast football?
pod.fo/e/35bc58
pod.fo/e/35bc58
Today, on Libero, in the wake of the Paramount deal for the Champions League, we ask what is the future for broadcast football?
pod.fo/e/35bc58
pod.fo/e/35bc58
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Today, on Libero, in the wake of the Paramount deal for the Champions League, we ask what is the future for broadcast football?
pod.fo/e/35bc58
pod.fo/e/35bc58
Today on Wilson’s World, Gipo Viani is regularly hailed as the father of catenaccio, but where did he get the idea?
#football #tactics #catenaccio
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#football #tactics #catenaccio
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November 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Today on Wilson’s World, Gipo Viani is regularly hailed as the father of catenaccio, but where did he get the idea?
#football #tactics #catenaccio
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#football #tactics #catenaccio
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Today, on Wilson’s World: Postcards from the Past, Dortmund, the Westfalenstadion and the Cruyff Turn.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today, on Wilson’s World: Postcards from the Past, Dortmund, the Westfalenstadion and the Cruyff Turn.
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Today on Libero, we ask why teams find it so hard to defend the league title.
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#football #libero #liverpool
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#football #libero #liverpool
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Today on Libero, we ask why teams find it so hard to defend the league title.
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#football #libero #liverpool
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#football #libero #liverpool
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Eduard Streltsov was one of the greatest footballers the world had ever seen. Then he was accused of rape…
Today, on It Was What It Was.
#football #torpedo #streltsov
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Today, on It Was What It Was.
#football #torpedo #streltsov
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November 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Eduard Streltsov was one of the greatest footballers the world had ever seen. Then he was accused of rape…
Today, on It Was What It Was.
#football #torpedo #streltsov
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Today, on It Was What It Was.
#football #torpedo #streltsov
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Today, on Wilson’s World, the story of Nikita Simonyan, Soviet great, who died on Sunday at the age of 99.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Today, on Wilson’s World, the story of Nikita Simonyan, Soviet great, who died on Sunday at the age of 99.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Today, on Wilson’s World, a brilliant week of World Cup action, and why expansion and the instincts of administrators threatens that level of drama and joy.
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jonawils.substack.com/p/the-sludge...
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today, on Wilson’s World, a brilliant week of World Cup action, and why expansion and the instincts of administrators threatens that level of drama and joy.
jonawils.substack.com/p/the-sludge...
jonawils.substack.com/p/the-sludge...
The glory and tragedy of Hungarian football 1916-56: The Names Heard Long Ago
As a Christmas gift it’s almost too perfect.
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As a Christmas gift it’s almost too perfect.
www.amazon.co.uk/Names-Heard-...
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The glory and tragedy of Hungarian football 1916-56: The Names Heard Long Ago
As a Christmas gift it’s almost too perfect.
www.amazon.co.uk/Names-Heard-...
As a Christmas gift it’s almost too perfect.
www.amazon.co.uk/Names-Heard-...
Me, talking to Tim Caple on the Talking Sports Books podcast about The Power and the Glory: A New History of the World Cup -
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November 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Me, talking to Tim Caple on the Talking Sports Books podcast about The Power and the Glory: A New History of the World Cup -
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open.spotify.com/episode/2c2F...
It actually WAS one of the greatest weeks of football ever.
Libero bonus episode on the World Cup qualifiers.
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Libero bonus episode on the World Cup qualifiers.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
It actually WAS one of the greatest weeks of football ever.
Libero bonus episode on the World Cup qualifiers.
pod.fo/e/355df6
Libero bonus episode on the World Cup qualifiers.
pod.fo/e/355df6
Today, on Wilson’s World, the Cat & Dog Steps on Roker Beach in Sunderland, where Brian Clough tried to recover after his knee injury.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Today, on Wilson’s World, the Cat & Dog Steps on Roker Beach in Sunderland, where Brian Clough tried to recover after his knee injury.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Today on It Was What It Was, Imre Hirschl, the scandal that forced him out of Argentina, and his role in Uruguay’s victory over Brazil at the 1950 World Cup.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Today on It Was What It Was, Imre Hirschl, the scandal that forced him out of Argentina, and his role in Uruguay’s victory over Brazil at the 1950 World Cup.
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Not long now till Christmas.
Imagine the joy on their faces if they open a biography of the Charltons on Christmas morning…
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Imagine the joy on their faces if they open a biography of the Charltons on Christmas morning…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Not long now till Christmas.
Imagine the joy on their faces if they open a biography of the Charltons on Christmas morning…
www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Brothers...
Imagine the joy on their faces if they open a biography of the Charltons on Christmas morning…
www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Brothers...
Today, on Wilson’s World, the problem with perfection: the flaws make football more fun.
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jonawils.substack.com/p/the-parado...
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Today, on Wilson’s World, the problem with perfection: the flaws make football more fun.
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jonawils.substack.com/p/the-parado...
Qualifying reminding us why the World Cup is the greatest thing ever. If only there were…
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www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Histo...
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Qualifying reminding us why the World Cup is the greatest thing ever. If only there were…
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Histo...
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Histo...
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today, on Libero, we look at the final week of World Cup qualifying and remember when it produced one of the most dramatic nights of football ever played.
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pod.fo/e/351c3c
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today, on Libero, we look at the final week of World Cup qualifying and remember when it produced one of the most dramatic nights of football ever played.
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pod.fo/e/351c3c
Today on Wilson’s World, reading Bill Buford’s Among the Thugs, and thoughts on hooliganism in the eighties.
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jonawils.substack.com/p/among-the-...
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Today on Wilson’s World, reading Bill Buford’s Among the Thugs, and thoughts on hooliganism in the eighties.
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jonawils.substack.com/p/among-the-...
The Malmö Stadion, historic site of Northern Ireland’s greatest World Cup glories.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The Malmö Stadion, historic site of Northern Ireland’s greatest World Cup glories.
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