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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Today, on It Was What It Was, the incredible story of Imre Hirschl - salami salesman, blagger, genius. With zero experience, he bluffed his way into a job and redefined South American football, won the double at River Plate and helped Uruguay to the 1950 World Cup.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Today, on It Was What It Was, the incredible story of Imre Hirschl - salami salesman, blagger, genius. With zero experience, he bluffed his way into a job and redefined South American football, won the double at River Plate and helped Uruguay to the 1950 World Cup.
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The site of the first football match ever played in Argentina…
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November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The site of the first football match ever played in Argentina…
LINK HERE: jonawils.substack.com/p/buenos-air...
FULL ARCHIVE: www.youtube.com/@jonawils
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FULL ARCHIVE: www.youtube.com/@jonawils
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Arsenal are still in the box seat, but Manchester City are beginning to look ominous.
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jonawils.substack.com/p/city-again...
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Arsenal are still in the box seat, but Manchester City are beginning to look ominous.
jonawils.substack.com/p/city-again...
jonawils.substack.com/p/city-again...
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Maradona as a political figure. Maradiona as a quasi-religious figure. Maradona as a modern Perón or Gauchito Gil.
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jonawils.substack.com/p/maradona-t...
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Maradona as a political figure. Maradiona as a quasi-religious figure. Maradona as a modern Perón or Gauchito Gil.
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jonawils.substack.com/p/maradona-t...
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Why Declan Rice both belongs in England's great lineage of box-to-box midfielders but also breaks new, more productive ground.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Why Declan Rice both belongs in England's great lineage of box-to-box midfielders but also breaks new, more productive ground.
jonawils.substack.com/p/the-great-...
jonawils.substack.com/p/the-great-...
Arsenal are still in the box seat, but Manchester City are beginning to look ominous.
jonawils.substack.com/p/city-again...
jonawils.substack.com/p/city-again...
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Arsenal are still in the box seat, but Manchester City are beginning to look ominous.
jonawils.substack.com/p/city-again...
jonawils.substack.com/p/city-again...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Today on Libero: Disruptors, and why being an Almost Giant is the worst of all worlds.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today on Libero: Disruptors, and why being an Almost Giant is the worst of all worlds.
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pod.fo/e/34d3cf
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November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Previewing the weekend Premier League fixtures with Dan Bardell…
Includes love for Granit Xhaka.
youtube.com/watch?si=IpNfRqVs-tnJ90Q8&v=fR8WSacsFbU&feature=youtu.be
Includes love for Granit Xhaka.
youtube.com/watch?si=IpNfRqVs-tnJ90Q8&v=fR8WSacsFbU&feature=youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Previewing the weekend Premier League fixtures with Dan Bardell…
Includes love for Granit Xhaka.
youtube.com/watch?si=IpNfRqVs-tnJ90Q8&v=fR8WSacsFbU&feature=youtu.be
Includes love for Granit Xhaka.
youtube.com/watch?si=IpNfRqVs-tnJ90Q8&v=fR8WSacsFbU&feature=youtu.be
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@jonawils.bsky.social explores the political and personal upheavals at the center of the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup
In late March 1938, around ten weeks before the World Cup was due to begin, the Austrian soccer federation sent a telegram to FIFA. “Sorry to cancel World Cup enrolment,” it read. “Austrian footbal…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@jonawils.bsky.social explores the political and personal upheavals at the center of the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
Previewing the weekend Premier League fixtures with Dan Bardell…
Includes love for Granit Xhaka.
youtube.com/watch?si=IpNfRqVs-tnJ90Q8&v=fR8WSacsFbU&feature=youtu.be
Includes love for Granit Xhaka.
youtube.com/watch?si=IpNfRqVs-tnJ90Q8&v=fR8WSacsFbU&feature=youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Previewing the weekend Premier League fixtures with Dan Bardell…
Includes love for Granit Xhaka.
youtube.com/watch?si=IpNfRqVs-tnJ90Q8&v=fR8WSacsFbU&feature=youtu.be
Includes love for Granit Xhaka.
youtube.com/watch?si=IpNfRqVs-tnJ90Q8&v=fR8WSacsFbU&feature=youtu.be
Today on Libero: Disruptors, and why being an Almost Giant is the worst of all worlds.
pod.fo/e/34d3cf
pod.fo/e/34d3cf
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today on Libero: Disruptors, and why being an Almost Giant is the worst of all worlds.
pod.fo/e/34d3cf
pod.fo/e/34d3cf
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Why Declan Rice both belongs in England's great lineage of box-to-box midfielders but also breaks new, more productive ground.
jonawils.substack.com/p/the-great-...
jonawils.substack.com/p/the-great-...
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Why Declan Rice both belongs in England's great lineage of box-to-box midfielders but also breaks new, more productive ground.
jonawils.substack.com/p/the-great-...
jonawils.substack.com/p/the-great-...
The site of the first football match ever played in Argentina…
LINK HERE: jonawils.substack.com/p/buenos-air...
FULL ARCHIVE: www.youtube.com/@jonawils
LINK HERE: jonawils.substack.com/p/buenos-air...
FULL ARCHIVE: www.youtube.com/@jonawils
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The site of the first football match ever played in Argentina…
LINK HERE: jonawils.substack.com/p/buenos-air...
FULL ARCHIVE: www.youtube.com/@jonawils
LINK HERE: jonawils.substack.com/p/buenos-air...
FULL ARCHIVE: www.youtube.com/@jonawils
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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On today's @liberopodcast.bsky.social : is this new set piece-dominated Premier League good or bad? And is Andoni Iraola the last best hope for attacking football? With @jonawils.bsky.social and @brewin.bsky.social
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pod.fo/e/34a63b
Libero: Libero 067 | Is The Premier League Boring?
A quarter of the way through this Premier League season, people are starting to ask: is the football we are watching this year any good? Or has the rise of set pieces turned it into a different gam...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
On today's @liberopodcast.bsky.social : is this new set piece-dominated Premier League good or bad? And is Andoni Iraola the last best hope for attacking football? With @jonawils.bsky.social and @brewin.bsky.social
pod.fo/e/34a63b
pod.fo/e/34a63b
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Today, on Wilson’s World, the remarkable rise of Bodø/Glimt, and how they got their curious punctuation.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Today, on Wilson’s World, the remarkable rise of Bodø/Glimt, and how they got their curious punctuation.
jonawils.substack.com/p/bod-the-in...
Full archive: www.youtube.com/@jonawils/vi...
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When Central Europe dominated football, and how the Nazis ended the glorious footballing culture of the Danube.
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Why Central Europe once ruled football
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October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
When Central Europe dominated football, and how the Nazis ended the glorious footballing culture of the Danube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=upGO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=upGO...
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Today on It Was What It Was, Rory Smith joins us to discuss how data helped Liverpool win the Premier League.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Today on It Was What It Was, Rory Smith joins us to discuss how data helped Liverpool win the Premier League.
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Today, on Libero, in the week Diego Maradona would have turned 65 we consider his ongoing legacy.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Today, on Libero, in the week Diego Maradona would have turned 65 we consider his ongoing legacy.
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pod.fo/e/345a50
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Today is the 65th anniversary of the birth of Diego Maradona. Libero considers his enduring legacy.
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pod.fo/e/345a50
October 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Today is the 65th anniversary of the birth of Diego Maradona. Libero considers his enduring legacy.
pod.fo/e/345a50
pod.fo/e/345a50
Maradona as a political figure. Maradiona as a quasi-religious figure. Maradona as a modern Perón or Gauchito Gil.
jonawils.substack.com/p/maradona-t...
jonawils.substack.com/p/maradona-t...
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Maradona as a political figure. Maradiona as a quasi-religious figure. Maradona as a modern Perón or Gauchito Gil.
jonawils.substack.com/p/maradona-t...
jonawils.substack.com/p/maradona-t...
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Today on Libero, we look at the Old Firm in crisis, and how Hearts could seize the opportunity.
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pod.fo/e/347e61
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Today on Libero, we look at the Old Firm in crisis, and how Hearts could seize the opportunity.
pod.fo/e/347e61
pod.fo/e/347e61