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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Arsenal are still in the box seat, but Manchester City are beginning to look ominous.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Arsenal are still in the box seat, but Manchester City are beginning to look ominous.
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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
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
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.
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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.
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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…
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November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Maradona as a political figure. Maradiona as a quasi-religious figure. Maradona as a modern Perón or Gauchito Gil.
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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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With Stefano Di Carlo, who yesterday became the youngest River Plate president in over 100 years.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
With Stefano Di Carlo, who yesterday became the youngest River Plate president in over 100 years.
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www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A great privilege to speak at Canning House this week and to meet Luis Bermúdez, Uruguay's ambassador to the UK (who is helping arrange a possible friendly between England and Uruguay at Wembley in March).
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A great privilege to speak at Canning House this week and to meet Luis Bermúdez, Uruguay's ambassador to the UK (who is helping arrange a possible friendly between England and Uruguay at Wembley in March).
Today on Libero, we look at the Old Firm in crisis, and how Hearts could seize the opportunity.
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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.
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pod.fo/e/347e61
Maradona the Messiah - part one
65 years since the birth of Diego Maradona, Wilson’s World considers why so much of the imagery around him is explicitly religious.
Part One: Argentina
#football #argentina #maradona
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65 years since the birth of Diego Maradona, Wilson’s World considers why so much of the imagery around him is explicitly religious.
Part One: Argentina
#football #argentina #maradona
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October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Maradona the Messiah - part one
65 years since the birth of Diego Maradona, Wilson’s World considers why so much of the imagery around him is explicitly religious.
Part One: Argentina
#football #argentina #maradona
jonawils.substack.com/p/maradona-t...
65 years since the birth of Diego Maradona, Wilson’s World considers why so much of the imagery around him is explicitly religious.
Part One: Argentina
#football #argentina #maradona
jonawils.substack.com/p/maradona-t...
Today is the 65th anniversary of the birth of Diego Maradona. Libero considers his enduring legacy.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Today is the 65th anniversary of the birth of Diego Maradona. Libero considers his enduring legacy.
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pod.fo/e/345a50
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.
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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
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Today on Libero, we look ahead to the Clasico and ask if Real Madrid v Barcelona is still the biggest game in the world.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Today on Libero, we look ahead to the Clasico and ask if Real Madrid v Barcelona is still the biggest game in the world.
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pod.fo/e/343860
Today on Libero, we look ahead to the Clasico and ask if Real Madrid v Barcelona is still the biggest game in the world.
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pod.fo/e/343860
October 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Today on Libero, we look ahead to the Clasico and ask if Real Madrid v Barcelona is still the biggest game in the world.
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Today on Wilson's World, Sunderland may be seventh, but are they any good?
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October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Today on Wilson's World, Sunderland may be seventh, but are they any good?
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October 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today, on Libero, why did Ange Postecoglou take the Nottingham Forest job, and what does that say about managers and their decision-making?
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October 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Today, on Libero, why did Ange Postecoglou take the Nottingham Forest job, and what does that say about managers and their decision-making?
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pod.fo/e/3415bc
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
October 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM