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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I think people have got used to it, but when it was first introduced it felt a bit pretentious and derivative (of the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon). Personally I would have preferred the Monkwearmouth Stadium, after the part of town its in, and the mine it was built on.
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I think people have got used to it, but when it was first introduced it felt a bit pretentious and derivative (of the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon). Personally I would have preferred the Monkwearmouth Stadium, after the part of town its in, and the mine it was built on.