Jonathan Wilson
@jonawils
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. www.jonawils.com
How Gianni Infantino Tried to Sell the World Cup and Destroyed his Presidency. The latest Libero… pod.fo/e/4f06ba Or sign up for SC Libero now… www.liberopodcast.com/subscription
Ajax start catching the eye, and Feyenoord win the European Cup. It Was What It Was’s series on Total Football continues. #totalfootball #iwwiw #cruyff #ajax #feyenoord podfollow.com/1745066482 Or to join our Patreon and binge the whole series now, go to… www.patreon.com/c/ItWas
Are things actually looking up for Spurs? #thfc #spurs #premierleague #osimhen jonawils.substack.com/p/how-high-c...
Can signing two former Sunderland players really make Chelsea contenders? #chelsea #sunderland #premierleague #wilsonsworld jonawils.substack.com/p/can-experi...
Total Football - the start of an epic series on the most influential style of the post-War years. #totalfootball #cruyff #footballhistory #iwwiw podfollow.com/1745066482 Or binge the whole series by signing up here: www.patreon.com/c/ItWas
Do great fees mean great players? And why are Real Madrid seemingly willing to pay so much for Yan Diomande? #realmadrid #diomande #wilsonsworld jonawils.substack.com/p/yan-dioman...
An interview with Jordi Cruyff to kick-off our series on the birth of Total Football podfollow.com/1745066482 All five episodes available to Patreon members: www.patreon.com/c/ItWas #iwwiw #jordicruyff #totalfootball
As Fall River Marksmen establish themselves as the pre-eminent side of the early American Soccer League, hints emerge of the crisis to come. #usa #soccerhistory #wilsonsworld jonawils.substack.com/p/anxiety-an...
Why do England and Argentina keep retreating into the same stereotypical behaviours? #worldcup2026 #england #argentina jonawils.substack.com/p/national-m...
Thoughts on the World Cup the day before the final, from Infantino to flyovers. #worldcup2026 #messi #ronaldo #infantino jonawils.substack.com/p/weary-thou...
On the weird atmosphere at World Cup games… #worldcup2026 jonawils.substack.com/p/the-emptin...
In memory of Antonio Rattin, who died on Sunday. He was one of the great number 5s, a far better player and more interesting figure than the bogeyman image allows. #worldcup #argentina #rattin jonawils.substack.com/p/rememberin...
The historian and DJ Peter Fankopan has once again produced a World Cup playlist. This time… the quarter-finals. #worldcup2026 jonawils.substack.com/p/a-playlist...
On one of the most magical days in the World Cup’s history as England won at the Azteca and Norway put out Brazil… #worldcup2026 #england #mexico jonawils.substack.com/p/the-azteca...
The problem with the Folarin Balogun decision… #worldcup2026 #USA #Belgium jonawils.substack.com/p/terrible-p...
A playlist for the World Cup last 16, as selected by top historian and DJ, Peter Frankopan. #worldcup2026 #playlist jonawils.substack.com/p/a-playlist...
How Maradona used Viagra to deal with altitude, why France are good and Germany and the Netherlands bad. The latest Libero. #worldcup2026 #maradona #france #germany #netherlands #libero pod.fo/e/440567
What was the most significant World Cup goal scored in each minute? And in what minutes has there never been a World Cup goal? #worldcup #footballhistory #soccerhistory jonawils.substack.com/p/a-world-cu...
After a difficult tie against DR Congo, how are England looking? #england #worldcup2026 #harrykane #thomastuchel jonawils.substack.com/p/questions-...
Running round Texas watching penalties and wondering why Germany are this bad… #worldcup2026 #germany #morocco #netherlands jonawils.substack.com/p/theres-a-h...
DRCongo manager Sébastien Desabre remains best known for his roles as DCC Mike Cooper in Line of Duty, Duncan Hunter in Shetland and the Lord Advocate Stephen Burns in Dept Q.
Ecuador finally turned up, Ivory Coast impressed again and Tunisia broke a 96-year-old record. #worldcup2026 #ecuador #ivorycoast #germany #tunisia jonawils.substack.com/p/a-great-da...
Scotland wait anxiously after a second defeat, Bosnia beat Qatar and can look forward to the last 32, and England were dull, but does it matter? #worldcup2026 #scotland #bosnia #england jonawils.substack.com/p/scotland-t...
World Cup Wednesdays reaches 2018, when Messi reached breaking point in Russia. #worldcup2018 #messi #france To listen, join IWWIW’s Patreon now - www.patreon.com/c/ItWas
Michel Kuka Mboladinga, the DR Congo fan who dresses as Patrice Lumumba, arrives at the stadium in Guadalajara for the game v Colombia. #worldcup2026 #drcongo #colombia
England’s brutal World Cup quarter-final against Argentina in 1966, today on It Was What It Was. #worldcup1966 #engalnd #argentina #iwwiw podfollow.com/1745066482
