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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The World Cup starts today, making it a great time to invest in…
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The World Cup starts today, making it a great time to invest in…
www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Glory-...
Another World Cup begins beset by off-field problems.
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Another World Cup begins beset by off-field problems.
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Gianni says chill
“Mr. Infantino, who earns around $6 million in salary, noted that FIFA invests most of its income in soccer development around the world.”
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Obviously nothing to do with this, but while you’re here, here’s our investigation into the FIFA president’s curiously close relationship with Donald Trump that was published yesterday.
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A funny thing happened on the way to the football…
Remembering a bizarre journey to Foxborough in 2000.
#foxborough #dragons #wilsonsworld #mls
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Now on It Was What It Was: how England won the World Cup.
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On IWWIW for Patreons, our World Cup series reaches 2010…
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On IWWIW for Patreons, our World Cup series reaches 2010…
#worldcup #iwwiw #southafrica2010
www.patreon.com/c/ItWas
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The Power and the Glory: A New History of the World Cup - Winner of the Sports Book of the Year Award 2026 : Wilson, Jonathan: Amazon.co.uk: Books
As players, referees and fans suffer at the hands of US immigration and ticket prices lurch out of control, the increasingly risible Fifa president tells critics to "chill"
As players, referees and fans suffer at the hands of US immigration and ticket prices lurch out of control, the increasingly risible Fifa president tells critics to "chill"
Welcome to The Overlap's football history podcast, It Was What It Was.Each week Jonathan Wilson and Rob Draper will be talking about the key episodes in football history that have shaped the footballi...
