The downfall of Brian Clough is the best episode of @jonawils.bsky.social superb 4-part series on Nottm Forest in Europe The descent into alcoholism and complexity of his relationship + break up with Peter Taylor provides rich material podfollow.com/1745066482

The miracle of Nottingham Forest and genius of Brian Clough… What better way to prepare for tonight’s CL fixs than a look back at the greatest ever achievement in the competition? @jonawils.bsky.social in masterly story telling mode…. podfollow.com/1745066482

The miracle of Nottingham Forest and genius of Brian Clough… What better way to prepare for tonight’s CL fixs than a look back at the greatest ever achievement in the competition? @jonawils.bsky.social in masterly story telling mode…. podfollow.com/1745066482

Forest back in Europe! What better time to re-visit the glory years of 78-80 with @jonawils.bsky.social Today in part 2 of our Clough European Cup special we cover the astonishing build up to the Malmö final as Forest win their 1st European Cup podfollow.com/1745066482

Forest back in Europe! What better time to re-visit the glory years of 78-80 with @jonawils.bsky.social Today in part 2 of our Clough European Cup special we cover the astonishing build up to the Malmö final as Forest win their 1st European Cup podfollow.com/1745066482

On It Was What It Was, the football history podcast, we look at Manchester United in 1985-86, when they win their first 10 league games before collapsing to finish fourth. podfollow.com/1745066482

Man Utd thriving, winning their first 10 matches and surely on course to end their title jinx? It’s 40 years since Big Ron’s big season, 1985-86 Spoiler alert: it didn’t end well @jonawils on @ItWasPod on where it all went wrong for Big Ron’s Man Utd podfollow.com/1745066482

You want a podcast with stories of Gazza, air rifles, a press box and falling through the rotten floorboards, almost jeopardising his career? Welcome to Spurs, 1990-91 And I have just the pod for you. With star guest Ewan Flynn and @jonawils.bsky.social podfollow.com/1745066482

Sehr gelungene Doppelfolge It was what it was zu Mohammed Salah von @draper-rob.bsky.social & @jonawils.bsky.social, insbesondere Teil 2 zur Frage, welche politischen und gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen an einen prominenten Spieler gestellt werden. podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/i...

Mohamed Salah, political football…. In today’s @ItWasPod with @jonawils we continue our pod on PFA Player of Year + focus on intense religious + political forces that want to own him Why doesn’t Salah ever speak out? Maybe because Egypt is just so complicated…. podfollow.com/1745066482

We’ve boldly anticipating Mohamed Salah being name PFA Player of the Year tonight Arguably the Egyptian King is PL Player of Decade We speaks to @edaarons.bsky.social on his extraordinary journey from Nagrig to Liverpool via Cairo @jonawils.bsky.social podfollow.com/1745066482

We’ve boldly anticipating Mohamed Salah being name PFA Player of the Year tonight Arguably the Egyptian King is PL Player of Decade We speaks to @edaarons.bsky.social on his extraordinary journey from Nagrig to Liverpool via Cairo @jonawils.bsky.social podfollow.com/1745066482

It’s 10 years since the (half) season from Hell for Jose Mourinho at Chelsea…the beginning of the end of his genius @jonawils.bsky.social assesses huge impact of his fall from grace + the global fascination with Jose show From PL champion to sacked in just 6 months podfollow.com/1745066482

It’s 10 years since the (half) season from Hell for Jose Mourinho at Chelsea…the beginning of the end of his genius @jonawils.bsky.social assesses huge impact of his fall from grace + the global fascination with Jose show From PL champion to sacked in just 6 months podfollow.com/1745066482

Self praise is no praise BUT …. Our episode with Jan Fjørtoft on the extraordinary Juninho transfer to Middlesbrough that changed English football 30 years ago is one of our best and funniest yet! (Because of our guest rather than @jonawils.bsky.social and me) podfollow.com/1745066482

Self praise is no praise BUT …. Our episode with Jan Fjørtoft on the extraordinary Juninho transfer to Middlesbrough that changed English football 30 years ago is one of our best and funniest yet! (Because of our guest rather than @jonawils.bsky.social and me) podfollow.com/1745066482

DIRTY LEEDS! How did they get their infamous sobriquet? And was Don Revie inadvertently responsible for ensuring it stuck? @jonawils.bsky.social explains all with a fascinating insight into Big Jack Charlton + Revie podfollow.com/1745066482

DIRTY LEEDS! How did they get their infamous sobriquet? And was Don Revie inadvertently responsible for ensuring it stuck? @jonawils.bsky.social explains all with a fascinating insight into Big Jack Charlton + Revie podfollow.com/1745066482

DIRTY LEEDS! Misunderstood pioneers or just, well, dirty? As Leeds return to PL @jonawils.bsky.social on how Don Revie’s team became the byword for sh*thousery podfollow.com/1745066482

DIRTY LEEDS! Misunderstood pioneers or just, well, dirty? As Leeds return to PL @jonawils.bsky.social on how Don Revie’s team became the byword for sh*thousery podfollow.com/1745066482

Do you like books? Do you like bargains? Then fill your boots at Waterstones by pre-ordering my new World Cup book with 25% off. Offer ends TODAY, so act now... www.waterstones.com/book/the-pow...

Another excellent episode of It Was What It Was with @draper-rob.bsky.social & @jonawils.bsky.social telling the story of the great Crvena Zvezda side of the early 90s as Yugoslavia tears itself apart, including how Miodrag Belodedici's escapes from Ceaușescu's Romania & subsequently joins Red Star

I've been fascinated with the Colombian El Dorado league since my Dad told me that as a kid, he entered a fancy dress competition dressed as Bobby Flavell with an "off to Bogota" luggage label attached to his lapel. @jonawils.bsky.social & @draper-rob.bsky.social provide lots of historical context

In the week where I became a dad, one thing I never envisaged happening was washing and sterilising bottles listening to @jonawils.bsky.social and @draper-rob.bsky.social on It Was What It Was but here we are. Thanks for the company lads 👏

‘A gunman pumped two bullets into head of the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates’ Man City takeover story: so much more than football It’s rooted in Abu Dhabi history + childhood tragedy of chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak Today’s It Was pod with @jonawils.bsky.social podfollow.com/1745066482

The downfall of Diego Armando Maradona Part 1 This week on It Was What It Was @jonawils.bsky.social starts a two-part series on the extraordinary circumstances that culminate in Maradona testing positive at the 1994 World Cup A truly compelling story that starts with a 0-5 defeat to Colombia 🇦🇷

The downfall of Diego Armando Maradona Part 1 This week on It Was What It Was @jonawils.bsky.social starts a two-part series on the extraordinary circumstances that culminate in Maradona testing positive at the 1994 World Cup A truly compelling story that starts with a 0-5 defeat to Colombia 🇦🇷

It’s FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP week! 🙌🇺🇸 🥳 But it’s nothing new Clubs have tried to create a World Cup for more than 100 yrs Without much success *Trigger warning* contains distressing scenes as @jonawils.bsky.social bangs on about Sunderland winning this title in 1895 podfollow.com/1745066482

100 years ago this week football changed to become the compelling game it is today It wasn’t a star coach or brilliant player that did this It was a rule change The Offside rule we (more or less) have today was introduced With @jonawils.bsky.social @dodo938.bsky.social podfollow.com/1745066482

I don’t think there’s been a more moving image in football in recent years than Luis Enrique catching sight of the PSG Tifo of him holding hands with daughter Xana Today’s @ItWasPod with @jonawils.bsky.social we look at the amazing + inspirational Enrique origin story podfollow.com/1745066482

When the greatest football nation meets the world’s coolest coach: 🇧🇷 🤝 Carlo @jonawils.bsky.social on synergy in the backstory of Carlo Ancelotti + Brazilian football on @ItWasPod You’ll be surprised to learn it all goes back to a Hungarian coffee house 🙄 podfollow.com/1745066482

Origin story of PSG is more bizarre than you think Before Qatar PR project, they were franchise club BUT with best logo + shirts, thanks to fashion guru Daniel Hechter (style icon for @jonawils.bsky.social ) Part 2 CL final special is 4 @julienlaurens.bsky.social ❤️ 🇫🇷 💪 podfollow.com/1745066482

Origin story of PSG is more bizarre than you think Before Qatar PR project, they were franchise club BUT with best logo + shirts, thanks to fashion guru Daniel Hechter (style icon for @jonawils.bsky.social ) Part 2 CL final special is 4 @julienlaurens.bsky.social ❤️ 🇫🇷 💪 podfollow.com/1745066482

It’s Champions League final week, aka carnival time for football fans If you really want deep knowledge of Inter’s European history then listen to @jonawils.bsky.social on @ItWasPod From catenaccio, Helenio Herrera through Jose + Inzagi: La Grande Inter in context podfollow.com/1745066482

The Horror of Heysel Part 2 of @ItWasPod series on 84-85 season @jonawils.bsky.social + 1 examine causes of Heysel disaster with @tonyevans92a.bsky.social who was there on the day Tony’s account is ruthlessly honest Tough listen but important podfollow.com/1745066482

Sounds of the suburbs: a trip to Paris to visit the greatest football factory in the world ahead of PSG’s Champions League final for @ObserverUK *This* team really does seem to have a connection with *these* kids observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Sounds of the suburbs: a trip to Paris to visit the greatest football factory in the world ahead of PSG’s Champions League final for @ObserverUK *This* team really does seem to have a connection with *these* kids observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

Teil 1 @draper-rob.bsky.social & @jonawils.bsky.social zu Hooliganism, Luton, Feuer in Bradford podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/i...

Met up with *checks notes* CUP WINNER Harry Kane in Munich on Saturday🏆 with @jnorthcroft.bsky.social “It is a weight on the shoulders. I’m very aware of the fact that I hadn’t won it. As the years go by you start to think: ‘Is it going to happen?’” www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Met up with *checks notes* CUP WINNER Harry Kane in Munich on Saturday🏆 with @jnorthcroft.bsky.social “It is a weight on the shoulders. I’m very aware of the fact that I hadn’t won it. As the years go by you start to think: ‘Is it going to happen?’” www.theguardian.com/football/202...

IMO Goodison Park is England’s most significant historical club ground so bear with me as I shed a tear for its demise + argue that case to @jonawils.bsky.social Dixie Dean 60th goal, 53,000 for Dick, Kerr Ladies in 1920, Eusebio + N Korea 1966, 4-4 derby… podfollow.com/1745066482

It’s Good v Evil It’s forces of light v agents of darkness It’s Hobbits v Orcs Yes, it’s Pep v Jose, Barça v Inter, 2010 Champions League semi final with @jonawils.bsky.social And how the Norse gods controversially came out in favour of Jose 😳🤷‍♂️ 🌋 🎧 podfollow.com/1745066482

It’s Good v Evil It’s forces of light v agents of darkness It’s Hobbits v Orcs Yes, it’s Pep v Jose, Barça v Inter, 2010 Champions League semi final with @jonawils.bsky.social And how the Norse gods controversially came out in favour of Jose 😳🤷‍♂️ 🌋 🎧 podfollow.com/1745066482

Part 2 now out…. How the Glazers ruined Man Utd podfollow.com/1745066482

Just how did Man Utd get this bad? ‘Let me tell you a story about a horse’ Or as David Walsh put it, The Horse That Won Too Much With @jonawils.bsky.social the long view on Rock of Gibraltar, Glazers, Fergie No one other than protagonists knew more about this tale than David…

Just how did Man Utd get this bad? ‘Let me tell you a story about a horse’ Or as David Walsh put it, The Horse That Won Too Much With @jonawils.bsky.social the long view on Rock of Gibraltar, Glazers, Fergie No one other than protagonists knew more about this tale than David…

Good article by @draper-rob.bsky.social in today's @observeruk.bsky.social on the work being done by @nosauditoon.bsky.social campaigning against #Saudisportwashing www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Tainted victory: Newcastle’s Saudi influence still divisive after success. Really good, and important, reporting by @draper-rob.bsky.social for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...

To be clear @ItWasPod does not endorse tackling like Cameroon’s Benjamin Massing… And yet listening to @jonawils describe 1 of most famous ‘challenges’ + astonishing results in WC history made me laugh😀🇨🇲 Part 2 of extraordinary tale of Cameroon 1990 + *that tackle* podfollow.com/1745066482

Today, on It Was What It Was, the second and final part of our mini-series on Cameroon at the 1990 World Cup. podfollow.com/1745066482