Jonathan Wilson
@jonawils
Football writer, author of Inverting the Pyramid, Angels with Dirty Faces and 12 other football books; editor of The Blizzard; https://jonawils.substack.com/
This week on @ItWasPod , @jonawils & @draper_rob trace the legend, the truth, and the propaganda behind the most infamous football match of WWII. 🎙️ Listen now.
Today, on Wilson's World, how a sense of destiny can carry a side through, but can also distract it from rigorous self-assessment.
The Power and the Glory, a New History of the World Cup - available for order now. On Amazon - amazon.co.uk/Secret-History… And elsewhere - uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-se…
This week on It Was What It Was, the football history podcast, we discuss the infamous Death Match, when a team of Dynamo players working at a bakery in Nazi-occupied Kyiv took on the might of the Luftwaffe, with tragic consequences.
The absolute pleasure I’ve taken in reading this on holidays. One of the most comprehensive football books I’ve ever read. Immensely enjoyed. @jonawils
My new history of the World Cup, out on September 4, but available to order now. 'Epic in scope, awesomely rich in detail, and compulsively entertaining' - TOM HOLLAND Available here - amazon.co.uk/Secret-History… here - uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-se… and elsewhere.
The Entire History of Football - episode one. youtube.com/watch?v=-30p6S…
Today, on Wilson's World, who was the last played Manchester United signed who clearly got better during their time at Old Trafford?
Today, on Libero, are Chelsea actually good now, and have Crystal Palace been cheated?
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | STRELTSOV by @jonawils Debut novel from the acclaimed football writer on Eduard Streltsov, the greatest striker in the Soviet Union who, on the eve of the 1958 World Cup, was arrested. @blzzrd 🛒 stanchionbooks.com/products/strel…