@draper-rob.bsky.social
ποΈCo-host It Was What It Was https://podfollow.com/1745066482 π°@guardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rob-draper πAuthor Dear England, The Real Story of the Three Lions Rebirth https://geni.us/DearEngland
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
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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
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DIRTY LEEDS! Misunderstood pioneers or just, well, dirty?
As Leeds return to PL @jonawils.bsky.social on how Don Revieβs team became the byword for sh*thousery
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DIRTY LEEDS! Misunderstood pioneers or just, well, dirty?
As Leeds return to PL @jonawils.bsky.social on how Don Revieβs team became the byword for sh*thousery
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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 CeauΘescu's Romania & subsequently joins Red Star
29.07.2025 16:07 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I'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 π
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βA gunman pumped two bullets into head of the ambassador of the United Arab Emiratesβ
Man City takeover story: so
much more than football
Itβs rooted in Abu Dhabi history + childhood tragedy of chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Todayβs It Was pod with @jonawils.bsky.social
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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 π¦π·
Exactly that! I quite like the hoopla but at that point it had become circus rather than sport
27.06.2025 09:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I tuned in late heard the post race commentator excitement + thought βOMG sheβs done it!!β
And then watched it back bemused as the commentatorsβ energy seemed to increase disproportionately to how likely she was to make it.
As you say, amazing athlete still
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 π¦π·
Itβs FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP week! ππΊπΈ π₯³
But itβs 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
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100 years ago this week football changed to become the compelling game it is today
It wasnβt 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
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I donβt think thereβs 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
Todayβs @ItWasPod with @jonawils.bsky.social we look at the amazing + inspirational Enrique origin story
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When the greatest football nation meets the worldβs coolest coach: π§π· π€ Carlo
@jonawils.bsky.social
on synergy in the backstory of Carlo Ancelotti + Brazilian football on @ItWasPod
Youβll be surprised to learn it all goes back to a Hungarian coffee house π
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This is definitely worth an episode. Allison is fascinating
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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 β€οΈ π«π· πͺ
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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 β€οΈ π«π· πͺ
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Itβs Champions League final week, aka carnival time for football fans
If you really want deep knowledge of Interβs
European history then listen to
@jonawils.bsky.social on @ItWasPod
From catenaccio, Helenio Herrera through Jose + Inzagi: La Grande Inter in context
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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
Tonyβs account is ruthlessly honest Tough listen but important
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Sounds of the suburbs: a trip to Paris to visit the greatest football factory in the world ahead of PSGβs Champions League final for @ObserverUK
*This* team really does seem to have a connection with *these* kids
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Sounds of the suburbs: a trip to Paris to visit the greatest football factory in the world ahead of PSGβs 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
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Ooh like that
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Met up with *checks notes* CUP WINNER Harry Kane in Munich on Saturdayπ with @jnorthcroft.bsky.social
βIt is a weight on the shoulders. Iβm very aware of the fact that I hadnβt won it. As the years go by you start to think: βIs it going to happen?ββ
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Met up with *checks notes* CUP WINNER Harry Kane in Munich on Saturdayπ with @jnorthcroft.bsky.social
βIt is a weight on the shoulders. Iβm very aware of the fact that I hadnβt won it. As the years go by you start to think: βIs it going to happen?ββ
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Good shout that. Another landmark
12.05.2025 21:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
IMO Goodison Park is Englandβs 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 derbyβ¦
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