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1985 was a terrible year for football 40 years on Jonathan Wilson and I try to make sense of it. Part One 1 It Was What It Was today: riots at Luton, Chelsea, Birmingham + the Bradford fire Friday, Heysel It’s a hard listen at times but a window on the soul of a wounded nation

The Horror of Heysel Part 2 of It Was What It Was series on 84-85 season Jonathan Wilson + I examine causes + consequences of Heysel disaster with Tony Evans who was there on the day Tony’s account is ruthlessly honest on the hooliganism of Liverpool fans. Tough listen but important

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 The Observer *This* team really does seem to have a connection with *these* kids observer.co.uk/news/sport/art…

If (like me) you’re too young to remember or ignorant of all but the broadest details of Heysel I’d really recommend this pod. Football almost unrecognisable now from what’s described here & in part 1, its renovation a remarkable success story. Wasn’t all “better” back then.

On the 40th anniversary of the Heysel disaster this is an insightful pod, with great eyewitness history from Tony Evans. Fans treated with disdain, pitiful facilities & shocking organisation were the norm a generation ago. Love TheFarm/PeterHooton Turin story - ever the peacemaker.

Just Jonathan Wilson launching into the world of TikTok memes with a beautiful story about Italian fishing villages, nets + catenaccio And in the week Inter are in CL final. It’s almost like we plan this stuff! H/T Pat

Today is the 3⃣1⃣st birthday of Manahel al-Otaibi, and the 4⃣2⃣nd birthday of Abdulrahman al-Sadhan. Both are spending their birthdays behind bars simply for exercising their right to freedom of expression. Authorities in Saudi Arabia must #FreeManahel and #FreeSadhan.

Origin story of PSG is way more bizarre than you think Before a Qatar PR project, they were franchise club BUT with best logo + shirts, thanks to fashion guru Daniel Hechter (very much style icon for Jonathan Wilson ) Part 2 CL final special It Was What It Was just for Julien Laurens 😉❤️ 🇫🇷

It’s Champions League final day 🥳 Basically up there with Christmas Day in my calendar So what better way to spend it than listening to It Was What It Was specials on PSG + Inter?

When the greatest football nation meets the world’s coolest coach: 🇧🇷 🤝 Carlo Jonathan Wilson on the synergy in the backstory of Carlo Ancelotti + Brazilian football on It Was What It Was You’ll be surprised to learn it all goes back to a Hungarian coffee house 🙄

FootBiz newsletter: 17 end-of-season stories you may have missed FootBiz footbiz.beehiiv.com/p/footbiz-news…

A long day and night of travel, kept company by finding this 4-part gem from the It Was What It Was Podcast on ⚽️ Arrigo Sacchi Brilliant Rob Draper Jonathan Wilson Jamie Carragher 👏