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EPISODE · Jun 24, 2025 · 9 MIN

THE HUDDLE BREAKDOWN INTERVIEW: Jonathan Wilson

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We are thrilled to bring you the next installment of The Huddle Breakdown Interview with renowned football journalist, Jonathan Wilson. The interview covers a lot ground including: • The Lisbon Lions and their historic importance in the evolution of football tactics • His experience of Celtic in Seville • When did things go wrong for Scottish football • Wealth disparity in football • The future of football journalism Jonathan has written for The Independent, FourFourTwo magazine and The Sunday Telegraph and Sports Illustrated, and was football correspondent for the Financial Times from 2002 to 2006. He writes for The Guardian and UnHerd and is a columnist for World Soccer. In 2011 he founded the quarterly football journal The Blizzard, which he edits. His book, Inverting the Pyramid was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2008, and won 'Best Football Book' at the British Sports Book Awards in 2009. Nine of his other books have also been shortlisted for the award. Inverting the Pyramid also won the Premio Antonio Ghirelli and was shortlisted for the German football book of the year award. His book, Angels with Dirty Faces, which covered the history of football in Argentina, won "Best Football Book" and "Best Historical Book" at the Polish Sports Book Awards (Sportowa Książka Roku) in 2018. The Names Heard Long Ago won "Best Foreign Football Book" at the awards in 2023. He won FSA Football Writer of the Year in 2012, 2017, 2021 and 2024. He currently writes at his Substack, Wilson’s World and co-hosts the Libero and It Was What It Was podcasts. Want to support the channel? - https://huddlebreakdown.com Like this video and want more content like it? Subscribe to the channel below and hit the bell to get notified every time a new video goes live. Follow us on Twitter: @huddlebreakdown @Alan_Morrison67 @jucojames Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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