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Jonathan Wilson is a writer and broadcaster. He has published a novel and thirteen non-fiction books about football including a history of the World Cup, The Power and the Glory; a history of tactics, Inverting the Pyramid; a history of the Argentinian game, Angels With Dirty Faces; and a history of Hungarian football between 1916 and 56, The Names Heard Long Ago.

​He is a columnist for the Guardian and has been named FSA Football Writer of the Year a record four times.

Wilson is one of the seven journalists who founded
Libero podcast and is co-host of It Was What It Was: the Football History Podcast. He is also regular on the Guardian Football Weekly podcast.

 

He is a regular speaker at conferences and dinners across multiple industries, including financial services, the charity sector and universities.

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About Jonathan

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