Ghanaian's Football Golden Age: Part One
Rob Draper and Jonathan Wilson discuss how Kwame Nkrumah used football to build Ghana’s national identity and promote Pan-African unity after independence (1957) and becoming a republic (1960). They t...
15 Sep 50min
Remembering Kevin Keegan: Part Three
Jonathan Wilson and Rob Draper conclude their three-part series on Kevin Keegan by tracing his managerial career and the idealism behind his “why not?” philosophy. They cover his post-playing retreat ...
8 Sep 1h 1min
Remembering Kevin Keegan: Part Two
Jonathan Wilson and Rob Draper continue their Kevin Keegan series, following his 1977 move from Liverpool to Hamburg for a far higher salary and the difficult start marked by teammate resentment, mana...
1 Sep 58min
Remembering Kevin Keegan: Part One
*The full three-part series is available on Patreon now*Jonathan Wilson and Rob Draper pay tribute to Kevin Keegan, who died in July aged 75, reflecting on his rare charisma, self-awareness, and abili...
25 Aug 59min
Total Football: Glory, Fracture and the 1974 World Cup | Part Four
The fourth and final episode in Jonathan Wilson and Rob Draper's Total Football series explores Ajax’s remarkable success under Stefan Kovacs and the Netherlands’ unforgettable 1974 World Cup campaign...
18 Aug 52min
Total Football: Cruyff, Ajax and the Golden Years | Part Three
In part three of our Total Football series, Jonathan Wilson and Rob Draper arrive at Ajax’s golden age.They explore Johan Cruyff’s development: the precocious teenager shaped by Ajax, Vic Buckingham a...
11 Aug 57min
Franco Baresi Tribute: Jamie Carragher on Milan's Maestro
*You can listen to the full episode on our Patreon*Rob Draper hosts a bonus edition of It Was What It Was with Jamie Carragher stepping in to pay tribute to the late great Franco Baresi .Carragher exp...
6 Aug 18min
Total Football: Ideas, Architecture and the Feyenoord Breakthrough | Part Two
In part two of our Total Football series, Jonathan and Rob explore the ideas behind football’s great tactical revolution.From the structuralist architecture and social change of 1960s Amsterdam to Joh...
4 Aug 55min
