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Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Why the ban on drinking in sight of the pitch at football should not be scrapped.

#booze #football #wilsonsworld

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September 28, 2026 at 9:31 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

West Ham, the London Stadium, hubris and decline…

#westham #wilsonsworld #londonstadium

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May 26, 2026 at 7:10 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Why Mikel Arteta had to play that way against PSG.

#Arsenal #PSG #wilsonsworld

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June 1, 2026 at 7:08 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Why Liam Rosenior is just the latest victim of Chelsea’s grotesque mismanagement.

#chelsea #rosenior #wilsonsworld

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April 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

The USA has always been a keen host of football and few tours have had greater consequence than Hakoah’s trip there in 1926.

#hakoah #usa #asl #wilsonsworld

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August 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

A funny thing happened on the way to the football…

Remembering a bizarre journey to Foxborough in 2000.

#foxborough #dragons #wilsonsworld #mls

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June 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

The appointment of Igor Tudor has been a terrible error, and Spurs must act now to rectify it.

#tottenham #spurs #tudor #wilsonsworld

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March 11, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

For good and for ill, this is the era of PSG.

#psg #championsleague #wilsonsworld

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May 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Bethlehem Steel become the dominant side in the US as the game expands in the years after the First World War.

#soccerhistory #usa #wilsonsworld

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April 27, 2026 at 8:23 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Aston Villa should celebrate, and the football authorities should worry…

#avfc #europaleague #wilsonsworld

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May 21, 2026 at 10:12 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Early thoughts from the Word Cup - why South Africa were so disappointing, why hydration breaks are a poison, and why the USA were so good.

#usa #mexico #worldcup #wilsonsworld

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June 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Fiorentina, the UFO sighting and the mysterious spiders…

FULL CLIP HERE: jonawils.substack.com/p/florence-s...

FULL ARCHIVE HERE: www.youtube.com/@jonawils/vi...

#fiorentina #ufo #wilsonsworld

December 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Do great fees mean great players? And why are Real Madrid seemingly willing to pay so much for Yan Diomande?

#realmadrid #diomande #wilsonsworld

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July 27, 2026 at 8:14 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

The first attempt to launch a professional football (soccer) league in the USA came in 1894 and lasted 17 days.

Why did football find it so hard to take root?

#soccer #usa #wilsonsworld

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April 6, 2026 at 7:57 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

The coming of a professional league to the US: a landmark moment, but also an indication of how far football still had to go.

#asl #usa #soccer #wilsonsworld

jonawils.substack.com/p/profession...

May 11, 2026 at 7:55 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Last 16 teams decided, Tanzania through at Angola’s expense, folly of structure exposed…

All on Wilson’s World Afcon Daily.

#afcon2025 #morocco2025 #wilsonsworld

December 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Can signing two former Sunderland players really make Chelsea contenders?

#chelsea #sunderland #premierleague #wilsonsworld

jonawils.substack.com/p/can-experi...

July 30, 2026 at 2:04 PM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Michael Carrick has won three games out of three as Manchester United. But is he the right man for the job?

#manchesterunited #wilsonsworld

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February 3, 2026 at 8:50 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Ayoub El Kaabi scores stunning overhead as the hosts and tournament favourites Morocco kick off the Cup of Nations with a win.

#afcon2025 #morocco #wilsonsworld

FULL EPISODE: jonawils.substack.com/p/afcon-dail...

FULL ARCHIVE: www.youtube.com/@jonawils

December 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

Senegal survive scare, Mali outlast paranoid Tunisia, and looking ahead to Morocco v Tanzania and South Africa v Cameroon. All on Wilson’s World Afcon Daily…

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=CplF...

#afcon2025 #morocco2025 #wilsonsworld

January 4, 2026 at 8:14 AM

Jonathan Wilson

@jonawils.bsky.social

As Fall River Marksmen establish themselves as the pre-eminent side of the early American Soccer League, hints emerge of the crisis to come.

#usa #soccerhistory #wilsonsworld

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