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Jonathan Wilson

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in Sunderland, The United Kingdom

July 09, 1976

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Jonathan Wilson is a British sports journalist and author who writes for a number of publications including the Guardian, the Independent and Sports Illustrated. He also appears on the Guardian football podcast, Football Weekly.

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Champions League final tactics: how Inter can trouble Manchester City

It may be a small sample size but statistics from the Premier League season suggest Italian side could have a formation to frustrate City

Inter’s deployment of a front two is not an unknown issue for Manchester City to combat but it is an unfamiliar one. Lautaro Martínez has spells when he cannot score – as happened in the World Cup – but when he is hot he is hot, and he has scored 11 times in his

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Jonathan Wilson’s books

Average rating: 4.13 · 17,269 ratings · 1,041 reviews · 75 distinct works • Similar authors

	Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics 4.15 avg rating — 10,768 ratings — published 2008 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football 4.09 avg rating — 1,261 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina 4.27 avg rating — 1,150 ratings — published 2016 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Barcelona Legacy: Guardiola, Mourinho and the Fight For Football's Soul 4.08 avg rating — 816 ratings — published 2018 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper 3.91 avg rating — 480 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You 4.24 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Names Heard Long Ago: How the Golden Age of Hungarian Football Shaped the Modern Game 4.09 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches 4.05 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches 4.12 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anatomy of Manchester United : A History in Ten Matches 3.71 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Jonathan Wilson

The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly (40 books)
by

Jonathan Wilson (Editor),

Ben Shave (Contributor),

Federico Farcomeni (Contributor),

Aniíbal Greco (Contributor),

David Bartram (Contributor),

Iain Macintosh (Contributor),

Gabriele Marcotti (Contributor),

Tom Dart (Contributor),

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Quotes by Jonathan Wilson (?)

“Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse.”
― Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

tags: anti-intellectualism, football, intellectualism, pseudo-intelligence, soccer

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“Many before have hailed the end of history; none have ever been right.”
― Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

tags: football, history, soccer

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“Football is not about players, or at least not just about players; it is about shape and about space, about the intelligent deployment of players, and their movement within that deployment.”
― Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

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