It Was What It Was
Hosted by Rob Draper and Jonathan Wilson and Jonathan and Rob · The Overlap
5.0from 147 ratings
- 190
- Episodes
- 166
- Transcribed
- 147
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About It Was What It Was
Welcome to The Overlap's football history podcast, It Was What It Was. Each week Jonathan Wilson and Rob Draper will be talking about the key episodes in football history that have shaped the footballing world. The show will be discussing the best stories from football's past, giving insights to the personalities involved. the tales from behind the scenes and the impact they left. Join us at Football University! If you enjoy the podcast please hit subscribe to never miss an episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- The Overlap
- Category
- history · sports · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 May 2024
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
166 of 190 episodes have a transcript.
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Fanzines Part Two: The Punk Spirit of Football's Alternative Press (with Daniel Gray)
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But just give some people a background of why ID cards have been introduced by the Margaret Thatcher government. Yeah, the idea was to get into a ground, you would have to have an ID card, a photo ID card, which would be an electronic turnstile. And what was really interesting... […]
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- Daniel Gray
- Jamie Carragher
- Jordi Cruyff
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- 147 ratings
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- 71
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts It Was What It Was?
Rob Draper and Jonathan Wilson and Jonathan and Rob host the show. Published by The Overlap.
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