If You Know Your History: A Podcast of Remarkable Football Stories

In this episode, Mark and Jonny explore the fascinating history of Lord Nelson, the towns named after him, and his influence on sports and culture and his legacy that lives on through place names, stories, and football.

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If You Know Your History is presented by Jonny Owen and Mark Webster and is a North One Production.

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Before Sky Sports, before modern punditry, there was Saint and Greavsie. Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves went from top-level footballers to the most famous double act on British sports television, changing the way football was covered forever. In this episode of If You Know Your History, Jonny Owen and Mark Webster look back at the rise of the show that mixed football, comedy and chaos and became the template for everything that followed.

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Before they became the legendary TV double act Saint and Greavsie, Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves were two of the biggest stars in British football. From Shankly’s Liverpool and Greaves’ goalscoring genius to World Cups, FA Cups and the birth of football punditry, this is the story of how two great players helped change football on television forever. A football history story about the men who created the template for modern football TV.

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In part two of the Wrexham story on If You Know Your History, Jonny, Mark and guest Tim Edwards dive into the club’s remarkable rebirth. From fan ownership and non-league struggles to the surreal arrival of Hollywood owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, they explore how Wrexham rose from the ashes “like a phoenix” to become one of football’s most extraordinary modern success stories. Along the way: legendary mascot debates, historic goal records, and the question of whether the dream of the Premier League could really come true.

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For years, Wrexham were Wales’ Football League standard bearers. Then came administration, a 10-point deduction, and a fight to save the Racecourse Ground from being turned into a supermarket. Johnny Owen and Mark Webster explore how a working-class town refused to let its club die — and how that spirit laid the foundations for everything that followed.

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