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

Jonny Owen and Mark Webster explore the tournament that changed football forever. From the 1968 Mexico Olympics and the birth of colour television to Pele's Brazil, England's defence of the trophy and the iconic Azteca Stadium, they uncover why this World Cup still captures the imagination more than 50 years later. The story of how football became a global spectacle begins here.

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In this episode of If You Know Your History, Jonny and Mark tell the story of Sir Stanley Matthews — the winger who changed football forever. From Stoke and Blackpool to England, World Cups, the “Matthews Final” and a career that lasted until he was 50, this is the story of one of the game’s first true superstars.

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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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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.

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

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

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