Richard Wilson

The History of Yugoslav Football Podcast

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Football writer Richard Wilson steers listeners through the murky waters of Yugoslav football from the 19th Century to the 21st Century.

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Richard Wilson

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Latest episode

May 5, 2025

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Episodes

2020/21 Update - Serbia Scandal and the Super League 20.04.2021

Hot topics this time as Serbia deals with match fixing and the rest of football deals with avarice

Episode Fifty Six - The Interregnum 13.04.2021

As Sajber's penalties come into effect, they herald a changing of the guard in Yugoslavia.

2020/21 Update - Qatar Qualifiers Round One 01.04.2021

Who doesn't love an international break? Probably Germany...

Episode Fifty Five - Sajber-Metrics Part Three - Drawing a blank 29.03.2021

Slavko Sajber's time in charge of Yugoslav football wasn't just about match-fixing as Yugoslavia prepares for a legacy of massive changes - restructure of the second tier, the introduction of foreign players, and the end of draws...

Episode Fifty Four - The Young Ones 15.03.2021

In 1987, a bunch of kids went to Chile more or less unnoticed. They would come home as World Champions. 

Season 2020/21 Update - Dinamo-Spurs, Celje, Kosovo 08.03.2021

Update time - Talking ahead of Dinamo Zagreb's Europa League last sixteen tie with Tottenham, about Celje's issues in Slovenia and rounding it off with a the Kosovan title race

Episode Fifty Three - Sajber-metrics Part Two - The Year of Two Champions 28.02.2021

Prepare to be confused as Yugoslav football attempts to deal with the fallout of Sajber's Round and does so in the most difficult way imaginable.

Episode Fifty Two - Sajber-metrics Part One - Cop Suey 15.02.2021

It's time for the second massive all-encompassing corruption scandal in Yugoslav football as Slavko Sajber takes over as FA president and walks straight into the biggest match-fixing crisis the nation will ever know

2020/21 Update - Slovenia during the winter break 04.02.2021

As the Prva Liga prepares to come back out of hibernation, it's time to take a look at what's been going on in the league with multiple manager changes, lots of transfers and a traditional bit of Olimpija doing an Olimpija.

Episode Fifty One - The Last Good Season 26.01.2021

Yugoslav football bases itself in Sarajevo for a season as on side wins the league and one goes deep in the UEFA Cup

2020/21 Update - Croatia during the winter break 12.01.2021

The region's best league has an actual proper title race, Hajduk in crisis and a proper relegation dogfight - the HNL just got interesting...

Episode Fifty - The Cockerel and the Kobra 05.01.2021

Hajduk's greatest European journey takes place, and one chicken won't quite get to see it all. Four clubs battle for the title, one great striker starts his journey and there's a couple of controversies for good measure!

2020/21 update - Serbia at the start of the Winter break 22.12.2020

Everyone's favourite league sponsored by a Chinese Tyre Factory is halfway through so let's see what's happening...

2020/21 Update - Bosnia, Montenegro and Kosovo at the break... 15.12.2020

Three leagues are finished for the winter giving a good chance to touch on what's going on.

Episode Forty Nine - Twenty Five Yards Out At Highbury 08.12.2020

A new star rises in Belgrade as the title goes to the wire

Episode Forty Eight - Cico Time 24.11.2020

Dinamo find the right formula with Ciro and Cico while Radnicki Nis' Golden Age reaches its peak

Episode Forty Seven - Never Mind The Boycotts 17.11.2020

Moscow 1980Spain 1982France 1984LA 1984 Four tournaments, one episode

2020/21 Season Update - Croatia and Slovenia 10.11.2020

It's a deep dive into the two leagues at the north of the former Yugoslavia this time. Can Osijek challenge Dinamo? How bad is it for Hajduk? Is the Slovenian league essentially completely random? All those questions answered and a bit more too!

Serbia vs Scotland Euro 2020 Playoff Preview 04.11.2020

It's the biggest game for Scotland in over two decades and it's the biggest game for Serbia in, well, about two years. A full preview of what to expect and what might happen as the two face off for a place at Euro 2020 next year.

Episode Forty Six - From Ambassador to Despot 03.11.2020

We begin the post-Tito era with a renaissance in Mostar, the beginning of a short golden age in Nis and with it kicking off in Kosovo...

Profile - Zlatko Zahovic 01.11.2020

We skip forward in time from many of the profiles to ask if he's Slovenia's greatest or just its most controversial? It's hard not to have an opinion on the ever eventful career of Zlatko Zahovic...

Episode Forty Five - What Comes Next 27.10.2020

With Tito gone, the following decade would see Yugoslavia spiral into turmoil and conflict. In this episode, it's time to have a look at the "why" before we get into the "what"...

Episode Forty Four - Kuca Cveca 20.10.2020

On 4 May 1980, three men entered the Poljud pitch and made an announcement. It would change Yugoslavia forever.

Episode Forty Three - Der Rote Stern 05.10.2020

Crvena Zvezda go up against West German dominance in the 1978/79 season as Yugoslavia sees its third European finalists

Profile - Fahrudin Jusufi and Slaven Zambata 01.10.2020

It's an odd couple of a profile this time - Partizan's legendary right back and Dinamo's cosmopolitan striker...

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