S1 Ep 11 Alex Jonson

Freelance football journalist, Alex Jonson who has worked for FIFA and UEFA, who has has media content published in serveral countries including Sweden, Spain and England is the feature of this pod. Alex speaks about growing up in Sweden, how her passion for football and Hendrik Larsson fuelled a desire to move to Spain to cover La Liga. Alex speaks about how her passion became her job. Alex has covered the biggest sports events from Olympics to World Cups but the people in the games are more interesting to cover than just xG. Alex became a Real Oviedo fan and shareholder. How the fans saved the club more than once has inspired Alex to write a book on it. Alex also has an extensive football jersey collection which can be seen when WFH on Twitter @AlexandraJonson. This conversation also covers some interesting information about Spanish fan culture and club ownership. Please subscribe and share this to a friend! Enjoy