The Blizzard Q&A recorded live at the National Football Museum as part of the Manchester Football Writing Festival, on the evening of 1st September. With a panel of Blizzard contributors – David Conn, Andy Brassell and editor Jonathan Wilson – hosted by the Football Ramble’s Marcus Speller. A heavyweight first half features discussion on the […]
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Juventus 3 Real Madrid 1, 2003 – Andy Brassell
Manchester Football Writing Festival, National Football Museum (1st September 2015)
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Island Games
This is an extract from World In Motion: The Inside Story of Italia ’90 by Simon Hart and published by deCoubertin. You can win a copy of the book by entering our competition here. Island games Part 2 – Republic of Ireland The rain came down in Cagliari. Occasionally, so too did the ball. It […]
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Third Year Collection
All four hard copy issues from The Blizzard’s third year (Issues Nine to Twelve inclusive) in one bundle.
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The Width of a Crossbar, Ben Kosky
What if Poland had scored in the last minute of the final qualifier and England hadn’t made it to Italia 90? Gazza’s tearful night in Turin, Bobby Robson’s redemption and the origin of a national hang-up about penalty shoot-outs – for England football fans, these are the abiding memories of Italia ’90. England’s unexpected run […]
Ask Me Nothing
Mark Lawrenson obviously had nothing to do on Monday as he somehow ended up doing a Reddit “Ask Me Anything”. The former Liverpool defender and Ireland international spent years (probably too long) being a pundit alongside Gary Lineker and Alan Hansen on Match of the Day, but he hasn’t been seen in a while, except […]