The following photos are a selection from a broader photo essay first released in Issue 33. In today’s big-money football industry, the focus is typically on star players and managers. We saw the 2016-17 FA Cup, the game’s oldest cup competition, as an opportunity to reverse the camera and capture fan culture from grassroots up […]
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For the Want of a Nail, Jim Keoghan
What if Everton had followed up initial interest in Ian Rush in 1980? “And it’s played across for Rush… that’s another one! And that will make it safe for Liverpool.” Brian Moore’s words cemented what those watching had felt for some time, that the 1986 FA Cup was Anfield-bound. Outplayed by Everton and 1-0 down […]
Blizzard-41 Sampler
Issue Thirty Eight
Introduction Issue 38: Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Thirty Eight Ideals Who Really Ran BeoutQ? – Ben Jacobs An investigation into the murky world of the pirate television station BeoutQ Corinthian Democracy – Moara Passoni How Sócrates and his teammates offered a model of governance and why it ended Liaoning Cannot […]
Marcus Rashford: Becoming English Football’s Most Likeable Star
Twitter, even so-called “Football Twitter”, can be the most toxic of social media platforms. At times, it’s overwhelming to wade through the anger and vitriol, the partisan politics, the fake news and everything else that makes you type angrily into a keyboard. Indeed, it’s so bad that Amnesty International released a special report on the […]
Chesterfield 3 Middlesbrough 3, 1997 – David Jones
David Jones joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to remember the second 1997 FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford. About the panel: Jonathan Wilson founded The Blizzard in 2011 and is editor of the magazine. He’s contributed to a number of publications including the Guardian and Sports Illustrated as well as having authored Behind the […]
Accidental Hero
“It was a relief to see the team sheet and to find out that Beardsley was not there,” said Lenny Lawrence, the Charlton manager, “Instead they started with somebody we didn’t know. The relief turned very quickly into sheer horror. They set Ronnie on us and he tormented us that day.” In Episode Fifty Eight […]
Orban Planning – The Blizzard Podcast Episode Seventy Five
The Hungarian prime minister’s attempts to restore the national team to glory
Issue Thirty Six
Introduction Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Thirty Six Bielsa The Quest For Happiness – Federico Bassahún Marcelo Bielsa’s management has always examined his own soul São Paulo 1 Newell’s Old Boys 0 – Joshua Law The Libertadores final defeat that established the pattern of Bielsa near-misses No Airs – Rob Bagchi How Bielsa’s honesty and […]
So You Thought It Was A Yellow
VAR is coming to the Premier League next season and whilst we are a bit terrified of the things that are definitely going to go wrong and the fact that literally nobody is going to be able to understand how the handball law works anymore, we can’t wait for one thing: Yellow cards being upgraded […]