The 2011 French race furore ignored the diversity of France’s footballing culture. In episode One Hundred and Eleven we take a look back to "What Makes a Nation?" by Philippe Auclair, first published in Issue 2 in September 2011. Read the full article here: https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/article/what-makes-nation For access to the entire Blizzard collection, subscribe here: https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/subscriptions
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Royal Dissent
What Reading’s attempts at a club song tell us about the hollowness of modern football. In Episode One Hundred and Twenty, we take a look at "Royal Dissent" by Edward Sugden, published in our latest issue, Issue 34, in September 2019. You can order Issue 34 here: www.theblizzard.co.uk/shop/product/i…e-thirty-four And access our entire archives here: www.theblizzard.co.uk/articles
Mediocrity and the Beast
Brazil won the Copa América but their triumph was hijacked by Jair Bolsonaro. In Episode One Hundred and Nineteen, we take an early look at "Mediocrity and the Beast" by Ewan MacKenna, to be published in Issue 34, in September 2019. You can preorder Issue 34 here: www.theblizzard.co.uk/shop/product/i…e-thirty-four And access our entire archives here: www.theblizzard.co.uk/articles
Dessert Comes At The End
"It all goes to show that less can sometimes be more. This might jar with US thinking about sport, but keeping international competitions so open that the best teams rarely meet — or possibly don’t at all — has been football’s secret master-stroke. It turns the latter stages into must-view events. The Champions League brand […]
The Throwback, Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski is proving the value of the old-fashioned striker. But what created him? In Episode One Hundred and Thirty Four, we feature "The Throwback" by Maciej Iwanski, first published in Issue 19, in December 2015. Discover Man the Footballer: Homo Passiens: https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/news/homo-passiens-man-footballer Immortalise football history with The Goal Hanger: https://www.thegoalhanger.co.uk/collections/blizzard Read Issue Four of […]
A Letter To Football Fans (Man The Footballer: Homo Passiens)
In Episode One Hundred and Thirty One, a special edition of our regular podcast, we feature “A Letter to Fans” from the pages of Man the Footballer: Homo Passiens. Discover more from Man the Footballer, including the wonderful illustrative work of satirical artist Matt Kenyon: https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/news/homo-passiens-man-footballer Immortalise football history with The Goal Hanger: https://www.thegoalhanger.co.uk/collections/blizzard Read […]
Dessert Comes at the End – The Blizzard Podcast Episode One Hundred and One
"It all goes to show that less can sometimes be more. This might jar with US thinking about sport, but keeping international competitions so open that the best teams rarely meet — or possibly don’t at all — has been football’s secret master-stroke. It turns the latter stages into must-view events. The Champions League brand […]
End Of The Road
Gretna’s rise was a romantic fairy-tale; their collapse provides grimly real lessons for all of Scottish football. In Episode One Hundred and Sixteen, we take a look back to "End of the Road" by Richard Winton, first published in Issue 7, in December 2012. You can buy our latest magazine, Issue 32, here: www.theblizzard.co.uk/shop/product/i…sue-thirty-two And […]
Ever Get the Feeling You’ve Been Cheated?
Globalisation, the Third Way, the Premier League and the Brexit backlash against the elites. In Episode One Hundred and Twenty Three, we take a look at “Ever Get the Feeling You’ve Been Cheated?” by Anthony Clavane, published in Issue 28, in March 2018. You can order our latest edition, Issue 35, here: www.theblizzard.co.uk/shop/product/i…ue-thirty-five And access […]
The Jewel Thief
Harry Trainer was a centre-forward for Wales and Wrexham, but his dark side ended his career. In Episode One Hundred and Eighteen, we take an early look at "The Jewel Thief" by Paul Brown, to be published in Issue 33, in June 2019. You can preorder Issue 33 here: https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/shop/product/issue-thirty-three And access our entire archives […]
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