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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A Game of Three Halves – The Blizzard Podcast Episode Eighty Five
"It was at that point that the original referee arrived. According to the Derby Daily Telegraph, Kirkham claimed to have been “misdirected by a ticket collector at Halifax”, resulting in the missed connection. He’d set off from his home in good time, but arrived at Newcastle Road three hours late. As the teams loitered around […]
Sunderland 4 Chelsea 1, 1999 – Jeff Brown
Jeff Brown is this week’s guest on Greatest Games as he joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to look back on Sunderland’s unexpected 4-1 win against Chelsea at the Stadium of Light. Heading into the 1999-00 campaign, Gianluca Vialli’s Chelsea were looking to mount a genuine title challenge – asserted after an opening day 4-0 […]
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 […]
Budapest
This article is based on Ashley Hyne’s biography of Jimmy Hogan, The Greatest Ever Football Coach?
Derby Della Capitale
Derby della Capitale, Italy’s fiercest rivalry, is the third game of this week’s #Blizzard7 and we can’t wait.
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 […]
Quiz! Liverpool 0 Arsenal 2 (1989)
22 players, 5 minutes Whenever Arsenal and Liverpool come up against each other that Anfield night in 1989 is revisited over and over again. And for good reason – the top two, the final day of the season, the title still undecided – “I swear you’ll never see anything like this ever again,” said Martin […]
Team of the Years
The PFA Team of the Year has just been announced for the current season with a few eyebrows being raised over the only non-Liverpool/Manchester City inclusion: Paul Pogba. So as people debate whether his penalties and assists are worth his inclusion in the eleven, we thought we’d look back to some of the last few […]
The Blizzard Live in Edinburgh – Part 1
The first half of the Blizzard’s live Q&A event held at the WS Society in Edinburgh on 19th May. Featuring a panel of Jonathan Wilson, Philippe Auclair, Alan Pattullo and Kevin McCarra, hosted by Daniel Gray. The panel took questions from the audience and Twitter on a range of subjects including unintelligent footballers, the upcoming […]
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