Football’s happened again and with the German and Spanish leagues returning, there was even more to watch and talk about. We had newly-promoted Osasuna and Mallorca both picking up opening gameweek wins and fellow promoted club Granada pushing Villarreal all the way in a fantastic four-all draw. Sevilla fielded virtually a whole new eleven at […]
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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 […]
Bring Your Dinner, Ewan Flynn
John Sitton, the Rwandan genocide and the fabled Leyton Orient documentary Tuesday, 7 February 1995, half-time: Leyton Orient 0 Blackpool 1. Home Dressing Room. “What did I say to you about good players wanting to be good players all the time? Do you not know how profound that is? Have you not examined the fucking […]
Why are Some of the UK’s Football Teams Some of the Most Famous?
Why are the UK’s football teams some of the most well-known no matter where you go in the world? We take a closer look here. Head anywhere in the world and you will be able to start a conversation about football with someone. The beautiful game is loved worldwide, there is no doubt about that, […]
Blizzard-40 Sampler
Champions League of Champions League Winners
The first Champions League final of a new decade takes place this week in unchartered conditions. Yes, Lisbon might have hosted the showpiece twice before but not without a few genuine supporters and thousands of corporate associates, and certainly not in late-August. These finals are often, unsurprisingly, determined by goals. Sometimes maybe good goals, sometimes […]
The European Super League Failed This Time, But Could It Be Revived?
Remember when the Super League existed? And then, quite suddenly, just as fast as it came, it didn’t anymore? Good times. Except, not really. The entire Super League saga created unrest of epic proportions not just throughout the sport, but around the world. It was such an ordeal that the British Prime Minister, smack dab […]
Echoes In Eternity
"When Ferguson moved into management in 1974, part-time at East Stirlingshire for £40 a week, the game was much less lucrative, broadcasters usually only supplied football punditry for special events (FA Cup finals, internationals, World Cups and so forth) and the principal career options for retiring footballers were: opening a sports shop, running a pub […]
Orban Planning – The Blizzard Podcast Episode Seventy Five
The Hungarian prime minister’s attempts to restore the national team to glory
Issue Forty
Introduction Issue 40: Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Forty Politics The Years of Lead – John Irving Juventus, Torino and visiting Turin during Italy’s decade of political violence The Green Giant – Leonard Jägerskiöld Velander Sampdoria’s Morten Thorsby and changing football’s relationship with the environment The Rebels – Ewan Flynn The chaotic attempts […]
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