“We were sorry to hear the offensive shouts of one ‘Mackintoshed stranger’, which, however, were almost entirely drowned out by the universal supporters of the Druryites.” In Episode Forty Five we revisit Paul Brown’s ‘The Birth of the Fan’ from Issue Thirteen, which looks back at historical sources to review the birth of football fandom […]
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Royal Dissent – The Blizzard Podcast 120
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. Subscribe to the podcast today, on whatever platform you listen on. SPOTIFY – ITUNES […]
The Dribbler – The Blizzard Podcast 121
Adama Traoré dribbles more than almost anybody else in the world. But what is he actually good for? In Episode One Hundred and Twenty One, we take a look at "The Dribbler" by Sam France, published in our latest issue, Issue 34, in September 2019. Subscribe to the podcast today, on whatever platform you listen […]
Rise and Fall of Castel Rigone
The entrepreneur, the village team and the experiment in humanistic capitalism. In Episode One Hundred and Seventeen, we take a look back to "Rise and Fall of Castel Rigone" by Pedar Foss, first published in Issue 14, in September 2014. You can buy our latest magazine, Issue 32, here: www.theblizzard.co.uk/shop/product/i…sue-thirty-two And access our entire archives […]
Namesakes
Everton have had two Alex Youngs: one’s the subject of a Ken Loach film, the other killed his brother. In episode One Hundred and Ten we take a look back to "Namesakes" by James Corbett, first published in Issue 17 in June 2015. Read the full article here: https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/article/namesakes Issue 17, like all issues of […]
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
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 […]
In the Shadow of the Goldfish – The Blizzard Podcast Episode Ninety Five
"To suggest that Leeds United have kept their descent into torpor rather quiet would most likely be met with cries of derision. "Of course all the key features of a very public fall are there. For an abridged version of the last decade, try: goldfish, admin, El-Hadji Diouf. The rest of the seemingly limitless archive […]
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