Back to Wembley for this week’s Greatest Games as Maciej Iwański joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to discuss a famous draw between England and Poland in October 1973. After suffering defeat in Chorzow in June, Alf Ramsey’s side needed to win in order to avoid missing the World Cup finals for the first time […]
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Quiz! Fifa World Cup Host Cities
64 cities, 15 minutes In this quiz, name every Fifa World Cup host city of the 21st Century. Let us know how you do on Twitter. Order our latest quarterly – including how the COVID-19 pandemic changed football, a look at a selection of infamous footballing individuals and an investigation of the Afghanistan women’s national team […]
The Clubs Behind the Countries – The Blizzard Podcast Episode One Hundred and Two
"Atlético Madrid 0 SpVgg Fürth 2; Lucchese 1 Manchester City 0; Triestina 3 Ajax 0; Benfica 0 Rot Weiss Essen 1. Not, as might be supposed, the scorelines from some long-forgotten round of the Uefa or Intertoto Cup, but a rather different measure of footballing success." In episode One Hundred and Two we revisit "The […]
Northern Ireland 1 Yugoslavia 0, 1975 – Michael Walker
This week on Greatest Games, Michael Walker joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to remember Northern Ireland’s return to Windsor Park after three and a half years of international football exile. The Northern Ireland national team had been playing their “home” games up and down England since their last Windsor Park international in October 1971 […]
WIN! The Barcelona Legacy by Jonathan Wilson
We’ve got 10 paperback copies of The Barcelona Legacy to giveaway. To get your name in the hat, just send the answer to this less-than tricky question to info@theblizzard.co.uk, subject line: “Barcelona”. Which former Dutch forward managed Barcelona from 1988 to 1996? The Barcelona Legacy is the story of modern football told through the rivalry […]
Ghana 3 Equatorial Guinea 0, 2015 – Gary Al-Smith
On this edition of Greatest Games, Gary Al-Smith is on the pod to remember a dramatic Afcon semi-final which took place six years ago on Friday alongside Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller. Tournament hosts, Equatorial Guinea, meet a Ghana side managed by Avram Grant and looking in great stead to win the Cup of Nations. […]
Blizzard Quiz Takes A Three-Week Break
With European football’s return, and after fifteen consecutive weeks of virtual quiz nights, we have decided to take a two-week break. Our next quiz will be on Monday 31 August. In the meantime, you can continue to enjoy and support the monthly publication these quiz nights have been in aid of – with your entry […]
Setting Sun – The Blizzard Podcast Episode Eighty Four
Leyton Orient’s slide out of the football league and why it matters
Greatest Games Quiz: Liverpool 4 Borussia Dortmund 3 (2016)
In this quiz name the starting lineups from Liverpool’s last-gasp Europa League quarter-final win against Borussia Dortmund in 2016. Let us know how you score on Twitter. LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE TO THIS EPISODE OF GREATEST GAMES ON YOUR PODCAST PLATFORM OF CHOICE OR YOUTUBE. Check out our latest release – including an analysis of some of football’s […]
Father’s Day – 21 June
Searching for gift ideas with Father’s Day around the corner? We’ve got quite the collection of football literature for your football-loving parent here at The Blizzard. The Blizzard is a football quarterly for people who think about the game more than everyone else, in publication since 2011. Every release is committed to offering solace in […]