This week, Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller are joined by Carl Worswick to discuss the 1994 World Cup qualifier which saw Argentina host Colombia in Buenos Aires. Heading into the match, qualification for the 94 World Cup was not yet confirmed for either side, however Colombia’s successful campaign so far meant they were only required […]
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Brazil 1 England 0, 1970 – Paul Hayward
In this week’s Greatest Games, Paul Hayward joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller for a tactical review of one of the World Cup’s most famous matches – the 1970 Group C encounter between Brazil and England. For holders England, the 1970 summer kicked off with controversy after the skipper, Bobby Moore was arrested in Colombia […]
Greatest Games Quiz: Spurs 3 Manchester United 5, 2001
In this quiz, just name the starting lineups from his eight-goal Premier League thriller at White Hart Lane. Let us know how you score on Twitter. PLAY HERE: LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE TO THIS EPISODE OF GREATEST GAMES ON YOUR PODCAST PLATFORM OF CHOICE OR YOUTUBE. Order our latest quarterly – including how the COVID-19 pandemic changed football, […]
What Makes A Nation – The Blizzard Podcast 111
You can also listen on Spotify or iTunes. The 2011 French race furore ignored the diversity of France’s footballing culture. "The Massilia of the Greeks was no different from the Marseilles of today in that it funnelled immigrants from the whole of the Mediterranean basin long before anyone had thought of a word such as […]
Liverpool 4 Borussia Dortmund 3, 2016 – Laurence McKenna
Laurence McKenna is our guest on Greatest Games this week to rewind just five years to Liverpool’s last-gasp Europa League quarter-final win against Borussia Dortmund at Anfield. Laurence, Jonathan and Marcus remember the landmark moments of Jurgen Klopp’s early days on Merseyside, recall the stars of the side that Jurgen inherited from his predecessor Brendan […]
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 […]
The Silenced Crowd (in collaboration with By Association) – The Blizzard Podcast Episode Eighty Two
We look at the greatest scandal in British football in the first half of the twentieth century, as a group of players from two of the country’s greatest sides colluded to fix a match.
West Ham United 1 Dinamo Tbilisi 4, 1981 – Brian Homewood
This week on Greatest Games, Brian Homewood joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to discuss the 1981 Uefa Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final first-leg between West Ham United and Dinamo Tbilisi. So to the Boleyn Ground for this one, where the ardent West Ham crowd – then used to cruising second division and on the verge […]
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 […]
Italy 2 Czechoslovakia 1, 1934 – Herbie Sykes
It’s a World Cup final edition of Greatest Games! Herbie Sykes joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to discuss Italy’s first World Cup triumph on home soil in 1934. Mussolini’s Italy greeted the world for the second Fifa World Cup competition, the first to feature teams from three continents. In a tournament designed to highlight […]