Why a certain level of cynical fouling is essential for football’s balance. In Episode One Hundred and Twenty Two, we take a look at “The Yoshida Defence” by Mark Thompson, published in Issue 28, in March 2018. Subscribe to the podcast today, on whatever platform you listen on. SPOTIFY – ITUNES – SOUNDCLOUD You can […]
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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 […]
Tour Of Duty
"Two days later the Australians were back at the Cong Hoa Stadium to face the hosts South Vietnam. The atmosphere was tense, the pitch surrounded by barbed wire, army snipers and soldiers armed with fixed bayonets." In Episode Twenty Two we look back to Davidde Corran’s ‘Tour of Duty’ which details the unlikeliest of football […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
The Jewel Thief
Harry Trainer was a centre-forward for Wales and Wrexham, but his dark side ended his career. In Episode One Hundred and Eighteen, we take an early look at "The Jewel Thief" by Paul Brown, to be published in Issue 33, in June 2019. You can preorder Issue 33 here: https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/shop/product/issue-thirty-three And access our entire archives […]
Ever Get the Feeling You’ve Been Cheated?
Globalisation, the Third Way, the Premier League and the Brexit backlash against the elites. In Episode One Hundred and Twenty Three, we take a look at “Ever Get the Feeling You’ve Been Cheated?” by Anthony Clavane, published in Issue 28, in March 2018. You can order our latest edition, Issue 35, here: www.theblizzard.co.uk/shop/product/i…ue-thirty-five And access […]
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 […]
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