Nestled in the West Midlands, just off the A4123 between Dudley and West Bromwich, is Tividale Football Club of the Midland League Premier Division. In recent times, Tivi’ have experienced the highs of promotion but also endured the lows of financial difficulty and the consequent relegations that come with that. During their 2018-19 campaign for […]
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The Worst Foul In History?, Ian Baker
Wycombe’s Jason Cousins and a lunge that encapsulates the brutal past of the position Jason Cousins does not have the status of Dani Alves, Philipp Lahm, Cafu and Kyle Walker but the former Wycombe Wanderers right-back gained a measure of fame in September 1993 for what might be the worst foul of all time. Cousins […]
In Memoriam
"The stairwell where they were crushed looks horrifi cally tiny. The gates that had eventually sheered away from their concrete pillars still lay discarded on the floor 12 months on. It looked as if it had happened yesterday. I take some pictures but I’m chased out of the stadium by a security guard shouting that […]
Ninth Year Collection
All four hard copy issues from The Blizzard’s ninth year (Issues Thirty Three to Thirty Six inclusive) in one bundle.
Literally On Fire
“As a result of not smoking I’m now fitter and have more money. And that works just fine, until you see a picture of Berbatov or Özil or Socrates puffing away on a cigarette and looking like the coolest bastard in the world. Berbatov is not only cooler than me, but is also fitter 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.
Team of the Years
The PFA Team of the Year has just been announced for the current season with a few eyebrows being raised over the only non-Liverpool/Manchester City inclusion: Paul Pogba. So as people debate whether his penalties and assists are worth his inclusion in the eleven, we thought we’d look back to some of the last few […]
Dutch Side Trolls Chelsea Fans by Announcing They’ve Signed Kai Havertz
21-year-old German sensation Kai Havertz has been tipped to join Premier League side Chelsea in the wake of Bayer Leverkusen’s Europa League campaign coming to an end. However, Blues fans might have gotten quite the scare when they got wind of Dutch minnows Heracles Almelo welcoming the player with a tweet of his face photoshopped […]
The Silenced Crowd (in Collaboration With By Association)
“There was no fooling the 18,000 spectators at Old Trafford. “Play up, you rotters!” they screamed. The fix was on. They knew it, as Manchester United went through the motions against Liverpool on 2 April 1915, winning 2-0 in a listless performance.” In Episode Eighty Two we revisit ‘The Silenced Crowd’ by Richard Fitzpatrick from […]
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