In this week’s Greatest Games, Saša Ibrulj takes Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller back to Florence in 1990 for Yugoslavia and Argentina’s World Cup quarter-final. With social instability in the backdrop of this fixture for both nations, the potential ramifications of this fixture could have extended far beyond football. Reigning champions, Argentina, hoped to reach […]
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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 […]
The Beeches – Following Tividale
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 […]
Football on TV – The Blizzard Podcast Episode Eighty Seven
Key moments in the history of televising the game
Greatest Games: Manchester City 1 Manchester United 0, 2011 – Jack Pitt-Brooke
FA Cup semi-final, Wembley Stadium, London, 16 April 2011 Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller are joined by football journalist at The Independent, Jack Pitt-Brooke, to discuss the 2011 FA Cup semi-final between Manchester City and Manchester United. The expectation of silverware was beginning to stir at Manchester City as fans and pundits looked for justification […]
Issue Forty
Introduction Issue 40: Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Forty Politics The Years of Lead – John Irving Juventus, Torino and visiting Turin during Italy’s decade of political violence The Green Giant – Leonard Jägerskiöld Velander Sampdoria’s Morten Thorsby and changing football’s relationship with the environment The Rebels – Ewan Flynn The chaotic attempts […]
Ultra Violence
"A heavy cloud of tear gas hung over a Tahrir Square in revolt. Buckling under the pressure of thousands of protestors, the epicentre of the Egyptian revolution was unleashing a roar of resistance into the Cairo night. Against this backdrop of chaos and the sonic onslaught of revolution, one of my companions and I conducted […]
Manchester Football Writing Festival, National Football Museum (1st September 2015)
The Blizzard Q&A recorded live at the National Football Museum as part of the Manchester Football Writing Festival, on the evening of 1st September. With a panel of Blizzard contributors – David Conn, Andy Brassell and editor Jonathan Wilson – hosted by the Football Ramble’s Marcus Speller. A heavyweight first half features discussion on the […]
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