Jeff Brown is this week’s guest on Greatest Games as he joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to look back on Sunderland’s unexpected 4-1 win against Chelsea at the Stadium of Light. Heading into the 1999-00 campaign, Gianluca Vialli’s Chelsea were looking to mount a genuine title challenge – asserted after an opening day 4-0 […]
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Que Sera, Sera, Joseph Fox and Orlando Gili
The following photos are a selection from a broader photo essay first released in Issue 33. In today’s big-money football industry, the focus is typically on star players and managers. We saw the 2016-17 FA Cup, the game’s oldest cup competition, as an opportunity to reverse the camera and capture fan culture from grassroots up […]
Accidental Hero
“It was a relief to see the team sheet and to find out that Beardsley was not there,” said Lenny Lawrence, the Charlton manager, “Instead they started with somebody we didn’t know. The relief turned very quickly into sheer horror. They set Ronnie on us and he tormented us that day.” In Episode Fifty Eight […]
Competition Time
Illustrator Matthew J Wood has created a range of posters celebrating some of England’s most iconic stadiums, both past and present, which we highly recommend that you check out. Thanks to Matthew’s generosity, we also have a very special prize for one lucky reader. If you can answer the question below correctly you’ll be in […]
Get it in the Mixer
You don’t see an unusual set-piece routine come off very often. In fact, they usually end up making the players look a bit silly. Last night was one of those magical moments where it worked. Barcelona’s players, stunned by the scoreline and labouring to organise their defence were unaware of the danger as Alexander-Arnold placed […]
Third Year Collection
All four hard copy issues from The Blizzard’s third year (Issues Nine to Twelve inclusive) in one bundle.
Issue Thirty Six
Introduction Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Thirty Six Bielsa The Quest For Happiness – Federico Bassahún Marcelo Bielsa’s management has always examined his own soul São Paulo 1 Newell’s Old Boys 0 – Joshua Law The Libertadores final defeat that established the pattern of Bielsa near-misses No Airs – Rob Bagchi How Bielsa’s honesty and […]
A guide to fiduciary duties owed by football club directors and remedies for breach of duty
A significant number of people around the globe love and enjoy football. Playing the game, watching, and even betting on it are things they look forward to. Many people often fantasize about what it could be like to own their football club. For many, this isn’t just a dream, but their reality. On that note, […]
Greatest Games: Real Madrid 2 Real Zaragoza 3, 2004 – Ian Hawkey
Copa del Rey Final, Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, 17 March 2004. In the first episode of The Greatest Games, Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller are joined by European football correspondent and author of Di Stéfano, the Alfredo Di Stéfano biography, Ian Hawkey to discuss the 2004 Copa del Rey final. In the 2003/04 season, […]
A Game Of Three Halves
"It was at that point that the original referee arrived. According to the Derby Daily Telegraph, Kirkham claimed to have been “misdirected by a ticket collector at Halifax”, resulting in the missed connection. He’d set off from his home in good time, but arrived at Newcastle Road three hours late. As the teams loitered around […]