Remember when the Super League existed? And then, quite suddenly, just as fast as it came, it didn’t anymore? Good times. Except, not really. The entire Super League saga created unrest of epic proportions not just throughout the sport, but around the world. It was such an ordeal that the British Prime Minister, smack dab […]
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The Rejected Retraction, Richard Jolly
What if Alex Ferguson had retired in 2001, and Sven-Göran Eriksson had replaced him at Old Trafford? Sir Alex Ferguson rang Maurice Watkins. He had changed his mind, the Manchester United manager reported. Or rather it had been changed for him. The Ferguson family, corralled by Cathy, his wife, had informed him he was not […]
Island Games
This is an extract from World In Motion: The Inside Story of Italia ’90 by Simon Hart and published by deCoubertin. You can win a copy of the book by entering our competition here. Island games Part 2 – Republic of Ireland The rain came down in Cagliari. Occasionally, so too did the ball. It […]
The Guide To Making Sure You Have The Perfect Day Out At The Footie
If you love the beautiful game, then you’ll want to make sure you get to as many professional matches as you can. If you love playing the game, then that comes first, but there’s not many better feelings out there than watching the team you love put a ball into the onion bag. The atmosphere […]
Super Bowl vs Champions League Final
The Super Bowl and Champions League Final are two of the biggest yearly sporting events in the world. So, a comparison between both events does not necessarily mean one is better than the other. Both events attract over fifty thousand live attendees, and viewers in their hundreds of millions every year. Fans of both events […]
Live in Dublin #4 – The Blizzard Podcast Episode Seventy Nine
Our live Q&A event at Dublin’s Sugar Club on 24th April
Quiz! Liverpool 0 Arsenal 2 (1989)
22 players, 5 minutes Whenever Arsenal and Liverpool come up against each other that Anfield night in 1989 is revisited over and over again. And for good reason – the top two, the final day of the season, the title still undecided – “I swear you’ll never see anything like this ever again,” said Martin […]
Quiz! Copa Libertadores 2020
32 clubs from 10 nations, 7 minutes Fancy yourself as a bit of a South American football expert? After suspension following the second round of matches, the 61st edition of the Copa Libertadores returned on 15 September. Can you name all 32 clubs participating in this year’s competition? Give this quiz a go. Let us […]
Issue Thirty Seven
Introduction Issue 37: Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Thirty Seven Life and Death All Things To All Men – Dermot Corrigan The goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora was both honoured and imprisoned by both sides in the Civil War A Cup Of Tea Then Blank – Tom Harvey How a badly installed boiler almost killed the […]