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 […]
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Issue Thirty Six
No Airs
How Bielsa’s honesty and hard work re-energised Leeds United. In Episode One Hundred and Twenty Nine, we take a look back to "No Airs" by Rob Bagchi, first published in Issue 36, in March 2020. Immortalise football history with The Goal Hanger: https://www.thegoalhanger.co.uk/collections/blizzard You can order Issue 37, our latest edition, here: theblizzard.co.uk/shop/product/issue-thirty-seven Unlock our […]
No Airs – From The Pages of Podcast
How Bielsa’s honesty and hard work re-energised Leeds United. In Episode One Hundred and Twenty Nine, we take a look back to "No Airs" by Rob Bagchi, first published in Issue 36, in March 2020. Find the link to listen to the article and subscribe to our podcast below. Leeds’ final Premier League fixture at […]
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The Sacred Eyeball, Scott Oliver
The following article first appeared in Issue 27, released in December 2017. Fans are vital to the modern game but tribalism too often means they fail fully to realise their power The signs are reasonably unambiguous: “MODERN FOOTBALL IS RUBBISH”. Thumbing through an increasingly thick catalogue of examples, past Manchester City’s boutique fan-experience innovation, the Tunnel […]
Third Year Collection
All four hard copy issues from The Blizzard’s third year (Issues Nine to Twelve inclusive) in one bundle.
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Ninth Year Collection
All four hard copy issues from The Blizzard’s ninth year (Issues Thirty Three to Thirty Six inclusive) in one bundle.