The following article first appeared in Issue Eleven, released in December 2017. How Roy Hodgson transformed the face of the Swedish game Roy Hodgson — young, unknown and unproven — got his first experience of front-line coaching in November 1975 when he was appointed by the Swedish no-hopers Halmstads Bollklubb. A year later he could light […]
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How Roy Race Ruined English Football
He may be Britain’s most popular comic footballer, but Roy of the Rovers embodies everything that’s wrong about the English game” Episode One of the Blizzard Podcast, a new venture where we’ll be bringing you some audio editions of our favourite articles from the Blizzard archives. To kick things off, where else to start but […]
I Can’t Watch
18th October 1973: During a World Cup qualifying match against Poland, the England goalkeeper Peter Shilton turns away unable to watch as Allan Clarke scores from the penalty spot to make the score 1-1. England’s draw with Poland resulted in their failure to qualify for the World Cup. (Photo by Roger Jackson/Central Press/Getty Images)
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Issue Forty One
Introduction Issue 41: Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Forty One Ownership The President Ultra – Aleks Eror Aleksandar Vučić and the uneasy relationship between football and politics in Serbia Out of the Frying Pan – Heather McKinlay How escaping Roland Duchâtelet took Charlton to the edge of extinction The Forgotten Founder – Reiss […]
Turkish Delight
Below is an extract of John Toshack’s autobiography Toshack’s Way, published by deCoubertin, which looks at his time in Turkey, as manager of Besiktas, between 1997 and 1999. Turkey is a unique country. If you go to Turkey to work, in any line of business, then you’ve got to have your sensors on. You’ve got […]