"The fact that he was asked to change the title only adds to the effect. He had picked up the phrase from the broadcast media. So how could it be inappropriate for broadcast media? What kind of place was this? In such circumstances, what could be a better alternate title than “Alternate Title”? Micky Dolenz […]
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The Squall, Issue Four – Red
The Squall supports freelance writers during the Covid-19 crisis. For it to continue supporting this community we need people to buy the magazine every month. We recommend £3, but if that’s a stretch or, conversely, if you can afford more, then whatever’s possible is very welcome. You can pay directly into The Squall’s bank account […]
The Silenced Crowd
“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 Forty we revisit ‘The Silenced Crowd’ by Richard Fitzpatrick from Issue […]
No Vinnie
You know that feeling where you sink back into your seat frustrated and confused as Anton Ferdinand, Djimi Traore, Phil Jagielka, Eric Dier or Vincent Kompany line up a shot from 30-odd yards out. You close your eyes and tut knowing exactly what happens next. The ball goes flying high and wide before taking an […]
Premier League Debut Goals
A selection of the finest debut goals the Premier League has ever seen.
Football On TV
"On 14 April 1937, the BBC studios at Alexandra Palace played host to the first television demonstration of snooker, an exhibition of play by Horace Lindrum and Willie Smith. The programme lasted 10 minutes, whereupon it made way for Daffodils (“a display of various types of daffodils from the Daffodil Show” — Radio Times). Another […]
The Inverted Sheepdog
“Xavi’s movement is a kind of reverse sheepdog trick — instead of penning a flock in to an enclosed space, his darting, nipping and barking is about spreading them around the field, into unexplored, unpredictable spaces.” In Episode Thirteen we bring you ‘The Inverted Sheepdog’ by Graham Hunter, which looks in detail at how the […]
The Race Card – The Blizzard Podcast Episode Eighty Six
"At some point we probably need to grow up and agree what we will and will not allow in our football grounds. Right now, anything goes, except for racist, anti-Semitic and — but seemingly only if Rangers or Celtic are playing — sectarian abuse. And, at some point, we need to ask ourselves why we […]
Father’s Day – 21 June
Searching for gift ideas with Father’s Day around the corner? We’ve got quite the collection of football literature for your football-loving parent here at The Blizzard. The Blizzard is a football quarterly for people who think about the game more than everyone else, in publication since 2011. Every release is committed to offering solace in […]
Issue Zero, Statement – Jonathan Wilson
The following article first appeared in Issue Zero, released in March 2011. The Blizzard was born in a pub, Fitzgeralds on Green Terrace to be precise, the night last season that Sunderland beat Bolton 4-0. I’d been frustrated for some time by the constraints of the mainstream media and in various press-rooms and bars across the […]