The Blizzard is a quarterly football publication, put together by a cooperative of journalists and authors, its main aim to provide a platform for top-class writers from across the globe to enjoy the

The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Eighteen

The Blizzard is a quarterly football publication, put together by a cooperative of journalists and authors, its main aim to provide a platform for top-class writers from across the globe to enjoy the space and the freedom to write what they like about the football stories that matter to them.

Issue Eighteen contains 20 articles in 8 different sections:
----------------
Outsiders
----------------
* The Turf War, by Ann Tornkvist - How the murder of promising footballer Eddie Moussa sheds light on Sweden's gang culture
* The Agony of Doha, by James Montague - Despair at a World Cup qualifying tournament in 1993 proved the springboard for the rise of Japan
* Out of the Shadows, by Peter McVitie - The remarkable rise of PEC Zwolle, the minnow who reached successive Dutch Cup finals
* Porterfield's Legacy, by Robert O'Connor - His former assistant Tom Jones remembers how Ian Porterfield inspired Armenia's resurgence
----------------
Liverpool
----------------
* The Forgotten Full-Back, by Scott Murray - John Barnes, John Aldridge and Peter Beardsley dazzled, but Steve Nicol was key to Liverpool's 1987-88 title
* Accidental Hero, by Shaul Adar - Ronnie Rosenthal played an implausibly important role in Liverpool's last title success
* Farewell, My Lovely, by Dileep Premachandran - A fan who followed from afar pays tribute to Steven Gerrard
----------------
Foundations
----------------
* The Ball Game Bulganin, by John Harding - It's 60 years since Jimmy Guthrie led the Professional Footballs Association into the TUC
* The Unacknowledged Filters, by Jack Pitt-Brooke - Uncovering the hidden world of the football translator
* The Nietzschean Dream of Barcelona, by Uriah Kriegel - Luis Enrique found the perfect blend of Apollonian and Dionysian to reinvigorate Barca
* Flight of the Ladybird, by Jonathan Wilson - A centenary celebration of the publisher whose history of football was a set text for generations
----------------
Polemics
----------------
* The Subscription Model, by Tsjalle van der Burg - Does putting football on pay television really make economic sense?
* A Convenient Culprit, by Luke Alfred - Is Steve Goddard really the only man to blame for South Africa's match-fixing scandal?
----------------
Women's World Cup
----------------
* Settling the Score, by Glenn Moore - The USA won a third title as the women's game confirmed the huge strides it has taken
----------------
Copa America
----------------
* The 99-Year Wait, by Jonathan Wilson - Under Jorge Sampaoli, Chile discovered a pragmatic edge to win their first trophy
* Shifting Plates, by Sergio Levinsky - What the Copa America told us about the balance of power in Conmebol
* The Unappreciated Genius, by Sergio Levinsky - After another defeat in a final, the Argentinian public is losing patience with Lionel Messi
* The Caravan of Death, by Carl Worswick - El Estadio Nacional, where the final was won, played a central role in the aftermath of Pinochet's coup
----------------
Greatest Games
----------------
* Manchester United 2 Liverpool 2, by Rob Smyth - Premiership, Old Trafford, 1 October 1995
----------------
Eight Bells
----------------
* Head Boys, by Naomi Westland - A seleciton of football-playing heads of state
Country USA
Manufacturer Blizzard Media Ltd
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-09-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Blizzard Media Ltd
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-09-14
Format	Kindle eBook

The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Eighteen

You might also like...