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The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Seven

The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Seven

Henry Leach
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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 Seven contains 20 articles in 9 different sections:
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El Dorado
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* The Ball and the Gun, by Carl Worswick—After a political rival was murdered, the Colombian government set up the world's richest league
* The Blond Giant, by Stany Sirutis—Among the influx of foreign players to El Dorado was the Lithuanian goalkeeper Vytausas Krisciunas
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Interview
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* Ivica Osim — The great Bosnian coach reflects on the war, Japan and Alan Mullery's lack of fair play
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The Victorian Age
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* The First Columnist, by Paul Brown—How an early journalist for the Northern Echo helped shape the modern game
* Stiffy the Goalkeeper, by John Harding—Lazy, drunken and corruptible, the first footballing hero of the stage could hardly have been less heroic
* Out with a League Team, by Henry Leach—A journalist, writing in 1900, describes his experiences travelling the country reporting on Notts County
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Theory
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* Don Leo's Odyssey, by Joachim Barbier—From Amsterdam to Madrid to Gaudalajara to Budapest, Leo Beenhakker has never stopped learning
* The English Spaniard, by Philippe Auclair—Roberto Martínez discusses his conception of football and the difficulties of addapting to the dark nights of Lancashire
------------------------
The Vanishing
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* The Strange Disappearing of Leslie Goldberg, by Anthony Clavane—How the right back who became Les Gaunt encapsulated the experiences of many 1930s Jewish footballers
* Ten Past Ten and Ten Pastis, by Gunnar Persson—Gunnar Andersson's journey from Marseille legend to homeless alcoholic
* End of the Road, by Richard Winton—Gretna's rise was a romantic fairy tale, their collapse provides grimly real lessons for all of Scottish football
* Safe as Houses, by Paolo Bandini—Espen Baardsen was a Norway international but at 25 he gave up football to work in finance
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Polemics
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* Breaking the Mould, by Zac Lee Rigg—Last year Johnny Saelua became the first transgender person to play in World Cup qualifying
* In Arsene We Trust, by Zach Slaton—However frustrating this season, the numbers suggest Arsenal would be worse off without Arsene Wenger
* Dictionary of Received Ideas, by Brian Phillips—A guide to what pundits really mean when they use certain terms
* Follow the Money, by Elliot Turner—How Nicaragua's national stadium highlights the problems with Fifa's Goal project
* The Third Party, by Sergio Levinsky—A tax avoidance scandal in Argentina could have ramifications across the globe
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Fiction
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* The Limping God, part 2, by David Ashton—His football career ended by injury, John Brodie's life is going nowhere until he is sucked into the world of crime
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Greatest Games
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* Lazio 4-2 Ipswich Town", by Dominic Bliss—Uefa Cup, second round, second leg, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, 7 November 1973
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Seven Bells
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* Fouls and Fisticuffs, by Scott Murray—A selection of unsavo
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The Blizzard Media Ltd
Release
December 01, 2012
ISBN
1908940077
ISBN 13
9781908940070

The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Seven

Henry Leach
4/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
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 Seven contains 20 articles in 9 different sections:
----------------
El Dorado
----------------
* The Ball and the Gun, by Carl Worswick—After a political rival was murdered, the Colombian government set up the world's richest league
* The Blond Giant, by Stany Sirutis—Among the influx of foreign players to El Dorado was the Lithuanian goalkeeper Vytausas Krisciunas
----------------
Interview
----------------
* Ivica Osim — The great Bosnian coach reflects on the war, Japan and Alan Mullery's lack of fair play
-----------------------------
The Victorian Age
-----------------------------
* The First Columnist, by Paul Brown—How an early journalist for the Northern Echo helped shape the modern game
* Stiffy the Goalkeeper, by John Harding—Lazy, drunken and corruptible, the first footballing hero of the stage could hardly have been less heroic
* Out with a League Team, by Henry Leach—A journalist, writing in 1900, describes his experiences travelling the country reporting on Notts County
------------
Theory
------------
* Don Leo's Odyssey, by Joachim Barbier—From Amsterdam to Madrid to Gaudalajara to Budapest, Leo Beenhakker has never stopped learning
* The English Spaniard, by Philippe Auclair—Roberto Martínez discusses his conception of football and the difficulties of addapting to the dark nights of Lancashire
------------------------
The Vanishing
------------------------
* The Strange Disappearing of Leslie Goldberg, by Anthony Clavane—How the right back who became Les Gaunt encapsulated the experiences of many 1930s Jewish footballers
* Ten Past Ten and Ten Pastis, by Gunnar Persson—Gunnar Andersson's journey from Marseille legend to homeless alcoholic
* End of the Road, by Richard Winton—Gretna's rise was a romantic fairy tale, their collapse provides grimly real lessons for all of Scottish football
* Safe as Houses, by Paolo Bandini—Espen Baardsen was a Norway international but at 25 he gave up football to work in finance
----------------
Polemics
----------------
* Breaking the Mould, by Zac Lee Rigg—Last year Johnny Saelua became the first transgender person to play in World Cup qualifying
* In Arsene We Trust, by Zach Slaton—However frustrating this season, the numbers suggest Arsenal would be worse off without Arsene Wenger
* Dictionary of Received Ideas, by Brian Phillips—A guide to what pundits really mean when they use certain terms
* Follow the Money, by Elliot Turner—How Nicaragua's national stadium highlights the problems with Fifa's Goal project
* The Third Party, by Sergio Levinsky—A tax avoidance scandal in Argentina could have ramifications across the globe
-------------
Fiction
-------------
* The Limping God, part 2, by David Ashton—His football career ended by injury, John Brodie's life is going nowhere until he is sucked into the world of crime
---------------------------
Greatest Games
---------------------------
* Lazio 4-2 Ipswich Town", by Dominic Bliss—Uefa Cup, second round, second leg, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, 7 November 1973
---------------------
Seven Bells
---------------------
* Fouls and Fisticuffs, by Scott Murray—A selection of unsavo
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The Blizzard Media Ltd
Release
December 01, 2012
ISBN
1908940077
ISBN 13
9781908940070

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