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The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Ten

The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Ten

Rupert Fryer
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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 Ten contains 22 articles in 10 different sections:

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Forgotten
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The Dreamers, by Philippe Auclair — Amid the protests of 1968, a group of journalists took French football leaders hostage
The Silenced Crowd, by Richard Fitzpatrick - When Manchester United and Liverpool colluded to fix a match
The Reluctant Cabbie, by Michal Petrák - The tragically curtailed career of the Czechoslovak great Rudolf Kucera
The Unmarked Grave, by Tom Adams - What really happened to Andrew Watson, British football’s first black star
The Talent Spotters, by Mike Calvin - A glimpse into the murky and unglamorous world of football scouts
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Interview
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Fatih Terim, by Andy Brassell - The Emperor on the rise of Turkish football and breaking the glass ceiling with Galatasaray
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Nationalisms
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Anyone But China, by Henryk Szadziewski - Football plays a vital role in establishing a sense of identity for the Uyghur people
The Hamburg Factor, by Simon Kuper - The Euro 88 semi-final marked the peak of the Dutch-German football rivalry
No Man’s Land, by Jonathan Wilson- Sinisa Mihajlovic, Vukovar and the compromises of war
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Photo Essay
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Golden Vision, by Felix Lill and Javier Sauras - The Olympic dream that fires the world’s greatest blind footballer
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Theory
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Notes on Street Football, by Aleksandar Hemon - What kickabouts reveal about the tortured artists of neo-romantic myth
A Man for all Seasons, by Aleksandar Holiga - Tomislav Ivic pioneered pressing and won league titles in five different countries
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Writers
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The Thinker, by Vladimir Novak - Ivan Ergic on the competing draws of football and philosophy
More Important Than That, by Anthony Clavane - David Peace discusses Red or Dead, his novel about the life of Bill Shankly
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Polemics
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Literally on Fire, by Jonathan Liew - How the game’s relationship with smoking has changed over the years
The Death of Mystery, by Rory Smith - Is the modern thirst for knowledge taking the fun out of football?
An Extra Edge, by Colin O’Brien – Is football really clean, or does the sport have its head in the sand?
Importing “Puto!”, by Nicolas Poppe – What a chant reveals about attitudes to homosexuality in US stadiums
The Voice of a Nation, by Dan Edwards – The commentator Victor Hugo Morales is controversial, but makes football matter
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Fiction
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Los Cincos y los Diezes, by Rupert Fryer - A letter changes the life of a young footballer forever
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Greatest Games
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AC Milan 2 Benfica 1, by Miguel Delaney - European Cup final, Wembley Stadium, London, 22 May 1963
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Eight Bells
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Computer Games, by George Osborn - Key moments in the development of the football sim
Language
English
Pages
194
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The Blizzard Media Ltd
Release
September 01, 2013
ISBN 13
9781908940094

The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Ten

Rupert Fryer
4.3/5 ( 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 Ten contains 22 articles in 10 different sections:

----------------
Forgotten
----------------
The Dreamers, by Philippe Auclair — Amid the protests of 1968, a group of journalists took French football leaders hostage
The Silenced Crowd, by Richard Fitzpatrick - When Manchester United and Liverpool colluded to fix a match
The Reluctant Cabbie, by Michal Petrák - The tragically curtailed career of the Czechoslovak great Rudolf Kucera
The Unmarked Grave, by Tom Adams - What really happened to Andrew Watson, British football’s first black star
The Talent Spotters, by Mike Calvin - A glimpse into the murky and unglamorous world of football scouts
----------------
Interview
----------------
Fatih Terim, by Andy Brassell - The Emperor on the rise of Turkish football and breaking the glass ceiling with Galatasaray
---------------------
Nationalisms
---------------------
Anyone But China, by Henryk Szadziewski - Football plays a vital role in establishing a sense of identity for the Uyghur people
The Hamburg Factor, by Simon Kuper - The Euro 88 semi-final marked the peak of the Dutch-German football rivalry
No Man’s Land, by Jonathan Wilson- Sinisa Mihajlovic, Vukovar and the compromises of war
---------------------
Photo Essay
---------------------
Golden Vision, by Felix Lill and Javier Sauras - The Olympic dream that fires the world’s greatest blind footballer
------------
Theory
------------
Notes on Street Football, by Aleksandar Hemon - What kickabouts reveal about the tortured artists of neo-romantic myth
A Man for all Seasons, by Aleksandar Holiga - Tomislav Ivic pioneered pressing and won league titles in five different countries
-------------
Writers
-------------
The Thinker, by Vladimir Novak - Ivan Ergic on the competing draws of football and philosophy
More Important Than That, by Anthony Clavane - David Peace discusses Red or Dead, his novel about the life of Bill Shankly
---------------
Polemics
---------------
Literally on Fire, by Jonathan Liew - How the game’s relationship with smoking has changed over the years
The Death of Mystery, by Rory Smith - Is the modern thirst for knowledge taking the fun out of football?
An Extra Edge, by Colin O’Brien – Is football really clean, or does the sport have its head in the sand?
Importing “Puto!”, by Nicolas Poppe – What a chant reveals about attitudes to homosexuality in US stadiums
The Voice of a Nation, by Dan Edwards – The commentator Victor Hugo Morales is controversial, but makes football matter
-----------
Fiction
-----------
Los Cincos y los Diezes, by Rupert Fryer - A letter changes the life of a young footballer forever
---------------------------
Greatest Games
---------------------------
AC Milan 2 Benfica 1, by Miguel Delaney - European Cup final, Wembley Stadium, London, 22 May 1963
-------------------
Eight Bells
-------------------
Computer Games, by George Osborn - Key moments in the development of the football sim
Language
English
Pages
194
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The Blizzard Media Ltd
Release
September 01, 2013
ISBN 13
9781908940094

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