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 Fifteen

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.

Contents of Issue Fifteen

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The North-East
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* Jonathan Wilson, A Sentimental Journey - In a world of superclubs, whatâ€™s the point of the ordinary teams?
* George Caulkin, The Great Betrayal - Mike Ashley and the cheapening of the Newcastle dream
* Harry Pearson, The Van Basten of Hartlepool - Adam Boyd and the glory of a flickering talent
* Michael Walker, Bob Paisley and the Red Kennedys - The north-eastern influence that underlay Liverpoolâ€™s period of domination

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Strikers
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* Dominic Bliss, A Season in Turin - Denis Law remembers his year playing in Serie A
* Jim Davies and Juan Felipe Rubio, The Lost Weekend - Spending two days on Faustino Asprillaâ€™s Colombian ranch
* Thierry Marchand and Philippe Auclair, A Game for Individuals - Thierry Henry reflects on how football has changed in his 20 years at the top

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Davids and Goliaths
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* Luke Alfred, The Boys who never Grew Up- South Africa are African footballâ€™s greatest underachievers. Whatâ€™s gone wrong?
* Robin Bairner, When FFP Goes Wrong - Luzenacâ€™s promotion to the French second flight should have been a joyous fair-story but it killed the club
* Will Unwin, Defying the Odds - How tiny Eibar have taken their place in the Spanish top flight
* Paul Watson, Fifaâ€™s Exiles - For Pacific islands, football development can be a haphazard and fragile process

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Theory
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* Nicholas Blincoe, The Roundheadâ€™s Paradox - Tony Pulis and the conflicted character of British Puritanism
* Amy Lawrence, Wengerball - ArsÃ¨ne Wenger, the Invincibles and the transformation of Arsenalâ€™s philosophy
* Jonny Singer, The Archduke and the Offside Law - Did the First World War lead to the most significant ever change to the Laws of the Game?
* Marti Pararnu, Pep Talk - How Guardiola inspired Bayern Munich before the Super Cup shoot-out against Chelsea

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The Sense of an Ending
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* Ewan MacKenna, Fallen Eagle - The death of the former Nigeria striker Rashidi Yekini remains shrouded in mystery.
* Alessandro Mastrolucca, Bergamini - 25 years ago the Cosenza midfielder Denis Bergamini was run over by a truck. Was it murder?

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Fiction
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* Iain Macintosh, Quantum of Bobby - Spinning through time and space, Bobby Manager finds himself at Roy Keaneâ€™s Sunderland

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Greatest Games
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* Scott Murray, Liverpool 3 Newcastle United 0 - FA Cup final, Wembley Stadium, London, 4 May 1974

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Eight Bells
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* Rob Smyth, Dethronings - A selection of champions who surrendered their titles in decisive fashion
Country USA
Manufacturer The Blizzard Media Ltd
Binding Kindle Edition
IsAdultProduct
ReleaseDate 2014-12-10

Country	USA
Manufacturer	The Blizzard Media Ltd
Binding	Kindle Edition
IsAdultProduct
ReleaseDate	2014-12-10

The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Fifteen

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