The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue One

Résumé du livre

The Blizzard is a quarterly 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 One

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Fortunes of War

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* Stars of David, by James Montague—The astonishing story of Israel's first national team

* The Collaborator, by Philippe Auclair—The treacherous life and traitor's death of Alexandre Villaplane, France's first World Cup captain

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Interview

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* Dennis Bergkamp — David Winner talks to Dennis Bergkamp about his greatest goals, the nature of genius and the importance of predicting the future

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Leeds

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* Revie-Nixon, by Dominic Sandbrook—How ignominious exits overshadow the successes of a US president and a Leeds United manager

* Mind of Peace, by Anthony Clavane—David Peace discusses the inspiration behind "The Damned Utd" and why he won't apologise to John Giles

* 44 Days, Later, by Lawrence Donegan—Why Jock Stein lasted no longer than Brian Clough at Elland Road

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Theory

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* The First Bilardista, by Jonathan Wilson—How Victorio Spinetto pioneered pragmatism in Argentinian football

* The Brain in Spain, by Sid Lowe—Juanma Lillo, mentor to Pep Guardiola, explains his thinking on clubs, coaching and why society is sick

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Grass Roots

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* Duels on the Nile, by Paul Myers—A report from Sudan on the second championship for Africans playing their football at home

* An Exile at Home, by Scott Anthony—Vasilis Hatzipanagis, Greece's greatest player, explains why he never played a competitive game for his country

* Port in a Storm, by Ben Lyttleton—The extraordinary success of the academy at Le Harve

* Marsh Attacks, by Simon Hooper—How a Sunday League team gives London's Romanians a sense of identity

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Denmark '92

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* Once Upon a Time..., by Dave Farrar—The fairy story of Denmark's 1992 European Championship campaign

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Origins

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* The Sum of their Parts, by Gunnar Persson—The rise and fall of Motala and its football team

* When the Kites weren't Black, by Dileep Premachandran—The lost legacy of Indian football

* Man and Boy, by David Ashton—Fathers, sons and the grumbling terraces of industrial Scotland

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Polemics

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* The Pillars of the Earth, by Simon Kuper—Could it be that the Premier League boom has only just begun?

* What's the Point of Football Writing?, by Tim Vickery—There's more to it than getting up late, isn't there? Isn't there?

* World's Apart, by Kieron O'Connor—Fifa and the financial legacy of the South African World Cup

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Football Manager

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* The Ballad of Bobby Manager: My Autobiography, by Iain Macintosh—When somebody takes their game of Football Manager just a little too seriously...

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Greatest Games

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* Manchester United 2 Real Madrid 3, by Rob Smyth—European Cup quarter-final second-leg, Old Trafford, Manchester, 19 April 2000

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Eight Bells

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* Pre-War Scottish Legends, by Scott Murray—A selection of eight of the early stars of the game in Scotland