Sid Lowe joins Jonathan Wilson and Marcus Speller to discuss a game, a team and a Spanish principality close to his heart – this week’s Greatest Game is the Asturian derby of January 1997 – Sporting Gijón 0 Real Oviedo 0. Managed by Juanma Lillo, now assistant to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, Real Oviedo […]
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The Duellists
An edited extract from Paolo Conde’s new book, looking at the relationship between Pep and Jose as played out in 2011’s 4 clásico’s in 18 days.
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Workers Rights, Tony Richardson
The following article first appeared in Issue 39, released in December 2020. The story of the Nepalese labourers building Qatar’s World Cup stadiums. Tribhuvan Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. November 2018. Football is the icebreaker. It always is. Within seconds of sitting down in departures my neighbour and I have exchanged the basics; who we love, who we […]
WIN! The Barcelona Legacy by Jonathan Wilson
We’ve got 10 paperback copies of The Barcelona Legacy to giveaway. To get your name in the hat, just send the answer to this less-than tricky question to info@theblizzard.co.uk, subject line: “Barcelona”. Which former Dutch forward managed Barcelona from 1988 to 1996? The Barcelona Legacy is the story of modern football told through the rivalry […]
Building The Dream, James Corbett
The following article first appeared in Issue 16, released in March 2016. As the political wrangling continues over Qatar’s World Cup, what’s the reality on the ground? At the edge of an empty man-made lagoon near to the shore of the Arabian Gulf, I count skyscrapers looming from the dust. The road, lined on one […]