The following article first appeared in Issue 27, released in December 2017. Fans are vital to the modern game but tribalism too often means they fail fully to realise their power The signs are reasonably unambiguous: “MODERN FOOTBALL IS RUBBISH”. Thumbing through an increasingly thick catalogue of examples, past Manchester City’s boutique fan-experience innovation, the Tunnel […]
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The Sacred Eyeball, Scott Oliver
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Blizzard-38 Sampler
Blizzard-38 Sampler
The Forgotten Full-Back
"Anderson chased back, but Nicol dropped a shoulder as he entered the box from the side. Anderson skittered away on the seat of his pants, foot down as he drove the engine of the Puskas-Wright Fire Service. Nicol, now in space, 12 yards out, floated an exquisitely placed effort over Kelly. It was one of […]
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Ninth Year Collection
All four hard copy issues from The Blizzard’s ninth year (Issues Thirty Three to Thirty Six inclusive) in one bundle.
Blizzard-41 Sampler
How Roy Race Ruined English Football
He may be Britain’s most popular comic footballer, but Roy of the Rovers embodies everything that’s wrong about the English game” Episode One of the Blizzard Podcast, a new venture where we’ll be bringing you some audio editions of our favourite articles from the Blizzard archives. To kick things off, where else to start but […]
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Introduction Issue 41: Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Forty One Ownership The President Ultra – Aleks Eror Aleksandar Vučić and the uneasy relationship between football and politics in Serbia Out of the Frying Pan – Heather McKinlay How escaping Roland Duchâtelet took Charlton to the edge of extinction The Forgotten Founder – Reiss […]