Author : Jonathan Wilson,Aleksandar Hemon,Philippe Auclair,Mike Calvin,Andy Brassell,Simon Kuper,Anthony Clavane,Rory Smith,Jonathan Liew,Miguel Delaney
Publisher : Blizzard Media Ltd
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Ten by Jonathan Wilson,Aleksandar Hemon,Philippe Auclair,Mike Calvin,Andy Brassell,Simon Kuper,Anthony Clavane,Rory Smith,Jonathan Liew,Miguel Delaney Pdf
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 Contents: ----------------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
