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 Seventeen Contents:----------------
Beyond the Game
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* The Player of the People, by Igor Rabiner - The death of Igor Cherenkov last year prompted an astonishing outpouring of grief from Spartak fans
* The Man who Sacked Himself, Philippe Auclair - Gabriel Hanot was a player, a coach, a journalist and a pioneer who remains oddly neglected in France
* Looking Forward, by Brian Oliver - How the former Chelsea defender John Dempsey left football behind to work in a care home
* The Complicated Symbol, by Shaul Adar - Bnei Sakhnin's journey to establish themselves as an Arab team in Israel's top flight
* Namesakes, by James Corbett - Everton have had two Alex Youngs: one's the subject of a Ken Loach film, the other killed his brother
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Interview
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Paul Breitner, by Miguel Delaney - How a Bayern Munich defeat paved the way for West Germany's 1974 World Cup triumph
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Belfast
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* A Patchwork City, by Lefkos Kyriacou - Mapping the fan-bases of the major club's in Northern Ireland's capital
* Requiem for a Stand, by Keith Bailie - A history in seven key moments of the short life of the Kop at Windsor Park
* Before the Shopping Centre, by Conor Heffernan - How crowd violence brought an end to the existence of Belfast Celtic
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Theory
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* The Man who Built White Ships, by Alex Holiga - Stanko Poklepovic, the oldest coach in Europe, and the importance of spiral impostations
* The Whisky Option, by Simon Curtis - Malcolm Allison's time at Sporting was brief but fans remember him fondly
* Messi and the Machine, by Richard Fitzpatrick - Could playing video games be shaping the present generation of footballers?
* Not at All Costs, by George Caulkin - Paul Tisdale has not only revolutionised how Exeter City play, but how they think
* Wrestling with the All-Blacks, by Charlie Eccleshare - How Declan Edge is trying to make New Zealand take football seriously
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Polemic
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* Against Sanitised Football, by Alexander Shea - Can fans fight back against clubs who seek to ignore their history for bland branding?
* The Trials of Baghdad Bob, by Paul Brown - Can Roberto Martinez restore his reputation after a season of wilful blinkeredness?
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Fiction
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* The Tackle, by David Ashton - John Brodie, the former winger turned detective, returns to hunt down some stolen medals
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Greatest Games
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* Scotland 3 England 1, by Paul Brown - Home International, Hampden Park, Glasgow, 17 April 1937
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* Eight Bells
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* Unexpected Relegations, by Michael Yokhin - A selection of giants who have unexpectedly lost their place in the top tier
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