The Blizzard: The Football Quarterly #35

From the publisher:

Released in December 2019, Issue 35 contains six sections of articles including: Gary Hartley on how Leeds United fans fought back against the far-right, Andrew Downie on Pele’s 1000th goal and Jon Spurling on how Herbert Chapman’s Arsenal finally came together.

Full contents:

• Introduction

  Editor’s Note – Jonathan Wilson
  Jonathan Wilson’s Editor’s Note from Issue Thirty Five

  Fascism

  Rebellion and the Cosmos – Joshua Stephens
  How football in New York has become a battleground in the fight against the far right

  Leeds Utd v the National Front – Gary Hartley
  How fans fought back against the rise of the far right on the Elland Road terraces

  The Great Walk-Off – David Owen
  Peru beat Austria 4-2 at the 1936 Olympics, but it was the Europeans who went through

  Legends

  The Shadow of the Milestone – Andrew Downie
  Remembering the hysteria around Pelé’s hunt for his 1000th goal, 50 years on

  The Hardest Man – John Harding
  Frank Barson was a tough player, but was he stitched up by the ban that ended his career?

  The Singing Winger – Colin Grainger
  The Sheffield United forward Colin Grainger on scoring two on his international debut against Brazil

  Pioneers

  The Yellow Shirts of Doom – Hassanin Mubarak
  How political meddling ruined Iraq’s only appearance at a World Cup, in Mexico in 1986

  Pianist, Composer, Fan – Simone Pierotti
  Dmitri Shostakovich was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century music. He also loved football.
  Diminishing Glory – Dan BillinghamThe rise and fall and ongoing re-evaluation of Groclin Dyskobolia

  Aligning the Stars – Jon Spurling
  It was in 1929-30 that Herbert Chapman’s Arsenal finally came together

  The Red Poncho – Timothy Abraham
  Mushuc Ruma are a football team, but also a vital symbol of Ecuador’s indigenous people

  The Palm Court – Nicholas Blincoe
  Israeli football was born on a dusty pitch in Tel Aviv in the 1920s

  Journey’s End – Thore Haugstad
  How Sven-Göran Eriksson overcame the doubters to lead Lazio to the 1999-2000 scudetto.

  Theory

  The Narcissism of Differences – Paul Hyland
  What makes a rivalry, and can a team exist without a rival to define themselves against?

  The Rituals of Faith – Edd Norval
  The sociological similarities between football and religion

  Greatest Game

  Roma 4 Inter 5 – Emmet Gates
  Serie A, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, 3 May 1999

  Eight Bells

  Eight Bells – Michael Yokhin
  A selection of players called up to their national teams from outside the top flight

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