The Blizzard: The Football Quarterly #44

From the publisher:

Published in March 2022, Issue Forty Four and its six sections contains 19 articles including four pieces from the Africa Cup of Nations; Sean Cole admires West Ham’s Youth Cup-winning squad of 1998-99; and Cameron Ponsonby on the lack of specialist punditry for goalkeeping.

Full contents:

• CAMEROON 2021

  Of Lions and Donkeys – Jonathan Wilson
  Senegal celebrated their first Cup of Nations win, but this was a grim event stained by tragedy

  The Day of the Scorpions – Nick Ames
  A critical mass of players in Italy means Gambian football is beginning to be taken seriously

  Feet of Clay – Maher Mezahi
  Algeria were Cup of Nations favourites but went out in the group. What went wrong?

  Remembering Marco – Njie Enow
  The inspirational life, tragic death and legacy of Marc-Vivian Foé

  HEROES

  Even the Thieves are Watching TV – John Foot
  Argentina v Italy at Italia 90 and what it said about Naples’s relationship with the rest of the country

  Gazza – Nicholas Hogg
  On a chance meeting with the former England midfielder at a pub in Leicester

  Hayes Maker – Andrew Wilson
  The dramatic emergence of a young Cyrille Regis in the Isthmian League

  The Master of the Dry Leaf – Peter Speetjens
  Pelé was the star, but the creative hub of Brazil’s 1958 World Cup winners was Didi

  UNFULFILLED

  Chosen Ones – Sean Cole
  Joe Cole, Michael Carrick and the rest of West Ham’s Youth Cup-winning squad of 1998-99

  End of the Road – Alasdair Howorth
  Binga, the Malian second-division side who reached the play-off round of the CAF Confederation Cup

  Edge of Gold – Ben Welch
  Stewart Downing on childhood loss, Boro glee, leaving Liverpool and the 2006 World Cup

  PHOTO ESSAY

  Light in the Darkness – Colin McPherson
  A visit to Arbroath, where the traditional spirit of Scottish football burns bright

  ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT

  The Man who Brought Down Fifa – James Corbett
  A tribute to Andrew Jennings, who exposed the dark heart of global sports administration

  Basquocracy – Scott Oliver
  After Franco’s death, Real Sociedad and Athletic dominated la Liga

  The Bestial Nature of Man – Jo Araf
  The village that provided the basis for the first China national side

  West Block Blues – Shubi Arun
  The rise of Bengaluru FC and the reinvention of Indian fan culture

  The Match of Myth – Dan Billingham
  In 1941 Rapid Vienna beat Schake 04 to win the German title, but was it fixed?

  POLEMICS

  The Edge of Failure – @D_Billingham
  Goalkeeping is a specialised position, so why isn’t it subject to specialised punditry?

  Game’s Gone – Andi Thomas
  Untrammelled capitalism and the eternal quest for lost Edens

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