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description: 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.Contents of Issue Fifteen-----------------------The North-East-----------------------* Jonathan Wilson A Sentimental Journey - In a world of superclubs whats the point of the ordinary teams?* George Caulkin The Great Betrayal - Mike Ashley and the cheapening of the Newcastle dream* Harry Pearson The Van Basten of Hartlepool - Adam Boyd and the glory of a flickering talent* Michael Walker Bob Paisley and the Red Kennedys - The north-eastern influence that underlay Liverpools period of domination------------------Strikers------------------* Dominic Bliss A Season in Turin - Denis Law remembers his year playing in Serie A* Jim Davies and Juan Felipe Rubio The Lost Weekend - Spending two days on Faustino Asprillas Colombian ranch* Thierry Marchand and Philippe Auclair A Game for Individuals - Thierry Henry reflects on how football has changed in his 20 years at the top-------------------------------Davids and Goliaths-------------------------------* Luke Alfred The Boys who never Grew Up- South Africa are African footballs greatest underachievers. Whats gone wrong?* Robin Bairner When FFP Goes Wrong - Luzenacs promotion to the French second flight should have been a joyous fair-story but it killed the club* Will Unwin Defying the Odds - How tiny Eibar have taken their place in the Spanish top flight* Paul Watson Fifas Exiles - For Pacific islands football development can be a haphazard and fragile process-------------Theory-------------* Nicholas Blincoe The Roundheads Paradox - Tony Pulis and the conflicted character of British Puritanism* Amy Lawrence Wengerball - Arsne Wenger the Invincibles and the transformation of Arsenals philosophy* Jonny Singer The Archduke and the Offside Law - Did the First World War lead to the most significant ever change to the Laws of the Game?* Marti Pararnu Pep Talk - How Guardiola inspired Bayern Munich before the Super Cup shoot-out against Chelsea-----------------------------------The Sense of an Ending-----------------------------------* Ewan MacKenna Fallen Eagle - The death of the former Nigeria striker Rashidi Yekini remains shrouded in mystery.* Alessandro Mastrolucca Bergamini - 25 years ago the Cosenza midfielder Denis Bergamini was run over by a truck. Was it murder?---------------Fiction---------------* Iain Macintosh Quantum of Bobby - Spinning through time and space Bobby Manager finds himself at Roy Keanes Sunderland------------------------Greatest Games------------------------* Scott Murray Liverpool 3 Newcastle United 0 - FA Cup final Wembley Stadium London 4 May 1974------------------Eight Bells------------------* Rob Smyth Dethronings - A selection of champions who surrendered their titles in decisive fashion
language: English
title: The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Fifteen
publisher: The Blizzard Media Ltd