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James Montague
Oct 12, 20236 min read
The Blizzard turns fifty!
The brilliant publication: The Blizzard, The Football Quarterly, is celebrating the release of it's fiftieth issue. As such, we're...
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Oliver Burns
Feb 4, 20232 min read
Champagne Football: John Delaney and the Betrayal of Irish Football - Mark Tighe & Paul Rowan
BOOK REVIEW By Oliver Burns This book is the perfect window into understanding Irish football and the circumstances it currently finds...
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Paul Grech
Jan 17, 20239 min read
From The AS Roma Boardroom To A Rome Jail: The Story of the Man who Helped Birth Roma
Words by Paul Grech No sooner had the deal been announced than a banner appeared outside AS Roma’s head offices. “Hope to never see you...
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Michael Oates
Oct 5, 202211 min read
CALCIO
In the summer of 1990, I was given a Panini album accompanied by numerous packets of stickers to adorn the pages inside. Looking back, it...
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James Holmes
Aug 24, 20223 min read
Dark Side of the Moon (Issue 2 article)
In the year 2008, Sheik Mansour became the owner of Manchester City Football Club for the seemingly small amount of £210,000,000. For...
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Luke Connelly
Aug 18, 20225 min read
Northern Lights: Bodø/Glimt
Like most of the wider European public outside of Scandinavia, I first became aware of Fotballklubben Bodø/Glimt following their exploits...
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Joseph Phelan
Jul 12, 20228 min read
Children of the Revie-lution (issue 2 article)
Replica kits are as much a part of the modern game as the offside rule and heartless billionaire owners, but without Leeds United, Don...
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Luke Connelly
Apr 18, 20211 min read
GAVROCHE - Brasserie de Saint-Sylvestre
While I'm reliably assured that French revolutionaries preferred bottles of their local vin rouge, Gavroche makes you want to drink...
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Jack Walsh
Feb 28, 20216 min read
The Postponed Euros: A Preview.
Euro 2020 is postponed. Imagine saying those words as late as February of 2020. Rage, indignation, disbelief and panic would be the...
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Luke Connelly
Jan 23, 20212 min read
ISSUE 3: "CALCIO"
Whether you're an aspiring football writer, graphic designer or artist, or all-round creative, we would love to hear your thoughts and...
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Luke Connelly
Oct 23, 20202 min read
ISSUE 2: "CULTURE"
Whether you're an aspiring football writer, graphic designer or artist, or all-round creative, we would love to hear your thoughts and...
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Luke Connelly
Sep 11, 20202 min read
CONTRIBUTORS WANTED.
Whether you're an aspiring football writer, graphic designer or artist, or all-round creative, we would love to hear your thoughts and...
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Luke Connelly
Sep 3, 20202 min read
PEERLESS: PIRLO 2012
Just take a moment to appreciate the performances of one man at Euro 2012. We’re not talking about any member of Spain’s tournament...
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Luke Connelly
Aug 30, 20201 min read
Lancaster Red
Lancaster is a city of red. It’s the historic county town from which Lancashire bears its name. The red rose county, formerly the duchy...
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Luke Connelly
Aug 13, 20201 min read
robinson's mojo
“CRIKEY!”, “What is it Austin?”, “I’VE LOST MY MOJO!”, “no you haven’t, it’s right there on the coffee table, now sit down and put your...
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Luke Connelly
Aug 13, 20204 min read
GELSENKIRCHEN 97.
Eurofighters. Schalke 04's 1996-7 kit in all its glory. Deutschland 96. Welcome to the most exciting time in German football history....
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Luke Connelly
Jul 26, 20202 min read
colo-colo 1991
In 1991 Colo Colo won the Copa Libertadores. No Chilean team had ever achieved this feat, nor has one since. This victory consolidated a...
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Luke Connelly
Jun 30, 20201 min read
AS Roma
There is history in this badge and history runs deep in Rome. The city is wrought in it. The focal point of antiquity, the root and...
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Luke Connelly
Jun 18, 20201 min read
Wunder Lager.
With a label usually worn by a grand national jockey, Wunder Lager makes you want to say “I’ll put a Pound on that one, he’s wearing the...
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Luke Connelly
Jun 10, 20204 min read
AN ODE TO THE FANS.
Join us as we travel through the concrete jungle that is deep suburbia. We journey through winding cul-de-sacs of back to back dwellings...
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