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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 Six contains 20 articles in 10 different sections:
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Portugal
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* The Curse of the Golden Whistle, by Ben Shave -- How corruption and inefficiency have squandered the legacy of Euro 2004
* The Flight of the Eagles, by Luis Catarino -- In the early sixties Benfica rose to topple Real Madrid, only to be cursed by Béla Guttmann
* The Pretenders, by Andy Brassell -- Only two sides outside 'Os Tres Grandes' have won the Portuguese title. For both a repeat seems unlikely
* The Dragons' Cap, by Vitor Sobral -- Porto's rise in the late seventies was inspired by the innovative coaching of José Maria Pedroto
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Interview
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* Antonin Panenka -- The Czechoslovakia great discusses how his famous dinked penalty came about and the impact it's had
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Euro 2012
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* The Essential Backdrop, by Jonathan Wilson -- Euro 2012 raised major questions about the nature of fandom and what comprises a tournament
* The First Twitter Tournament, by Barney Ronay -- In Euro 2012, newspapers were very rarely the first with the news as social media came into its own
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Theory
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* Directing the Pianists, by Philippe Auclair -- Brendan Rodgers discusses the importance of possession football and what he's learned from José Mourinho
* Ivan the Reasonable, by Antonis Oikonomidis -- Ivan Jovanovic explains his philosophy and how he hopes to build on Apoel's success last season
* The Rise of the Technocrats, by Tim Vickery -- How attitudes to the dictatorship shape Brazil's change of approach in the seventies
* The Second Coming, by Federico Farcomeni -- Zdenek Zeman talks about attacking, romance and his challenge after returning to Roma this season
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Photo Essay
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* River's Return, by Anibal Greco -- Images of River Plate's battle to win promotion from the purgatory of Nacional B
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The Lost
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* The Paper Tiger, by David Bartram -- How politics and society have stood in the way of a Chinese boom
* The Coach on the Couch, by Iain Macintosh -- Is being addicted to Football Manager a medical condition?
* The Far Corner, by James Young -- How football in the north-east of Brazil struggles to keep up with the giants of the south
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Polemics
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* Care for the Community, by Gabriele Marcotti -- Could a radical rejig of television schedules help create a greater bond between clubs and their fans?
* Location, Location, Location, by Tom Dart -- Which is more important? How it looks or where a stadium is?
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Fiction
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* The Limping God, by David Ashton -- His football career ended by injury, John Brodie's life is going nowhere until he is sucked into the world of crime
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Greatest Games
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* Spain 1-0 Ireland, by Dermot Corrigan -- World Cup qualifying play-off, Parc des Princes, Paris, 10 November 1965
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Eight Balls
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* Classic Footballs, by Sheridan Bird -- A selection of the best footballs through the ages

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