The Blizzard: The Football Quarterly #61

From the publisher: Published in June 2026, Issue Sixty One and its four sections contains 17 articles including the history of America’s World Cup travails; how Alfredo Di Stéfano’s Boca Juniors of 1968-69 changed Argentinian football; the story of Serbia-Montenegro crashing and burning in Spain; how Billy the horse saved the FA Cup Final. THE WORLD CUP Don’t Come Home Too Soon – Ewan Flynn The last time all eyes were turned on the Tartan Army Ending as it Began – Vladimir Novak When Serbia-Montenegro crashed and burned in Germany No League, No Problem – Steve Menary Curaçao are about to take their World Cup bow Notes from a Small Island – Simone Pierotti It will also be Cape Verde’s first appearance in the tournament The Blue-and-black Myth – Rad Willems Hector Goetinck, Belgium’s first national coach The (Silk) Road to the World Cup – Michael Sheridan A dive into the historic city of Samarqand Yanks on a Roll – Mark Franek America’s World Cup travails before their big moment this summer BRAZIL Winnings Friends, Not Tournaments – Victoria Pei The little remembered names from Zico’s Brazilian generation Twenty Years of Hurt – Sam Kunti Brazil’s repeated World Cup failures at the hands of European opponents ARGENTINA Perón and the Power of Football – John Denton How Juan Perón subsidised Argentinian football to maintain his power base Everyone’s Team – Leandro Cordobez Alfredo Di Stéfano’s Boca Juniors of 1968-69 changed Argentinian football forever Anatomy of La Cancha – Will Dalton San Lorenzo’s ground is not just a stadium but a character in their drama EXTRA TIME White Knight at Wembley – Stefano Bizzotto The weird and the wonderful make for some inhospitable welcomes A semi-Clásico in Catalonia – Richard Fitzpatrick Helenio Herrera’s Barcelona succumb to Real The Pinnacle – Conor Kenny A Dynamo Kyiv-heavy USSR squad at the 1988 Euros Remember the Name – Julien Laurens When Kylian Mbappé announced himself to the world --- 17 x 24 cm Paperback 194 pages March 2026 English