The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Eighteen
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Issue Eighteen contains 20 articles in 8 different sections:
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Outsiders
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* The Turf War, by Ann Tornkvist - How the murder of promising footballer Eddie Moussa sheds light on Sweden's gang culture
* The Agony of Doha, by James Montague - Despair at a World Cup qualifying tournament in 1993 proved the springboard for the rise of Japan
* Out of the Shadows, by Peter McVitie - The remarkable rise of PEC Zwolle, the minnow who reached successive Dutch Cup finals
* Porterfield's Legacy, by Robert O'Connor - His former assistant Tom Jones remembers how Ian Porterfield inspired Armenia's resurgence
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Liverpool
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* The Forgotten Full-Back, by Scott Murray - John Barnes, John Aldridge and Peter Beardsley dazzled, but Steve Nicol was key to Liverpool's 1987-88 title
* Accidental Hero, by Shaul Adar - Ronnie Rosenthal played an implausibly important role in Liverpool's last title success
* Farewell, My Lovely, by Dileep Premachandran - A fan who followed from afar pays tribute to Steven Gerrard
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Foundations
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* The Ball Game Bulganin, by John Harding - It's 60 years since Jimmy Guthrie led the Professional Footballs Association into the TUC
* The Unacknowledged Filters, by Jack Pitt-Brooke - Uncovering the hidden world of the football translator
* The Nietzschean Dream of Barcelona, by Uriah Kriegel - Luis Enrique found the perfect blend of Apollonian and Dionysian to reinvigorate Barca
* Flight of the Ladybird, by Jonathan Wilson - A centenary celebration of the publisher whose history of football was a set text for generations
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Polemics
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* The Subscription Model, by Tsjalle van der Burg - Does putting football on pay television really make economic sense?
* A Convenient Culprit, by Luke Alfred - Is Steve Goddard really the only man to blame for South Africa's match-fixing scandal?
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Women's World Cup
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* Settling the Score, by Glenn Moore - The USA won a third title as the women's game confirmed the huge strides it has taken
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Copa America
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* The 99-Year Wait, by Jonathan Wilson - Under Jorge Sampaoli, Chile discovered a pragmatic edge to win their first trophy
* Shifting Plates, by Sergio Levinsky - What the Copa America told us about the balance of power in Conmebol
* The Unappreciated Genius, by Sergio Levinsky - After another defeat in a final, the Argentinian public is losing patience with Lionel Messi
* The Caravan of Death, by Carl Worswick - El Estadio Nacional, where the final was won, played a central role in the aftermath of Pinochet's coup
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Greatest Games
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* Manchester United 2 Liverpool 2, by Rob Smyth - Premiership, Old Trafford, 1 October 1995
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Eight Bells
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* Head Boys, by Naomi Westland - A seleciton of football-playing heads of state
