Coming Soon - The Blizzard

[Damocles]

Football tactician supremo Jonathan Wilson has launched a new football paper that is called the Blizzard:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.theblizzard.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.theblizzard.co.uk/</a>

Him and various other top football reporters (Issue Zero features Marcotti, Auclair, Honigstein and Murray) got together to release a quarterly journal which shys away from populist perceptions and releases actual articles. About football.

Simple idea really, but I think Wilson has found a niche in the market here and I like his Mission Statement concerning the current state of football journalism and how it has transitioned into a digital medium.

Issue Zero is a pay-what-you-want download, and then Issue One will be paper based. What do you guys think? Good idea or bad idea?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

The ordinary fan is desperate for some 'balanced' reporting. Even the so-called daily and weekly qualities have over the last season or so had a swipe at whatever they fancied without any element of balance. I'm not talking about reading articles with which I wholly agree but in-depth debate and discussion about issues which, for example, the FA are happy to sweep under the carpet.

I could never understand why we never had in this country a daily equivalent of the MUEN's Football Pink or Football Green.

 

[taconinja]

Looks interesting. It would be nice if they also did a pdf version for people abroad.

Edit: I mean for future issues. :)

 

[Damocles]

Get yourselves Issue Zero, this magazine/journal thing is a fucking triumph. I'm subscribing for the £30 a year.

 

[SWP's back]

Sounds great.

When's it out?

 

[Damocles]

Issue Zero is downloadable now, for a "pay what you want" fee. I paid 20p as I wasn't expecting much from it, but it's fantastic value.

Not sure about Issue One. They say it's a quarterly publication, and having seen the zeroth issue, I can see why.

Honestly though, this could be the best football journal I've ever read, and I read a lot.

 

[polishthebadgelr]

I got the Issue 1 hard copy for the cheapest price (£6.74 in p+p) and it really is excellent. The pieces are all superb and physically it's very attractive. Plus, no adverts.

 

[EricBrooksGhost]

ok bumped this as i've just downloaded issue zero; reminds me of the Perfect Pitch stuff Simon Kuper put together. Just read the St Pauli article and i honestly feel his wil put my faith back into football writing. A real alternative to the drivel the hacks turn out.

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Issue Zero is downloadable now, for a "pay what you want" fee. I paid 20p as I wasn't expecting much from it, but it's fantastic value.

Not sure about Issue One. They say it's a quarterly publication, and having seen the zeroth issue, I can see why.

Honestly though, this could be the best football journal I've ever read, and I read a lot.

I'm ̶t̶o̶o̶ ̶t̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ scared to pay for things over the internet. Could you not post it here ?

 

[Joga Bonito]

Paid $0.02 for Issue Zero and it looks nice, so have you got your hands on a proper printed copy?

I don't mind the digital especially for the cheap price but isdishing out £50 for the hard-copy year subscription worth it?