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A Q&A Evening with The Blizzard Football Quarterly featuring a panel of:
Jonathan Wilson (Guardian / Inverting the Pyramid)
Uli Hesse (Tor ! / ESPN Sport)
Philippe Auclair (Guardian / France Football)
& host Damien O’Meara of RTE Sport.
Entry includes free hard-copy of The Blizzard (RRP €14.99) !
Followed by screening of 2nd half Rep. of Ireland vs. USA friendly live from Lansdowne Rd.
Tickets: An Evening with The Blizzard Football Quarterly- Eventbrite
Almost a year to the date when The Blizzard team had a sold-out Sugar Club crowd caught on their every word, we’re delighted to now have them return across the Irish Sea. The Blizzard (@blzzrd) is a quarterly football publication - part book, part magazine - providing a platform for top-class writers from across the globe to write about the football stories that matter to them. Join us this evening for a rousing Q&A of two halves with audience participation, visual footage, social media interaction & competitions to discuss the in-depth, topical & humorous football questions of import. Advance tickets now available via Eventrbite and we anticipate a sell-out audience like last year.
Jonathan Wilson (@jonawils) is founder & editor of The Blizzard. A sports journalist and renowned author who writes for a number of publications, including the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, FourFourTwo & Sports Illustrated. Wilson was football correspondent for the Financial Times from 2002 to 2006 and is a columnist for World Soccer, The Irish Examiner and bettingexpert amongst others whilst also being a regular participant on The Guardian football Podcast, "Football Weekly". He is a Sunderland A.F.C. supporter.
Bibliography
Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football
Sunderland: A Club Transformed
Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics [Winner 'Best Football Book' 2009 British Sports Book Awards. Shortlisted for the 2008 William Hill Sports Book of the Year.]
The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches
Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You
The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper
Uli Hesse is the author of "Tor! The Story of German Football" and co-author of "Who Invented the Stepover?". He has also written three German-language football books, ghosted the autobiography of a legendary German sports commentator and penned more than 350 columns for ESPN FC, formerly ESPN Soccernet. (One of which dealt with David Hasselhoff's role in football history.) Uli is a contributing editor of Champions magazine, the official UEFA Champions League publication, and has been published on five continents. He's been contributing to The Blizzard magazine ever since its launch – with Issue Zero – in March 2011. Uli was born in 1966 in Dortmund – but is so professional that he's now working on the first English-language history of Dortmund's rivals Bayern Munich.
He has listed the novelty song "Jilted John" by Jilted John as his all-time favourite 7" A-side and the punk rock classic "Born to Lose" by the Heartbreakers as the greatest-ever 7" B-side. Uli is a Borussia Dortmund season ticket holder.
Philippe Auclair (@PhilippeAuclair) is a football writer, biographer and broadcaster (and musician when none of the above). Philippe is a regular contributor to The Blizzard and Champions magazine, has held the position of England correspondent for France Football magazine since 1999 and fulfils a similar role for news and sports radio RMC Info. He appeared as French football analyst on Setanta Sports News channel in England, and can be heard regularly on TalkSPORT radio in England, Newstalk radio in Ireland, the BBC and is also a regular contributor to The Guardian’s Football Weekly podcast.
Bibliography
Cantona: The Rebel Who Would be King [ longlisted for 2009 William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Winner 'Best Football Book' British Sports Book Awards 2010]
Thierry Henry - Lonely At The Top
Damien O’Meara has worked with RTE Sport since 2006 during which time he has become a familiar voice across RTE Radio’s sporting coverage. As well as presenting flagship programmes and contributing to sports output across all of RTE’s radio stations Damien has anchored coverage of the Republic Of Ireland’s soccer internationals including their Euro2012 campaign, Ireland’s appearance at the 2011 Rugby World Cup and both the 2009 and 2013 British and Irish Lions Tour. Damien has also worked as a reporter for RTE TV’s coverage of the GAA Championship, UEFA Champions League and Pro12 Rugby.
Running Order
Doors: 5.45
First half: 6.30 - 7.15
Half-time oranges: 7.15 - 7.30
Second half: 7.30 - 8.15
followed by screening of 2nd Half of Rep. of Ireland Vs. USA friendly (Lansdowne Rd.)
Drink/food specials
Buy a pizza and get a bottle of wine for €10, so pizza + wine €17,€18,€19.(depending on pizza type)
Pitcher of Tennent's €10
Bartenders cocktails €5
Jonathan Wilson (Guardian / Inverting the Pyramid)
Uli Hesse (Tor ! / ESPN Sport)
Philippe Auclair (Guardian / France Football)
& host Damien O’Meara of RTE Sport.
Entry includes free hard-copy of The Blizzard (RRP €14.99) !
Followed by screening of 2nd half Rep. of Ireland vs. USA friendly live from Lansdowne Rd.
Tickets: An Evening with The Blizzard Football Quarterly- Eventbrite
Almost a year to the date when The Blizzard team had a sold-out Sugar Club crowd caught on their every word, we’re delighted to now have them return across the Irish Sea. The Blizzard (@blzzrd) is a quarterly football publication - part book, part magazine - providing a platform for top-class writers from across the globe to write about the football stories that matter to them. Join us this evening for a rousing Q&A of two halves with audience participation, visual footage, social media interaction & competitions to discuss the in-depth, topical & humorous football questions of import. Advance tickets now available via Eventrbite and we anticipate a sell-out audience like last year.
Jonathan Wilson (@jonawils) is founder & editor of The Blizzard. A sports journalist and renowned author who writes for a number of publications, including the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, FourFourTwo & Sports Illustrated. Wilson was football correspondent for the Financial Times from 2002 to 2006 and is a columnist for World Soccer, The Irish Examiner and bettingexpert amongst others whilst also being a regular participant on The Guardian football Podcast, "Football Weekly". He is a Sunderland A.F.C. supporter.
Bibliography
Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football
Sunderland: A Club Transformed
Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics [Winner 'Best Football Book' 2009 British Sports Book Awards. Shortlisted for the 2008 William Hill Sports Book of the Year.]
The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches
Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You
The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper
Uli Hesse is the author of "Tor! The Story of German Football" and co-author of "Who Invented the Stepover?". He has also written three German-language football books, ghosted the autobiography of a legendary German sports commentator and penned more than 350 columns for ESPN FC, formerly ESPN Soccernet. (One of which dealt with David Hasselhoff's role in football history.) Uli is a contributing editor of Champions magazine, the official UEFA Champions League publication, and has been published on five continents. He's been contributing to The Blizzard magazine ever since its launch – with Issue Zero – in March 2011. Uli was born in 1966 in Dortmund – but is so professional that he's now working on the first English-language history of Dortmund's rivals Bayern Munich.
He has listed the novelty song "Jilted John" by Jilted John as his all-time favourite 7" A-side and the punk rock classic "Born to Lose" by the Heartbreakers as the greatest-ever 7" B-side. Uli is a Borussia Dortmund season ticket holder.
Philippe Auclair (@PhilippeAuclair) is a football writer, biographer and broadcaster (and musician when none of the above). Philippe is a regular contributor to The Blizzard and Champions magazine, has held the position of England correspondent for France Football magazine since 1999 and fulfils a similar role for news and sports radio RMC Info. He appeared as French football analyst on Setanta Sports News channel in England, and can be heard regularly on TalkSPORT radio in England, Newstalk radio in Ireland, the BBC and is also a regular contributor to The Guardian’s Football Weekly podcast.
Bibliography
Cantona: The Rebel Who Would be King [ longlisted for 2009 William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Winner 'Best Football Book' British Sports Book Awards 2010]
Thierry Henry - Lonely At The Top
Damien O’Meara has worked with RTE Sport since 2006 during which time he has become a familiar voice across RTE Radio’s sporting coverage. As well as presenting flagship programmes and contributing to sports output across all of RTE’s radio stations Damien has anchored coverage of the Republic Of Ireland’s soccer internationals including their Euro2012 campaign, Ireland’s appearance at the 2011 Rugby World Cup and both the 2009 and 2013 British and Irish Lions Tour. Damien has also worked as a reporter for RTE TV’s coverage of the GAA Championship, UEFA Champions League and Pro12 Rugby.
Running Order
Doors: 5.45
First half: 6.30 - 7.15
Half-time oranges: 7.15 - 7.30
Second half: 7.30 - 8.15
followed by screening of 2nd Half of Rep. of Ireland Vs. USA friendly (Lansdowne Rd.)
Drink/food specials
Buy a pizza and get a bottle of wine for €10, so pizza + wine €17,€18,€19.(depending on pizza type)
Pitcher of Tennent's €10
Bartenders cocktails €5
