Now into its fifth year of publication The Blizzard continues to provide refreshingly diverse and intelligent reading. Highlights include John Dempsey talking about his post-football career, the relatively brief but eventful history of Belfast Celtic, an account of Malcolm Allison’s time in Portugal , how video games might influence players and a spotlight on Exeter’s Paul Tisdale and his not quite as eccentric as they seem methods. Not quite sure about the fiction – the Scottish noir’s been done here before and I’m going to be a tad mean with the rating as Blackburn’s unexpected relegation would’ve been a far better choice for the Seven Bells article for the Premier League selection. Still the best football writing available. ( )