ISSUE 1: June 2016 2 CONTENTS P4 FOREWORD By Jed Woodcock THE HISTORY P5 OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS By Jack Rodway P8 LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION, By Matt Cowdock P13 GROUP A PREVIEWS France, Albania, Romania & Switzerland P16 GROUP B PREVIEWS England, Wales, Slovakia & Russia P20 GROUP C PREVIEWS Germany, Northern Ireland, Poland & Ukraine P23 GROUP D PREVIEWS Turkey, Czech Republic, Croatia & Spain P26 The The consequences of failure: England and the media GROUP E PREVIEWS Ireland, Belgium, Sweden & Italy P29 GROUP F PREVIEWS Portugal, Iceland, Austria & Hungary Phases of Play: Group Stage SCOTLAND’S REDEMPTION P32 Euro Euro 2012 Rewind Le Le DesTour Stades ON THE HORIZON Badge ofthe Week By Ben Delaney KOSOVO’S P34 HISTORIC by John Warrington by John (P10) by Jude Macdonald (P35)Judeby Macdonald MOMENT by Jed Woodcock (P39)WoodcockJed by by Jed Woodcock (P12) byWoodcock Jed by Oliverby (P38) Marsh By Ross Highfield ALSO IN ISSUE:THIS P36 WHEN GREECE WAS THE WORD By John Warrington 3 FOREWORD LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER As football fans, we are spoilt rotten. It’s everywhere. Blogs, TV shows, podcasts, magazines, newspaper articles, you name it, there are thousands based solely on the beautiful game. www.boxtoboxfootball.uk I was drawn into the obsessive game in the 2002 World Cup. Living in Turkey at the
[email protected] time, the national team’s heroic underdog performances, on their way to the Semi facebook.com/boxtoboxfootball.uk Finals and a 3rd Placed finish captivated my interest. THE TEAM I lived in a replica Umit Davala kit for the next six years, reliving Turkey’s perfor- mances in every football I kicked and every time I played.