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Month: August 2015

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Carpi: The Alternative Club Guide

August 25, 2015July 26, 2023Luca Hodges-Ramon

Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia (Modena), capacity 21,151 It’s one thing when your fierce rivals have a stadium that is four times the size of your own. It’s another thing entirely...

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Catania: The Alternative Club Guide

August 20, 2015August 14, 2021Luca Hodges-Ramon

Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino, capacity 23,420 Sicily can be as violent as it is beautiful and the Stadio Angelo Massimino is no different. The stadium has a fantastic setting,...

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Anne O’ Brien Calcio

Anne O’ Brien: The Unknown Legend of Calcio

August 18, 2015August 18, 2021kevnolan91

(Anne O’ Brien right) Five Scudetti and two Coppa Italia’s. There isn’t a footballer alive who wouldn’t be happy with that trophy haul come the end of their career....

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Italians  in  Spain  (Part 1)  –  The  First Arrivals:  Calligaris,  Del  Pinto  and Bollano

August 13, 2015August 13, 2015Neil Morris

From left to right: Aridex Calligaris, Sergio Del Pinto & Angelo Bollano The name Aridex Calligaris will not mean much to most football fans. In fact, there is very...

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Celebrating  Chievo

August 11, 2015August 11, 2015Blair Newman

At the age of 86, Chievo Verona are one of Italian football’s youngest sides. They were founded in 1929 by a group of enthusiastic football fans and factory workers...

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The  Poignant  Tale  of  Pierluigi Casiraghi

August 6, 2015August 6, 2015Blair Newman

Pierluigi Casiraghi arrived in England in May 1998. Bought by Chelsea manager and Italian compatriot Gianluca Vialli, the Italian arrived from Lazio as a then club record of £5.4million....

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An Undying Love Affair – Argentines and Serie A (IV): Gabriel Omar Batistuta

August 5, 2015August 14, 2021thegentlemanultra

By the 1990s, the loophole that allowed footballers to play for more than one country had long since been closed. However not since the Oriundi of 1934 had Argentinians been so...

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