The inspiration During a recent Bank Holiday Monday clear-out of his old bedroom, TGU writer Martin Dunlop came across his impressive assortment of Calcio Italia magazines. Needless to say,...
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TGU Calcio Podcast (E5): The haves and the have nots
TGU Calcio Podcast (E5): The haves and the have nots As one star arrives in the north of Italy and another disappears in the south, TGU host and founder...
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Classic Calcio Kits: Fiorentina 1988-90
Shirt: Fiorentina (home) Season: 1988-90 Manufacturer: ABM Sponsor: Crodino/La Nazione Worn by: Roberto Baggio, Dunga, Stefano Borgonovo, Glenn Hysén, Alberto Di Chiara, Oscar Dertycia, Luboš Kubík, Giuseppe Volpecina, Renato...
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Adriano: Inter’s Brazilian superstar who flew too close to the sun
The story of Icarus and his father, Daedalus, is one of recklessness that results in a tragic fall from grace. It also provoked the idiom “Don’t fly too close...
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Red and blue rivals: Bologna, Genoa and the great theft of 1925
In 1925, Italy was in the grip of fascism. Following a campaign of scare tactics and violence that began with the 1922 March on Rome, Prime Minister Benito Mussolini,...
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The Brazilian Mancini: The €1000 man who danced and dazzled for Roma
Serie A has been blessed with outstanding Brazilians over the last 50 years. The list is almost endless: Aldair, Adriano, Branco, Cafu, Careca, Dunga, Julio Cesar, Kaka, Rivaldo, Roberto...
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The launch of Golazio London: Calcio comes to Camberwell Road
Preamble Here at Gentleman Ultra we have long dreamed of having a place where we could hang out with like-minded souls and indulge in our love of 90s Italian...
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Classic Calcio Kits: Inter 1988-91
Shirt: Internazionale (away) Season: 1988-91 Manufacturer: Uhlsport Sponsor: Misura Worn by: Giuseppe Bergomi, Giuseppe Baresi, Riccardo Ferri, Aldo Serena, Andreas Brehme, Nicola Berti, Alessandro Bianchi, Lothar Matthäus, Ramón Díaz,...
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Death & resurrection: Last rites administered to historic Italian clubs
While Juventus and Real Madrid finessed the details of Cristiano Ronaldo’s €340m-valued transfer, a distant funeral bell tolled for three historic Italian clubs – a scenario that accentuated the...
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France ’98 and the staffetta: Baggio vs. Del Piero, the race for Italy’s no. 10
Origins If the word ‘staffetta’ is translated into English, it roughly means relay. The word is generally associated with athletics – contests between two or more teams in running...
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