The Gentleman Ultra founder Richard Hall and site editor Emmet Gates spoke to Jonathan Grade. Jonathan was first runner, and later producer, of the legendary Channel 4 show Gazzetta...
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Antonio Conte’s Juve: The beginning of a dynasty
There wasn’t a single empty seat. Over 41,000 people were celebrating on their feet, as a pin-point through ball from Andrea Pirlo dissected the Parma defence to reach Stephan...
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Top Five Calcio Shirts: Richard Hall
We at The Gentleman Ultra are fascinated by football shirts, especially Italian football shirts. Many of the greatest jerseys ever made originated from Serie A. In a new series,...
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Classic Match: Russia 1-1 Italy, World Cup ’98 Play-off
Surviving the snow – Gigi Buffon’s eventful Italy debut Gianluca Pagliuca was hobbling, heavily. Moments earlier, he had done well to intercept a through ball at the feet of...
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Juan Seba Veron: Lazio’s difference maker
Born into a footballing family in La Plata, Juan Sebastian Veron was always destined for greatness. His father, nicknamed ‘La Bruja’ (The Witch), had beguiled the small Argentine town...
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Anselmo Robbiati: Fiorentina’s cult-hero supersub
Every season since 1982/83, the National Basketball Association releases its Sixth Man of the Year Award. This award is given to the best performing player coming off the bench...
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Tales from the Peninsula: “You’ve come from Australia to watch Brescia?”
“You’re here from Australia to watch Brescia?” It wasn’t the first time I was asked that question that day, but I didn’t have the heart to tell them I...
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The Greatest Napoli Shirts of the Maradona Years
Diego Armando Maradona played in Serie A for seven years. In honour of the great man’s 60th birthday. We at The Gentleman Ultra asked Napoli shirt expert Damien Eck,...
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Diego Armando Maradona: Six for 60
“Thank you to my sources of inspiration: Federico Fellini, Talking Heads, Martin Scorsese and Diego Armando Maradona,” professed director Paolo Sorrentino on stage at the 86th Academy Awards. It’s...
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Can Bartu: Signor of the Bosphorus
“We can’t lose in front of our fans,” exclaimed the captain of Fenerbahçe. Having drawn 0-0 in the first leg at Maine Road two weeks earlier, Fenerbahçe were now...
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