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Blair Newman

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An Undying  love  affair: Argentinians and Serie  A  (Part I): The  Oriundi  and the 1934  World Cup

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015Blair Newman

Ask any football fan to name an Argentinian that has plied his trade in Serie A and Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta and Javier Zanetti immediately spring to mind. Those...

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Gianluigi Lentini: a story of Magic and tragedy

June 8, 2015June 8, 2015Blair Newman

Fans of Italian football in the early 1990s will remember the name. After Italia 90 when British fans tuned into watch James Richardson’s Football Italia, they were hoping just...

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Foggia  after  Zemanlandia

June 3, 2015June 3, 2015Blair Newman

The manager that made a club and the club that made the manager. Foggia and Zdenek Zeman will forever go hand in hand, because it was in this southern...

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Serie  A  Classic:  When  Ronaldo  met Baggio

May 29, 2015May 29, 2015Blair Newman

Ronaldo had become the world’s most expensive player when he signed for Inter from Barcelona and Roberto Baggio was trying to resurrect his career at Bologna. When they met...

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European Semi-Final in Florence

Tales from the Peninsula: A European semi-Final in Florence

May 27, 2015August 20, 2021Blair Newman

On 24th April 2015, UEFA pulled a mouth-watering semi-final draw out of the bag when Fiorentina were drawn against La Liga side Sevilla. I decided that a Europa League...

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The 1985 Scudetto: A Season With Osvaldo Bagnoli’s Verona

May 26, 2015May 26, 2015Blair Newman

May 12, 1985. It’s a date indelibly marked in the minds of all Hellas Verona fans. The tactical nous of coach Osvaldo Bagnoli coupled with the stewardship of president...

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