Our previous article on the golden age of Calcio introduced why we all thought it was so cool, but there was once a time when the cult teams ruled...
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Halcyon Calcio: The beginning of our “Golden Era”, why Serie A was cooler than the Premiership
It’s a sepia tinted memory in all of our minds, Saturday mornings with our cereal sat in the living room watching James Richardson bring us the best of that...
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Halcyon Calcio: When I fell in love with Italian football
Close your eyes and cast your mind back. There’s a Labour government in the UK, Liam and Noel are filling stadiums, their mortal enemies – Blur – are doing...
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The Supercoppa Italiana and Italy’s attempt to globalise Calcio
Once, the Supercoppa Italiana felt like a quiet punctuation mark at the start of the season — a single game, rooted in place, often played in the shadow of...
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Christmas, Boxing Day, and the Day Italian Football Learned to Stay Home
After a Christmas Day spent indoors — behaving politely with family, drifting in and out of conversation, half-watching the same James Bond films that seem to exist solely for...
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Ultra-Fun Weekend in Genoa
In a digital world, it’s easy to look upon social media as a bad thing. Anyone who watched Adolescence will be well aware of the pitfalls of the sort...
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The San Siro’s days are numbered, and so are San Siro derbies
Giuseppe Meazza scored 13 times in Milan derbies during his illustrious career, netting goals for both teams. The split is a little one sided, with the Inter legend bagging a dozen for them and...
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Scott McTominay’s Difficult Second Album
Morning Glory isn’t as good as Definitely Maybe. I’ll just say it. That’s not to say that Morning Glory isn’t great. It’s fantastic. But Definitely Maybe was one of...
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