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Sir Thomas Lipton: The Tea Magnate Who Inspired Italian Football

October 14, 2020August 16, 2021Chris Lee

Sir Thomas Lipton: The Glaswegian Tea Magnate Who Inspired Early Italian Football Visitors to the town of West Auckland in County Durham, northern England, are greeted with road signs...

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World in Motion

TGU Book Review: World in Motion… The Inside Story of Italia ’90, The Tournament That Changed Football – by Simon Hart

May 16, 2018August 17, 2021Chris Lee

For Azzuri fans, Italia ’90 was the one that got away. Stolen in Naples by the head of Claudio Caniggia and the lottery of penalties. From a footballing perspective,...

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Serie B with Empoli

Tales from the Peninsula: Adventures in Serie B with Empoli

February 27, 2018August 20, 2021Chris Lee

I’ve been to northern Italy enough times in the winter to know that it falls victim to gionata piovosa (daily rain) as much as England in February. The promise...

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