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Nostalgic 5 a sides

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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Palermo

March 23, 2025March 23, 2025James OddyLeave a comment

Unlike my previous selections, which have been based on mostly objective reasoning, this team is very much based on nostalgia. I was luckily enough to visit Scilly, including Palermo,...

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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Bari

January 12, 2025January 12, 2025Mark NealeLeave a comment

Undeniably a club with a modest history but a littering of top-quality players from across the globe, SSC Bari has the ability to put together a five-a-side team to...

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Cesena

Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Cesena

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025Michele TossaniLeave a comment

For a club that has been out of the Italian top flight since 2015, it would be tough to identify the right names to fill a five-a-side team. But...

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Napoli

Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Napoli

December 17, 2024December 17, 2024James OddyLeave a comment

I have to be honest, Napoli are my team. There’s something about the outsider, underdog nature of the club and the city that has always appealed to me. They...

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Claudio Canniggia

Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Atalanta

December 9, 2024December 9, 2024Stephen KasiewiczLeave a comment

The queen of the provincial clubs was crowned Europa League winners last season. Yet Atalanta have rarely been mentioned alongside the established Italian football royalty. The Bergamo side had...

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Paul Gascoigne Lazio

Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Lazio

December 2, 2024December 2, 2024Federico FarcoLeave a comment

The Gentleman Ultra continues its popular series of nostalgic five-a-side teams. This time it's Federico Farcomeni with his pick from the greatest players to ever wear the Lazio shirt....

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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Genoa

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024Stephen KasiewiczLeave a comment

It is de rigueur to ignore the heroes of the past to focus on the stars of the present when selecting any all-time greats team. The skewed formula cannot be applied...

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Udinese

Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for… Udinese

November 17, 2024November 17, 2024James OddyLeave a comment

For a club that have never won a Serie A title, picking a five a side team made up of ex-Le Zebrette players proved monumentally difficult. Nestled in north...

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Lecce 1985

Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for… Lecce

November 10, 2024November 10, 2024Michele TossaniLeave a comment

Picking five players for a rational Lecce side should be easy, on paper. That is because giallorossi are a club that firstly stood in Serie A in 1985-86. The...

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Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for…AC Milan

November 5, 2024November 5, 2024Mark GordonLeave a comment

You often hear the phrase ‘nice problem to have’ being used when it comes to a manager with a selection headache due to having a lot of players. The...

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