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Your weekly slice of Italian football nostalgia to enjoy James Richardson-style alongside a cappuccino in your favourite piazza. You won’t find the latest transfer gossip but you will find historical reflections, classic moments, forgotten figures and incredible tales from every era of Italian football.

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A death-staring referee, techno music and no man’s land – A night in Reggio Emilia

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021Frank RisortoLeave a comment

Frank Risorto returns in another installment of his travels around Italy in November 2019, when he went to Reggio Emilia to watch Sassuolo take on Bologna...

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Serie A 1989/90

Capocannoniere ’90: The Perfect World Cup Prelude

December 1, 2021December 1, 2021Henry BellLeave a comment

Henry Bell revisits the exciting, and frankly ludicrous, race for the 1989/90 Capocannoniere title, when Serie A's galaxy of stars all battled for the prize going into Italia '90....

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Diego Maradona Moscow

Diego Maradona, Moscow, Lenin and the beginning of the end

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021Emmet GatesLeave a comment

When does an intense, all-consuming relationship begin to sour? For Diego Maradona and Napoli, a trip to Moscow in November 1990 marked the beginning of the end....

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Baggio

Roberto Baggio and me: Finding light in the darkness

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021James Oddy2 Comments

James Oddy writes an emotional and personal article about suffering from depression, and finding moments of light through Roberto Baggio...

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Roma 2001 – 2022: Part III – The US takeover (2011-2016)

October 14, 2021December 6, 2022Martin DunlopLeave a comment

In part III of his look back at two decades of Roma, Martin Dunlop examines the Giallorossi at the start of last decade, when the club was taken over...

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Crespo goal Istanbul

In praise of Hernan Crespo’s second goal in Istanbul

September 27, 2021September 27, 2021Emmet GatesLeave a comment

Emmet Gates believes Hernan Crespo's sublime second goal in Istanbul doesn't get enough praise. So he sets out rectify that....

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Maradona Baggio

Maradona and Baggio: Serie A genius that transcended narrative.

September 17, 2021September 27, 2021Henry Bell3 Comments

Henry Bell examines the true genius of Diego Maradona and Roberto Baggio, rather than focus on the narrative that has been built around their respective careers....

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Adriano Inter 2004

Brilliant but flawed – Inter in the mid ’00s

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021James OddyLeave a comment

James Oddy looks at the less investigated era of Inter - the mid '00s. ...

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Joe Baker Denis Law

Denis Law at Torino – A law unto himself

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021Ross Kilvington2 Comments

Ross Kilvington looks back on Denis Law's sole season at Torino in the early 1960s, which despite the lunacy off the pitch, was a decent success on it....

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Lombardo

Attilio Lombardo – An ode to understated excellence

August 26, 2021September 4, 2021Stephen KasiewiczLeave a comment

Stephen Kasiewicz pays tribute to Sampdoria legend Attilio Lombardo, one of Italy's most underrated wingers of the last three decades....

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