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Interviews

In this section we catch up with people connected to calcio. From players and coaches to fans and artists – if anyone has a tale worth telling, we’ll share it here.

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TGU Interview: Tony Dorigo

December 18, 2020August 14, 2021Emmet Gates

In part one of our interview with former Aston Villa, Chelsea, Leeds United and Torino left-back Tony Dorigo, he discusses his relationship with Italian football, his memories of Italia...

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Nuno Gomes, Amaral, Mauro Bressan & Christian Amoroso

TGU Interview: Reliving Fiorentina’s last glory with Nuno Gomes, Amaral, Mauro Bressan & Christian Amoroso

April 24, 2019August 18, 2021Gentleman Ultra

In a three-year spell from 1999-2002, Fiorentina went on an emotional roller-coaster ride that began with some high profile Champions League wins, featured a Coppa Italia triumph and ended...

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Igor Protti

TGU Interview: Igor Protti – Livorno’s Footballing God

April 3, 2019August 18, 2021Gentleman Ultra

In a game where money speaks louder than loyalty, those whose names are inextricably linked to a club’s badge are treasured more than most. In Italian football, Diego Maradona...

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TGU Interview: How Emma Lipman is embracing a new adventure at AS Roma

January 29, 2019August 18, 2021Gentleman Ultra

Eagle-eyed fans of British footballers abroad may have noticed a familiar face in AS Roma’s Christmas 2018 video. Putting the finishing touches to the Christmas tree with Robin Olsen...

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TGU Interview: Lana Clelland, the latest Scot to take Italy by storm

October 3, 2018August 18, 2021Gentleman Ultra

A Scottish footballer has just begun a fourth successive campaign in Italy’s Serie A and is competing in this season’s Champions League. The same player has already been top...

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Hallyink

TGU Interview: Designer Gavin Hall talks Hallyink and Calcio Art

June 11, 2018August 18, 2021Luca Hodges-Ramon

There is something inspiring about Italian football’s heyday. During the 1980s and 90s’, Serie A had it all: Maradona’s Napoli, Osvaldo Bagnoli’s Verona, Ronaldo’s Inter, Lippi’s Juve, the Dutch...

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Matteo Fontana Calcio Italy years of lead

TGU Interview: Rick Hough talks calcio with Matteo Fontana during Italy’s years of lead

May 30, 2018November 19, 2024thegentlemanultra

On 12 December 1969, an explosion ripped through the foyer of the Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana in Milan. Seventeen people were killed and 88 more were injured....

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Andreas Brehme Inter

TGU Interview: Andreas Brehme – Inter’s pioneering full-back

May 18, 2018August 18, 2021Richard Hall

There was no ‘Nessun Dorma’ playing now. The Stadio Olimpico was full to the rafters but produced only nervous murmurs. In an instant 20,000 cameras flashed and the fate...

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gladiators of Florence

TGU Interview: Talking Calcio Storico with the gladiators of Florence

June 27, 2017August 18, 2021thegentlemanultra

​Bruised, bloodied and battered, the Bianchi (white) team celebrated a Calcio Storico victory in the final held in Piazza Santa Croce in Florence last Saturday. Those men who were...

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TGU Interview: Mark Hateley – AC Milan’s towering derby day hero

April 1, 2017August 18, 2021thegentlemanultra

I will never forget the first time I saw Stadio San Siro. Reaching the top of those famous winding steps, the pitch and its imposing four walls of noise, colour...

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