There aren’t many greater examples of a ‘complete striker’ than Hernan Crespo. Leaving River Plate and his beloved nation of Argentina to sign for Parma in 1996, his adventure...
Read More
U.S. Brescello: A miracle to rival that of Castel di Sangro
It’s one of those videos on YouTube of someone taking a video of events playing out on their TV. The camera work is shaky and the quality is grainy,...
Read More
Remembering Torino vs. Aberdeen: A classic Cup Winners’ Cup tie
Located in the far north-east of Scotland, the city of Aberdeen has many famous sons. Amongst them are the poet Lord Byron, but perhaps its most famous birth-son was...
Read More
Luciano Spalletti: A miserable Judas or underappreciated saviour?
G.K. Chesterton once claimed: “Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.” And although he left our world over 80-years...
Read More
Reliving Juventus’ best Champions League goals vs. Real Madrid
This year’s Champions League finalists, Juventus and Real Madrid, have met on seven different occasions in the competition, totalling 13 matches, including the 1998 final. While that may seem...
Read More
An ode to Andrea Barzagli: Juventus’ unsung hero and greatest signing
Of all the injustices that the 1980s inflicted, perhaps the worst was reserved for Andrew Ridgeley. He may have been in one of the world’s most successful bands, but...
Read More
The footballer & the Mafia: Fabrizio Miccoli’s flirtation with ‘Cosa Nostra’
When the British East India Company returned from the Far East in the 1660s, they presented a strange plant called tea to King Charles II. His beautiful Portuguese bride...
Read More
Chasing football in heaven: Remembering Andrea Fortunato’s Scudetto
To look at him, he was the picture of health. Young, athletic and, most importantly, a starter for Juventus; there was no reason to doubt that everything was perfect...
Read More
Grazie Capitano: A short ode to Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti. No words can do justice to what that name represents to legions of Roma fans around the world. Indeed, every accolade and every honour about Totti has...
Read More
Are you not entertained? Celebrating the magnificence of Dries Mertens
Though he may not be on the stage when the 2017 Ballon d’Or winner is announced – the usual suspects, with the possible addition of Gigi Buffon, will, doubtless,...
Read More