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James Richardson Spensley

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The Founding Fathers of Italian Football: A tribute to Edoardo Bosio, James Richardson Spensley and Herbert Kilpin

October 13, 2018October 13, 2018Gentleman Ultra1 Comment

Italy may now be one of the leading names in world football, but association football came to the country relatively late. Italy in the late 1880s was a newly...

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Genoa CFC & the English roots of calcio

April 4, 2017August 18, 2021thegentlemanultraLeave a comment

The sea has long shaped the port of Genoa’s destiny. From here, local navigator Christopher Columbus set out to seek sponsorship from the Spanish crown to find a new...

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