Emmet Gates talks with the former Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria and Lazio manager about his various spells coaching in Serie A....
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Top Five Calcio Shirts: Luca Hodges-Ramon
TGU stalwart Luca Hodges-Ramon picks his top five favourite shirts from Italian football....
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Classic Match: Roma vs. Sampdoria (2009/10)
On January 3, Roma beat Sampdoria 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico. The three points were important for the club, keeping them in third place and firmly in the hunt...
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Classic Game Podcast: Inter vs. Sampdoria, 1990/91
Richard Hall and Emmet Gates are joined by The Guardian's Rob Smyth to discuss the legendary May 1991 clash between Inter and Sampdoria, with the Scudetto at stake. ...
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The season Genoa (nearly) became the European Capital of Football
1991/92 saw both sides from the city of Genoa very nearly reach the top of the European mountain. They've never come as close again....
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Juan Seba Veron: Lazio’s difference maker
Born into a footballing family in La Plata, Juan Sebastian Veron was always destined for greatness. His father, nicknamed ‘La Bruja’ (The Witch), had beguiled the small Argentine town...
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Trials, tribulations and triumphs: How Fabio Quagliarella became one of Italy’s great strikers
The incredible story of how Fabio Quagliarella grew to become one of Serie A’s top strikers before a stalker turned his world upside down – and his rise back...
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Lo Scudetto: Five of the best Title races in the Football Italia era
“We thought that we’d already won the Scudetto, but that is not the case” shrugged Max Allegri after presiding over Juventus’ first defeat of the season. Sunday’s 2-0 loss...
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Ivano Bonetti: Scudetto winner and Football League trailblazer
On the night of the 20th May 1992, Sampdoria trudged off the hallowed Wembley turf having just lost the European Cup final. They had gone toe-to-toe with Johan Cruyff’s...
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TGU Interview: Designer Gavin Hall talks Hallyink and Calcio Art
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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