Richard Hough, author of Verona Campione, the Miracle of 1985, reflects on a humiliating defeat and meets a Lazio fan trying to follow in Tim Parks' footsteps by attending every...
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Notes from Verona: Another season with Verona
Richard Hough, author of Verona Campione, the Miracle of 1985, finds little cause for optimism as Hellas Verona get their 2025/26 season underway....
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Last day drama: The story of Perugia vs Juventus
After such a close-run finish to this seasons Serie A, memories of championship run-ins of the past cannot help but spring to mind. As I watched the rain halt...
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Claudio Ranieri: The Sixth Good Emperor
In this biographical piece on Claudio Ranieri’s chapters in Rome, Wayne Girard recounts the homegrown tactician’s path in becoming a managerial legend of A.S. Roma....
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An interview with author Roberto Pennino- Il Grande Torino
Roberto Pennino’s book, originally published in his native Holland, has been translated and published in the UK by Pitch Publishing. It is a well-written, well-researched and moving account of...
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Nostalgia Ultra. This is The Gentleman Ultra.
Nostalgia is a peculiar thing. It’s an extremely personal thing. It’s a pop song from when you were 17. It’s the sun on your back, sand between your toes...
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Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for… Udinese
For a club that have never won a Serie A title, picking a five a side team made up of ex-Le Zebrette players proved monumentally difficult. Nestled in north...
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Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for… Lecce
Picking five players for a rational Lecce side should be easy, on paper. That is because giallorossi are a club that firstly stood in Serie A in 1985-86. The...
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a line-up for … Pisa
Picking a five-a-side team for a side whose glory days are 30-years away could look like a mere rhetorical exercise. By the way, we are still talking about a...
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Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for… Sampdoria
All my Sampdoria five-side-team played together in the club’s most successful period from 1984-1994. It would have been easy to pick an ultra-attacking side with four forwards, yet in...
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