Dragons and Devils – The Welshman Working His Magic at AC Milan

Tony Roberts has a footballing résumé that reads like a work fiction. It is certainly worthy material for a feature-length … More

Classic Encounters: Padova 2-1 Inter, 10th December 1995

Emerging against the backdrop of the Balkan conflict, Goran Vlaovic was a precocious young talent. The teenager’s midas touch in front … More

Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise: The Forgotten Chapter of Batistuta’s Florentine Story

“Florence has not forgotten Batistuta”, declared the city’s Mayor as he conferred honourary citizenship upon the Argentinian in 2016. Over … More

Classic Encounters: Padova 2-0 Milan, 16 October 1994

Newly-promoted Padova were enduring a torrid start to their 1994/95 campaign. Anchored to the bottom of Serie A with a … More

Demetrio Albertini: Coming Of Age

In the annals of Italian football, few names resonate with the same reverence as Demetrio Albertini. “The Metronome” was a symbol … More

Classic Encounters: Inter 0-1 Padova, 21 September 1994

Newly promoted Padova were enduring a brutal introduction to life in Serie A. The first three games of their 1994/95 … More

Calcio Travel Notes: Hellas Verona

Welcome to our travel notes for Hellas Verona – part of our on-going series covering stadia and cities across Italy. … More

Serie B 2023/24 | Kit Gallery

Welcome to our gallery displaying the contemporary sartorial looks that will be gracing Serie B in the 2023/24 season. Cast … More

Dreaming Of Italy: Romanticising The British-Italian Transfers That Never Happened – 1980s Volume III

We’ve trawled through tabloid archives and ghost-written autobiographies to find the mouth-watering British-Italian transfers that never quite happened. Our previous forays … More

The Tempestuous Curtain Call of a Tournament Destined to Fail: the Anglo-Italian Cup 1992-96

In the third of a four-part series, we relive the curiosities of a tournament that sent Gabriel Batistuta to Stoke … More