Retrocessione! How Misfortune And Mismanagement Sent Platt’s Bari Back To B

Bari’s charismatic President, Vincenzo Matarrese, had grandiose visions for his club. I Galletti had historically flitted between Italy’s first and second … More

It’s Not Me, It’s You: The Story Of San Siro’s Abandoned Sectors

La Gazzetta last week reported that AC Milan had broken the record for gate receipts at San Siro. An official … More

Home From Home: The Tales Of Italian Clubs Sacrificing Home Advantage In Europe

Inter’s visionary coach Helenio Herrera was a man ahead of his time. In the 1960s, he had been an early adopter … More

Calcio Travel Notes: Bologna

Join us as we take a trip to Bologna’s Stadio Dall’Ara, one of Italian football’s provincial cathedrals and the canvas for … More

The Extraordinary Busman’s Holiday: Riding With Sampdoria At The Peak Of Their Powers

Did you ever hear the one about the English bus driver who inadvertently became part of Sampdoria’s backroom staff at … More

Misshapes, Mistakes, Misfits: The introduction of squad numbers in Italian football

It’s been almost thirty years since squad numbers became an established feature of the football landscape. Naturally, traditionalists mourned the loss of the … More

Shirt Tales: Fabio Quagliarella

Telling the story of Fabio Quagliarella’s career through the medium of polyester… Sampdoria 2006/07 After coming through the ranks with … More

What do robots know about Italian football? We challenged ChatGPT with some calcio questions…

For many years, experts have pondered whether traditional jobs will eventually be replaced by robots and artificial intelligence. With the … More

Calcio Travel Notes: SPAL Ferrara

Unsuspecting groundhoppers might encounter some difficulty in pinpointing SPAL on a map. Societa Polisportiva Ars et Labor is one of Europe’s only … More