Welcome to our travel notes for Hellas Verona – part of our on-going series covering stadia and cities across Italy. … More
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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
Pitch Perfect: An Interview With Udinese Head Groundsman Oliver Grice-Hewitt
We caught up with Udinese’s Head Grounds Manager, Oli Grice-Hewitt, to hear about the challenges of working in a new … More
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