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

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