Weโve trawled through four decades of tabloid archives and ghost-written autobiographies to find the mouth-watering (and occasionally outrageous) British-Italian transfers … More
Category: Classic Calcio
Dreaming Of Italy: Romanticising The British-Italian Transfers That Never Happened – 2000s
Weโve trawled through four decades of tabloid archives and ghost-written autobiographies to find the mouth-watering (and occasionally outrageous) British-Italian transfers … More
Dreaming Of Italy: Romanticising The British-Italian Transfers That Never Happened – 1990s
Weโve trawled through four decades of tabloid archives and ghost-written autobiographies to find the mouth-watering (and occasionally outrageous) British-Italian transfers … More
Dreaming Of Italy: Romanticising The British-Italian Transfers That Never Happened – 1980s
Weโve trawledย through four decades of tabloid archives and ghost-written autobiographies to find the mouth-watering (and occasionally outrageous) British-Italian transfers that … More
Stadi Nel Cielo: The Italian Stadia Youโll Never Visit
In gaining the right to host the 1990 World Cup, Italy unwittingly became victim of the fabled โwinnerโs curseโ. Ahead … More
Colours of Calcio: Palermo
Is there a more distinctive shirt in world football than the vivid pink tones of Palermo? Perhaps not, but it … More
Rooming with Conte: Ronnie O’Brien’s Italian Adventure
In February 1999, Ronnie OโBrien was called into Bryan Robsonโs office to be told the heartbreaking news that he was … More
Harry Goodley: The Forgotten Pioneer of Italian Football
This is the story of one of Italian footballโs forgotten pioneers. A man from humble beginnings in Nottingham, England. His … More
Champagne Football: Italy’s Early Vintage
The game of football had initially been regarded as something of a curiosity in Italy. It was felt to be … More
The Swinging Pendulum of the Derby della Mole: Torino v Juventus
On Saturday, Torino meet Juventus in the 202nd Derby della Mole. The contest takes its name from the famous Mole … More