A visit to an Italian supermarket can be a deeply reminiscent experience for the calcio devotee. The aisles are lined…
AS Lodigiani: Are You England in Disguise?
England’s kit from the 1982 World Cup was chosen by GQ magazine as their greatest ever shirt. It features a…
Calcio Travel Notes: Atalanta
The city of Bergamo is a hidden gem in Italy’s Lombardian crown. Located betwixt Milan and Brescia, close to the…
Black Pioneers: Jose Germano de Sales – AC Milan
This is the final part of a serialisation recounting the tale of three black pioneers who challenged perceptions about race…
Black Pioneers: Jarbas Canè Faustinho – Napoli
This is the third part of a serialisation recounting the tale of three black pioneers who challenged perceptions about race…
Black Pioneers: Jair da Costa – Inter
Part II of a serialisation recounting the tale of three black pioneers who challenged and, in some cases, successfully changed perceptions around race and nationality in Italian football some fifty years ago.
Black Pioneers: Breaking Boundaries in Italian Football
Part I of a serialisation recounting the tale of three black pioneers who challenged and, in some cases, successfully changed perceptions around race and nationality in Italian football some fifty years ago.
Parma Calcio: A Season in Five Charts
How did they do it? The remarkable stats behind Parma’s Serie A survival
Italia ’90: The Forgotten Tragedy of La Favorita
Even by the standards of a World Cup, the selection of venues for Italia ’90 had an unusually political dimension.…
Gemellaggio: When Ultras Come Together
“We confirm the intention to end the rapport of friendship that has seen us tied to the people of Genoa…
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