Summer is a time when media departments in football clubs across the world go into overdrive, coming up with new…
Scouting Report: Torino v Wolves
The inside track on Wolves’ Europa League opponents
The Cost of Italian Football: A Battle Between Supporters and the Bottom Line
The rising cost of watching football has become a topic of impassioned debate in Italy. As in many other countries,…
Calcio Travel Notes: Torino
For better or worse, Torino are a club defined by their past. The imperious Grande Torino team of the 1940s…
Pirelli, Parmalat and Pooh Jeans: Sponsorship in Italian Football
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.
