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Calcio Travel Notes: Atalanta

The city of Bergamo is a hidden gem in Italyโ€™s Lombardian crown. Located betwixt Milan and Brescia, close to the…

#atalanta, #bergamo, #calcio, #football, #footballitalia, #FootballWeekends, #forzaatalanta, #grondhopping, #GroundHopping, #italy, #ladea, #SerieA, #stadium

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…

#acmilan, #blackhistory, #calcio, #football, #footballitalia, #genoa, #genova, #italy, #milan, #racism, #rosanero, #SerieA

Black Pioneers: Jarbas Canรจ Faustinho – Napoli

This is the third part of a serialisation recounting the tale of three black pioneers who challenged perceptions about race…

#blackhistory, #calcio, #football, #naples, #napoli, #racism, #SerieA

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.

#calcio, #fcim, #football, #forzainter, #inter, #intermilan, #italy, #racism

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

#calcio, #crociati, #footballanalysis, #footballitalia, #gervinho, #italy, #parma, #SerieA

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.…

#calcio, #football, #footballitalia, #GroundHopping, #italy, #palermo, #rosanero, #SerieA, #SerieB, #sicily, #stadium

Gemellaggio: When Ultras Come Together

โ€œWe confirm the intention to end the rapport of friendship that has seen us tied to the people of Genoa…

#calcio, #gemellaggio, #genoa, #italy, #napoli, #parma, #sampdoria, #SerieA

Calcio Travel Notes: Pro Vercelli

Pro Vercelli established themselves as a powerhouse of Italian football during the early part of the twentieth century. They emerged…

#calcio, #football, #footballitalia, #GroundHopping, #seried, #stadium, #vercelli

Florence, Rome, Swindon: How the Grand Master of Italian Stadium Design Nearly Made His Mark in England

Pier Luigi Nervi is widely regarded as the godfather of reinforced concrete design. He was an outstanding engineer and architect,…

#architecture, #calcio, #design, #fiorentina, #florence, #grondhopping, #nervi, #roma, #rome, #stadium, #stfc, #swindon, #swindontown, #swindontownfc

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