We caught up with Udinese’s Head Grounds Manager, Oli Grice-Hewitt, to hear about the challenges of working in a new … More
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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
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
Calcio Travel Notes: SPAL Ferrara
Unsuspecting groundhoppers might encounter some difficulty in pinpointing SPAL on a map. Societa Polisportiva Ars et Labor is one of Europe’s only … More
Firecrackers and Ice Cubes: An Analysis of Mischief in Serie B
Each week, the Serie B authorities dish out a series of fines relating to events that occurred during the previous … More
Calcio Travel Notes: AC Monza
Join us as we venture a few stops east of Milan to see what happens when a billionaire former Prime … More
The Ultimate Italian Football Travel Guide
This guide provides all of the practical information you need to experience the passion and colour of an Italian stadio. … More
Gli Esonerati – Why Italians Go Back To Their Exes
History. Romance. Passion. And a predilection for chaos. It sometimes appears that Italian football observes a different set of customs … More
Chaos, Corruption and an Over-Sized Golden Boot: The Tale of Serie A’s Worst Ever Team
Hedonistic transfer policy was the recurrent hallmark of my teenage escapades on the Championship Manager computer game. A veritable revolving … More
