Venezia FC tifosi have endured more than most over the past two decades. Having clawed their way back from a … More
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Edizione Speciale: Italy’s Special Edition Shirts 2020/21
Special edition shirts have become common place in football. No longer reserved for significant achievements or historic milestones, clubs are … More
Buyer’s Guide: Serie A Shirt Deals – March 2021
As the 2020/21 season builds towards its crescendo, we are beginning to see the emergence of some kit bargains! We’ve … More
Colours of Calcio: Livorno
Derived from the city’s coat of arms, the distinctive deep amaranth hue of the Livorno shirt has been a near-constant … More
Serie C: 2020/21 Kit Review
We’ve searched high and low amongst the 60 clubs in Italy’s third tier to bring you the finest new shirts … More
AS Roma and Campo Testaccio: A Fortress To Call Their Own
After months of speculation, Jim Pallotta’s reign as President of AS Roma has finally come to an end. Under his … More
From Buenos Aires to the Adriatic (via Bangor): The Improbable Football Empire Involving an Italian Music Star, a World Cup Winner and Delvecchio’s Son
Colwyn Bay, Holyhead, Llanidloes and Llandudno…hardly the footballing heartlands of Great Britain. And certainly not the sort of places you’d expect to find a … More
Kristoffer Askildsen | Meet Sampdoria’s Nordic Prodigy
With 87 minutes on the clock and trailing by three goals, Sampdoria had little more than professional pride at stake … More
“More Like A Fighter Than A Footballer”: The Powerhouse English Forward Who Took Serie B By Storm
Frank Rawcliffe was that rare breed of an Englishman who flourished in Italy. Plucked from the lower reaches of the … More
Dreaming of Italy: Romanticising The British-Italian Transfers That Never Happened – 2010s
We’ve trawled through four decades of tabloid archives and ghost-written autobiographies to find the mouth-watering (and occasionally outrageous) British-Italian transfers … More
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