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

Dreaming Of Italy: Romanticising The British-Italian Transfers That Never Happened – 2000s

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

Dreaming Of Italy: Romanticising The British-Italian Transfers That Never Happened – 1990s

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

Dreaming Of Italy: Romanticising The British-Italian Transfers That Never Happened – 1980s

We’ve trawled through four decades of tabloid archives and ghost-written autobiographies to find the mouth-watering (and occasionally outrageous) British-Italian transfers that … More