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Tag: #fiorentina

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

#acmilan, #calcio, #fiorentina, #football, #juve, #juventus, #sampdoria, #SerieA, lazio

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

#calcio, #fiorentina, #inter, #italy, #juve, #juventus, #mufc, #SerieA, afc, beckham, lazio, lfc, whufc

Stadi Nel Cielo: The Italian Stadia You’ll Never Visit

In gaining the right to host the 1990 World Cup, Italy unwittingly became victim of the fabled “winner’s curse”. Ahead … More

#acmilan, #cagliari, #fiorentina, #GroundHopping, #italy, #napoli, #palermo, #stadium, empoli, lazio, stadio

Cracking the Enigma: The Making of Josip Iličić

Josip Iličić stands atop a mountain, a player at the peak of his powers. The conjurer-in-chief for an Atalanta side that … More

#atalanta, #bergamo, #calcio, #fiorentina, #football, #goatalantago, #italy, #ladea, #palermo, #SerieA, #ucl, maribor, slovenia, slovenija, soccer

Resurgence, Rising Stars and Rejuvention: Ones To Watch in Serie A in 2020

Serie A is in the midst of perhaps the most exciting season of the past decade. Fans have become wearily … More

#asroma, #calcio, #fiorentina, #football, #genoa, #hellas, #inter, #italy, #juventus, #milano, #napoli, #parma, #roma, #rome, #verona

The Glorious Alumni of the Anglo-Italian Cup 1992-96

In the final part of the series, we look at the rising stars and precocious talents that graced the Anglo-Italian … More

#batigol, #bierhoff, #calcio, #fiorentina, #football, #genova, #hagi, #italy, #vieri, 90sfootball

The Tempestuous Curtain Call of a Tournament Destined to Fail: the Anglo-Italian Cup 1992-96

In the third of a four-part series, we relive the curiosities of a tournament that sent Gabriel Batistuta to Stoke … More

#calcio, #fiorentina, #football, #footballitalia, #genoa, #genova, #italy, #marassi, #reggiana, #salernitana, #SerieB, #swindon, 90sfootball

The Brutality and Romance of the Anglo-Italian Cup 1970-73

The first of a four-part series, focusing on the beginnings of a passionate and, at times, violent competition between two … More

#AngloItalianCup, #atalanta, #calcio, #fiorentina, #football, #footballitalia, #inter, #italy, #naples, #napoli, #roma, #stfc, #swindon, #swindontown, #swindontownfc

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, … More

#architecture, #asroma, #calcio, #fiorentina, #football, #genoa, #genova, #hellas, #inter, #italy, #milan, #milano, #naples, #napoli, #parma, #priceoffootball, #roma, #sampdoria, #stadium, #torino, #verona

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, … More

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

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