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Tag: #italy

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

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

#calcio, #football, #italy, #juve, #juventus, #manchesterunited, #mufc, #napoli, #SerieA, astonvilla, avfc, barcelona, bari, italia, lineker, rangers

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Guest blogger Rick Elliott wraps up the Serie D season with Mantova 1911… In January 2017, at the halfway point … More

#GroundHopping, #italy, #mantova, #seried, italia

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

From Umbria to Cumbria: Mo Sagaf’s Incredible Journey

This summer, Mo Sagaf realised a dream when he put pen to paper on a professional contract with League 2 Carlisle United. … More

#calcio, #football, #italy, #SerieB, carlisle, cufc, primavera, soccer, ternana

The Road Less Travelled: DJ Buffonge in Italy

When Romelu Lukaku swapped Manchester United for Inter Milan last August, it set in motion the beginnings of a mini … More

#calcio, #football, #italy, #manchesterunited, #mufc, #SerieB, #spezia, nacbreda, nacpraat

Big Man, Little Man: Physical Diversity in Serie A

Romelu Lukaku endured a frustrating dip in form for his club Manchester United in autumn 2018. Looking back, he attributed … More

#calcio, #football, #footballanalysis, #inter, #intermilan, #italy, #SerieA, lukaku, soccer

Gol di Grosso! Incredibile

Guest blogger Zachariah Zahid (@curvauno) recounts the events of 9th July 2006… Thank you, Fabio Grosso, Thank you Italia. Thank … More

#calcio, #football, #italy, italia, soccer, worldcup

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda – Lockdown Begins

Guest blogger Rick Elliott reports from his balcony… On Sunday, I woke up to the news that the city of … More

#football, #GroundHopping, #italy, #mantova, #mantova1911, #seried, awaydays, soccer

What Ever Happened to Pietro Pellegri?

Twenty-eighth May 2017, Stadio Olimpico, Rome. It’s the final day of the season and the stage is set for the … More

#calcio, #football, #genoa, #genova, #italy, #manchesterunited, #mufc, #SerieA, acmilan, asmonaco, italia, ligue1, manutd, milan, monaco, pellegri, rossoneri

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