Apr
6
Calcio Foggia 1920: A childhood history
Walking through the streets of Foggia if you ask "What is Foggia and Foggia for you?…
Tag: Italy
Apr
5
The contemptible undercurrent of Italy’s illustrious football culture
Italy is, in many ways, a resplendent country, with beautiful, historic architecture…
Mar
12
Società Sportiva Lazio and the counter-narrative of a stigma
"La elaboración de la cultura, y sobre todo la cultura como patrimonio, lógicamente …
Mar
1
The Sicilian Derby – A tale of two cities
Usually when talking about rivalries in Italy it is a conversation around th…
Feb
26
The rise, fall and rise of Venezia F.C.
The remarkable tale of Venezia F.C., a tale of bankruptcy, mismanagement, relegati…
Jan
15
Cagliari 1969/70: the Sardinian scudetto story
April 12th, 1970. Two days after Paul McCartney announced the end of The Beatles. Tw…
Nov
25
Breaking down the greatest warm-up of all time, courtesy of Diego Maradona
There is no doubt that Diego Maradona is one of the greatest of all time. Drugs and …
Aug
26
Great Reputations: Hellas Verona 1985 – a romantic tale to rival Shakespeare
Modern football has made it nigh on impossible for provincial teams to win major pri…
Jul
6
Great Reputations: When Sampdoria shocked the system
Think of Italian football and you come up with Juventus, Milan and Internazionale, i…
Nov
17
Parma Calcio 1913: From European glory to the brink of collapse
Despite a decade of success in the late 2000s, it’s been a long and complicated road…