George Young scours Italian football’s lower leagues so you don’t have to! At Levico Terme on the shores of Lake Terme he discovered another hidden gem of the Italian game....
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Verbania Calcio: A hidden gem of Italy’s lower leagues
George Young scours football's lower leagues so you don't have to! At Verbania Calcio on the shores of Lake Maggiore he uncovered a hidden gem of the Italian game....
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Roberto Baggio’s retirement 20 years later: the greatness, the end of a golden age, and no more Sundays
Roberto Baggio retired 20 years ago, and as Emmet Gates writes, Sundays haven't really been the same since....
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The Gentleman Ultra Salutes Riva
Rich Hall leads The Gentleman Ultra's tributes to a genuine Italian legend, Luigi "Gigi" Riva...
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The 10 greatest Italian players snubbed by the Azzuri
This is a collection of players whose talent, for one reason or another, was never fully recognised by the Italian national team. Careers cut short by injury, illness or...
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How to Spend 48 Hours in Milan – with the Gentleman Ultra
The Gentleman Ultra’s Mark Gordon spent 48 hours in Milan with the sole purpose of seeing as much football as possible. He squeezed in three games in three different...
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Football Manager 2024: why starting in the Italian lower leagues could be your route to success
Football Manager 2024: why starting in theItalian lower leagues might be your route to success...
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From Braveheart to the Bel Paese: Scots in Italy
From Verona in Italy, Richard Hough's “Notes from Verona”, charts the highs and lows of following his local team. In this second monthly column he remembers the handful...
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An extract from Immortal Torino by Roberto Pennino
Immortal Torino by Roberto Pennino is published by Pitch Publishing. A review will soon be available on the site, but please enjoy the wonderful and moving extract below ....
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Nostalgia Ultra. This is The Gentleman Ultra.
Nostalgia is a peculiar thing. It’s an extremely personal thing. It’s a pop song from when you were 17. It’s the sun on your back, sand between your toes...
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The Ballad of Francesco Totti – The Last Caesar
How Francesco Totti returned from a potentially career ending injury to become a focal point in Italy’s march towards winning the 2006 World Cup. A story of willpower and...
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Bari
Undeniably a club with a modest history but a littering of top-quality players from across the globe, SSC Bari has the ability to put together a five-a-side team to...
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Cesena
For a club that has been out of the Italian top flight since 2015, it would be tough to identify the right names to fill a five-a-side team. But...
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Napoli
I have to be honest, Napoli are my team. There’s something about the outsider, underdog nature of the club and the city that has always appealed to me. They...
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Atalanta
The queen of the provincial clubs was crowned Europa League winners last season. Yet Atalanta have rarely been mentioned alongside the established Italian football royalty. The Bergamo side had...
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Lazio
The Gentleman Ultra continues its popular series of nostalgic five-a-side teams. This time it's Federico Farcomeni with his pick from the greatest players to ever wear the Lazio shirt....
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Genoa
It is de rigueur to ignore the heroes of the past to focus on the stars of the present when selecting any all-time greats team. The skewed formula cannot be applied...
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Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for… Udinese
For a club that have never won a Serie A title, picking a five a side team made up of ex-Le Zebrette players proved monumentally difficult. Nestled in north...
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