The 9am Freciarossa from Stazione Centrale, Milano to Torino’s Porta Nuova station on Sunday February 18 was a fast way to start the build up to the Derby della Mole....
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When Calcio Ruled the World: Gianluca Pagliuca
The searing Pasadena sunshine burned down on Gianluca Pagliuca with 15 minutes remaining in the World Cup Final. Brazil’s Mauro Silva unleashed a 25-yard shot straight at the Italian...
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Goal O’ The Times: Diego Maradona vs. Brescia (1986)
Football is quite an obsessive sport. That’s hardly a revelation; digested, dissected, debated and played by billions around the globe, football has a grip over people’s imagination that’s unrivalled...
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Rome 1984: Running the gauntlet with a looted dream
It didn’t matter how you got there, just as long as you got there: Squeezed into to the back of barely roadworthy Ford Granada with another six bodies, or...
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The TGU Giveaway: The Art of Italia
As you know, we are passionate about Italian football. But we also love great artwork. So when the two are brought together, we can barely contain our joy. That’s...
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TGU Calcio Podcast (E3): Reminiscing about Ray & Gazzetta’s greatest golaccios
TGU Podcast (E3): Reminiscing about Ray & Gazzetta’s greatest golaccios In episode 3, host and TGU founder Richard Hall, and editors Neil Morris and Emmet Gates look back at...
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Songs from the peninsula: A musical journey through calcio
Music and football have had a tempestuous relationship over the years. The two seem so compatible yet their union is often an inharmonious one. These marital issues are less...
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Juventus 1994/95: Marcello Lippi’s finest side
You’ve seen it so many times down the years, the same picture that’s always trotted out, regular as clockwork. Whenever there’s a discussion about the greatest club sides of...
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