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Author: Emmet Gates

TGU Interview: Sven-Goran Eriksson

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Emmet Gates talks with the former Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria and Lazio manager about his various spells coaching in Serie A.

Emmet Gates February 16, 2021 Gazzetta, Interviews

TGU Interview: Tony Dorigo (Part II)

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Part II of our exclusive chat with former Leeds Utd and Torino left-back Tony Dorigo. The Australian tells Emmet Gates about his season with Il Granata in 1997/98.

Emmet Gates January 8, 2021 Gazzetta, Interviews

TGU Interview: Tony Dorigo

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In part one of our interview with former Aston Villa, Chelsea, Leeds United and Torino left-back Tony Dorigo, he discusses his relationship with Italian football, his memories of Italia ’90, and his move to Torino in the summer of 1997.

Emmet Gates December 18, 2020 Gazzetta, Interviews

Update 3.0: Fiorentina and Super Mario: The truth on one of football’s most mythical shirts

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Emmet Gates investigates whether the Fiorentina ‘Super Mario’ shirts, which have become mythical in the football collecting sphere, are legitimate, or is it someone going into business for themselves?

Emmet Gates December 11, 2020 Calcio Culture, Classic Kits, Gazzetta

Classic Game Podcast: Inter vs. Sampdoria, 1990/91

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Richard Hall and Emmet Gates are joined by The Guardian’s Rob Smyth to discuss the legendary May 1991 clash between Inter and Sampdoria, with the Scudetto at stake.

Emmet Gates December 8, 2020 TGU Podcast

TGU Interview: Jonathan Grade

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The Gentleman Ultra founder Richard Hall and site editor Emmet Gates spoke to Jonathan Grade. Jonathan was first […]

Emmet Gates November 23, 2020 Gazzetta, Interviews, TGU Podcast

The Greatest Napoli Shirts of the Maradona Years

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Diego Armando Maradona played in Serie A for seven years. In honour of the great man’s 60th birthday. […]

Emmet Gates October 30, 2020 Classic Kits

Diego Armando Maradona: Six for 60.

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“Thank you to my sources of inspiration: Federico Fellini, Talking Heads, Martin Scorsese and Diego Armando Maradona,” professed […]

Emmet Gates October 29, 2020 Calcio Caught on Camera, Gazzetta

Andrea Pirlo’s five greatest assists

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Carlo Ancelotti once said: “Pirlo spots a pass in a split-second that lesser players could spend a whole […]

Emmet Gates September 10, 2018 Art, Gazzetta

France ’98 and the staffetta: Baggio vs. Del Piero, the race for Italy’s no. 10

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Origins If the word ‘staffetta’ is translated into English, it roughly means relay. The word is generally associated […]

Emmet Gates July 13, 2018 Azzurri, Gazzetta

Goal O’ The Times: Diego Maradona vs. Brescia (1986)

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Football is quite an obsessive sport. That’s hardly a revelation; digested, dissected, debated and played by billions around […]

Emmet Gates April 20, 2018 Goal O' The Times

Juventus 1994/95: Marcello Lippi’s finest side

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You’ve seen it so many times down the years, the same picture that’s always trotted out, regular as […]

Emmet Gates April 10, 2018 Gazzetta

Football Italia at 25: Celebrating Gazzetta’s greatest golaccios (part III)

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This month celebrates a quarter century since an unknown twentysomething called James Richardson emerged as a staple in […]

Emmet Gates December 2, 2017 Series, Sketches by Fede

Football Italia at 25: Celebrating Gazzetta’s greatest golaccios (part II)

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his month celebrates a quarter century since an unknown twentysomething called James Richardson emerged as a staple in […]

Emmet Gates December 2, 2017 Series, Sketches by Fede

Football Italia at 25: Celebrating Gazzetta’s greatest golaccios (Part I)

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This month celebrates a quarter century since an unknown twenty-something called James Richardson emerged as a staple in […]

Emmet Gates December 2, 2017 Series, Sketches by Fede

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