Euro ’96, the tournament in which football ‘came home’. After 30 years, England were once again hosting a major international tournament. Played out to a backdrop of Britpop, Cool...
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Juventus’ last Champions League win, 25 years on.
Emmet Gates talks to former Juventus midfielder Vladimir Jugovic about the last time The Old Lady won the Champions League, 25 years ago....
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Celebrating Roberto Baggio’s Magnum Opus: That goal against Juventus, 20 years on
On April 1st, 2001, Roberto Baggio's Brescia travelled to Turin to face Juventus in a game the Bianconeri had to win. They didn't. Emmet Gates tells the story....
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TGU Interview: Sven-Goran Eriksson
Emmet Gates talks with the former Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria and Lazio manager about his various spells coaching in Serie A....
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TGU Interview: Tony Dorigo (Part II)
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....
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TGU Interview: Tony Dorigo
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...
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Update 3.0: Fiorentina and Super Mario: The truth on one of football’s most mythical shirts
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?...
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Classic Game Podcast: Inter vs. Sampdoria, 1990/91
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. ...
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TGU Interview: Jonathan Grade
The Gentleman Ultra founder Richard Hall and site editor Emmet Gates spoke to Jonathan Grade. Jonathan was first runner, and later producer, of the legendary Channel 4 show Gazzetta...
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The Greatest Napoli Shirts of the Maradona Years
Diego Armando Maradona played in Serie A for seven years. In honour of the great man’s 60th birthday. We at The Gentleman Ultra asked Napoli shirt expert Damien Eck,...
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