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Author: richhall80

Tales from the peninsula: The silent guide of Novara, by Richard Hall

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TGU founder Richard Hall recalls a bitterly cold day in January 2012, when he and his brother travelled to watch Novara take on Fiorentina

richhall80 January 29, 2021 Tales From The Peninsula

When Calcio Ruled the World: Fernando De Napoli

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No football team can rely on one genius alone to achieve greatness. Perhaps nowhere in Italian football history […]

richhall80 March 6, 2019 Gazzetta, When Calcio Ruled The World

When Calcio Ruled the World: Diego Fuser

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If you were a Lazio fan walking to the Stadio Olimpico in the 1990s, Diego Fuser would have […]

richhall80 August 16, 2018 Gazzetta, When Calcio Ruled The World

The TGU Interview: Andreas Brehme – Inter’s pioneering full-back

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There was no ‘Nessun Dorma’ playing now. The Stadio Olimpico was full to the rafters but produced only […]

richhall80 May 18, 2018 Gazzetta, Interviews

The evolution of Francesco Totti, captured through his goals in the Rome Derby

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Modern Roman culture is a potent cocktail of the contemporary and the ancient. Arguably, it is at its […]

richhall80 April 27, 2017 Gazzetta, The Author's 15

Ruggiero Rizzitelli: The Torino Captain who lost it all

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When a player has the nickname ‘Rizzi-gol’, one would expect that his career would be littered with Capocannoniere […]

richhall80 December 8, 2016 Gazzetta

When Calcio Ruled The World: Angelo Peruzzi

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​When Gazzetta Dello Sport interviewed Angelo Peruzzi in 2015 he was fishing in Blera, Lazio. This small town […]

richhall80 December 4, 2016 Series, When Calcio Ruled The World

When Calcio Ruled The World: Beppe Signori

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Giuseppe “Beppe” Signori was one of the most complete and ruthless forwards of his era. His name is […]

richhall80 December 2, 2016 Series, When Calcio Ruled The World

When Calcio Ruled The World: Rudi Voller

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​If you frequented Roma’s Curva Sud in Serie A’s golden age of the late 1980s and early 1990s, […]

richhall80 November 24, 2016 Series, When Calcio Ruled The World

​When Calcio Ruled The World: Jean-Pierre Papin

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“With hindsight, I think I should never have left Milan because I could have given more to the […]

richhall80 November 14, 2016 Series, When Calcio Ruled The World

When Calcio Ruled The World: Zvonimir Boban

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Zvonimir Boban was one of the most talented players to play for Milan in the 1990s, an impressive […]

richhall80 October 8, 2016 Series, When Calcio Ruled The World

When Calcio Ruled The World: Giuseppe ‘Lo Zio’ Bergomi

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He was ‘The Uncle’ from seventeen, the boy who marked Karl-Heinz Rummenigge out of a World Cup final, […]

richhall80 October 7, 2016 Series, When Calcio Ruled The World

When Calcio Ruled The World: Dario Hubner

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Thierry Henry (aged 24), Arsenal, 24 Goals, English Premier League Champions Raul (aged 24) Real Madrid, 24 Goals, […]

richhall80 September 22, 2016 Series, When Calcio Ruled The World

When Calcio Ruled The World: Gheorghe Hagi

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It is hard to name many players who have sandwiched a quick jaunt at Italian club Brescia, between […]

richhall80 August 30, 2016 Series, When Calcio Ruled The World

When Calcio Ruled The World: Oliver Bierhoff

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In the 1997-98 season Oliver Bierhoff became capocannoniere in Serie A. An under-rated forward playing for an unfashionable team made […]

richhall80 August 10, 2016 Series, When Calcio Ruled The World

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