Dr. Henry Bell and Alessandra Sau examine the small Sardinian town of Tonara, and the journeys of locals Marco Sau and Andrea Carboni.
Category Archive: Gazzetta
Your weekly slice of Italian football nostalgia to enjoy James Richardson-style alongside a strong caffè in your favourite piazza. You won’t find the latest transfer gossip but you will find historical reflections, classic moments, forgotten figures and incredible tales from every era of Italian football. It’s all here and more – so just sit back and enjoy.
“Scusi, cameriere!”
Martin Dunlop traces Roma’s last two decades, starting with their last Scudetto win in 2000/01 and ending with the disastrous 2004/05 campaign.
As Inter close in on their first Scudetto in over a decade, similiarities have been drawn between Antonio Conte’s side and Giovanni Trapattoni’s title-winning side of 1988/89. Dan Cancian takes a look.
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.
Jake Mills takes a deep dive into the rise of Ternana, who are taking Serie C by storm, and also have an ambitious plan to build a new stadium.
Ronaldo El Fenomeno is chiefly associated with his stints at Inter, Real Madrid and Barcelona, but his last European club – Milan – rarely gets mentioned. James Brookes recalls the last stand of a football legend.
Emmet Gates talks with the former Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria and Lazio manager about his various spells coaching in Serie A.
Sam Brookes recalls the classic encounter between Lazio and Inter just a few years ago, which sealed Inter’s place in the Champions League after a six-year absence.
The 1990s represented an enthralling decade for the southern Italian outfit. Francesco Amesbury picks the greatest Bari XI of that special period for the Galetti.
Wayne Girard returns with part II of his epic look at Papu Gomez’s career, highlighting what was arguably his peak – the Atalanta years.
In part I of Wayne Girard’s epic journey on the career of Papu Gomez, he retraces the earliest part of Gomez’s career, when the Argentine played under Diego Simeone at Catania, and his subsequent move to Ukraine
Sam Brookes takes a look at the top five greatest sides to ever face relegation from Serie A, based on points won.
TGU stalwart Luca Hodges-Ramon picks his top five favourite shirts from Italian football.
Sam Brookes recounts a classic Derby d’Italia from the 2001/02 season, when both sides were going for the Scudetto.
Sam Brookes recalls Mancini’s sublime backheel goal against Lazio in the Derby della Capitale in November 2003.
