Making your debut is never easy. But as Cristiano Lucarelli started his first game for the Azzurrini, Italy’s […]
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!”
With a little luck, a professional footballer’s career can last 15 years or more. During such a long […]
Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi, Livorno, 1935, capacity 19,234 The Stadio Armando Picchi has held matches within its walls […]
The Maestro exhales, his wooden chair creaking back and forth as he finally takes a seat. The sun […]
The date was May 18, 2000 and the new millennium was in full force: the Olsen Brothers had […]
Shirt: Napoli Season: 1986-91 Manufacturer: Ennerre Sponsor: Buitoni/Mars Worn by: Diego Maradona, Careca, Bruno Giordano, Ciro Ferrara, Luca […]
Carlo Ancelotti once said: “Pirlo spots a pass in a split-second that lesser players could spend a whole […]
The 18th May 2013 was a day I will never forget. A turgid nil-nil draw between Hellas Verona […]
Football is a collective sport. However, since the inception of the Golden Ball award in 1956, football circles […]
In early June 2007, Luca Toni walks into a hotel in the middle of Munich to face the […]
It goes without saying many legends have donned the black and white jersey of Juventus: Alessandro Del Piero, […]
Last year, while visiting family in my home town of San Vito sullo Ionio in the Calabrian province […]
Serie A is renowned for its brilliant coaches. Immediately one thinks of those who made their mark with […]
If you were a Lazio fan walking to the Stadio Olimpico in the 1990s, Diego Fuser would have […]
The inspiration During a recent Bank Holiday Monday clear-out of his old bedroom, TGU writer Martin Dunlop came […]
