The arrival of media tycoon and future Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, in 1986 signalled the harbinger of […]
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!”
May 30, 2001, is a date etched into the memory of AC Milan supporters. That evening, the Rossoneri […]
We met in Piazza Tolomei, a quaint little square surveyed by a statue of the Capitoline Wolf. The symbol is ubiquitous […]
(Anne O’ Brien right) Five Scudetti and two Coppa Italia’s. There isn’t a footballer alive who wouldn’t be […]
From left to right: Aridex Calligaris, Sergio Del Pinto & Angelo Bollano The name Aridex Calligaris will not […]
By the 1990s, the loophole that allowed footballers to play for more than one country had long since […]
The World’s greatest ever footballer? It is a perpetual debate that rages on. Diego Maradona, arguably the most […]
There has always been something romantic about seeing a footballer playing the beautiful game, seemingly on another planet, […]
As a football player, Jesse Carver was somewhat unremarkable. In fact, his main claim to fame during his […]
In 1957, Juventus opened their cheque book and signed Argentinian inside forward Omar Sívori for a world record […]
It’s the final day of the 2014-15 season in the Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna Girone A. In front of a […]
The remarkable story of Torino and their journey to the UEFA cup final of 1991/92 surprisingly begins in […]
On a Friday night back in April, Davide Di Gennaro calmly dispatched a 92nd minute penalty to earn […]
In the early years of the new millennium, two prodigious young attacking talents were blazing a trail through […]
Enrico Chiesa was a Serie A icon throughout the ‘glory days’ of Calcio. In a career that spanned over […]
