There has always been something romantic about seeing a footballer playing the beautiful game, seemingly on another planet, […]
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!”
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 […]
In the second and final instalment of Neil’s two-part article, he looks at how Vittorio Pozzo’s Italy – […]
In the first instalment of this two part article, Neil maps out the political backdrop to which the […]
Italian football has had its fair share of scandals over the years, from the Totonero betting scandal that […]
“I have always been framed as the brother of Lucarelli (Cristiano). But I have always been Alessandro Lucarelli […]
Brescia is situated at the foot of the Alps in the Lombardy region, and has had a football […]
Football outside of the top flight is usually where you can find some real ‘diehard’ supporters, the supporters […]
On July 15, 2014, Calcio Padova 1910 disappeared from Italian football after failing to register for the upcoming […]
