August 31st 1997, The Guiseppe Meazza stadium in Milan was packed, blue and black flags, scarves and banners filled the stands. This beautiful stadium was at its absolute best as...
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On July 15, 2014, Calcio Padova 1910 disappeared from Italian football after failing to register for the upcoming Lega Pro season. It was a poignant end for one of...
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When Parma Conquered Europe, Twice
The Season of 1994/95 was arguably Parma’s most successful in the clubs history, finishing an impressive 3rd place in Serie A and reaching the Coppa Italia final, only to lose...
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In 1957, Juventus opened their cheque book and signed Argentinian inside forward Omar Sívori for a world record transfer fee, remunerating River Plate with a staggering ten million pesos...
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Filippo Savi: For the love of Calcio
It’s the final day of the 2014-15 season in the Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna Girone A. In front of a modest crowd, the players of tiny Lentigione Calcio celebrate their promotion...
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The Rise of Frosinone
With another Serie A season done and dusted, it is arrivederci to some of Italian football’s biggest names. Parma, who lit up the world of Calcio in the 1990s, bid farewell...
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Ask any football fan to name an Argentinian that has plied his trade in Serie A and Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta and Javier Zanetti immediately spring to mind. Those...
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Fans of Italian football in the early 1990s will remember the name. After Italia 90 when British fans tuned into watch James Richardson’s Football Italia, they were hoping just...
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Foggia after Zemanlandia
The manager that made a club and the club that made the manager. Foggia and Zdenek Zeman will forever go hand in hand, because it was in this southern...
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Serie A Classic: When Ronaldo met Baggio
Ronaldo had become the world’s most expensive player when he signed for Inter from Barcelona and Roberto Baggio was trying to resurrect his career at Bologna. When they met...
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