The use of the nickname ‘the animal’ is not uncommon in football. It is a moniker often awarded […]
Category Archive: Series
From Diaspora to Goal O’The Times, these are TGU’s series
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 […]
As well as a plethora of lethal goal-scorers and highly skilled footballing artisans, Italian football has always been […]
Origins If the word ‘staffetta’ is translated into English, it roughly means relay. The word is generally associated […]
As the final whistle went in Milan after the aggregate play-off defeat to Sweden, the fate of the […]
It’s safe to say that the World Cup in Russia this summer has been quite enjoyable to watch. […]
The everlasting image of the 1994 World Cup portrays a lonely Roberto Baggio disconsolately looking down at the […]
“Francescooooooo! Totti! Totti! Totti!,” yelled Italian commentator Fabio Caressa. The Azzurri had just been rescued by the forward’s […]
For generations of football fans, Italy are the quintessential World Cup team. Skilful, stylish and exciting, Gli Azzurri […]
One of the best known pictures in the history of Italian football shows four men engaged in a […]
Many among the 70,000 crowd gathered in the San Siro released an involuntary gasp as Spanish referee Antonio […]
“The next young player who says he does not want to play for England should be ordered to […]
According to Buddha’s teachings, “it is not prayer, not grace and not sacrifice that brings redemption, but only […]
Words fail us. When it comes to love or grief, they can never fully articulate how we feel […]
