The use of the nickname ‘the animal’ is not uncommon in football. It is a moniker often awarded […]
Category Archive: When Calcio Ruled The World
An unashamedly misty-eyed look back through the eras of calcio that shaped our passion for the game. A nod the 90s, a wink to the 80s and a tip of the hat to days of yore.
If you were a Lazio fan walking to the Stadio Olimpico in the 1990s, Diego Fuser would have […]
As well as a plethora of lethal goal-scorers and highly skilled footballing artisans, Italian football has always been […]
The searing Pasadena sunshine burned down on Gianluca Pagliuca with 15 minutes remaining in the World Cup Final. […]
Angelo Di Livio is a joke. That is harsh on a man who won three Scudetti, two Coppe […]
When Gazzetta Dello Sport interviewed Angelo Peruzzi in 2015 he was fishing in Blera, Lazio. This small town […]
Giuseppe “Beppe” Signori was one of the most complete and ruthless forwards of his era. His name is […]
If you frequented Roma’s Curva Sud in Serie A’s golden age of the late 1980s and early 1990s, […]
“The problem is that clubs load young players up with money before [their careers] have taken off. At […]
“With hindsight, I think I should never have left Milan because I could have given more to the […]
Zvonimir Boban was one of the most talented players to play for Milan in the 1990s, an impressive […]
He was ‘The Uncle’ from seventeen, the boy who marked Karl-Heinz Rummenigge out of a World Cup final, […]
Thierry Henry (aged 24), Arsenal, 24 Goals, English Premier League Champions Raul (aged 24) Real Madrid, 24 Goals, […]
It is hard to name many players who have sandwiched a quick jaunt at Italian club Brescia, between […]
In the 1997-98 season Oliver Bierhoff became capocannoniere in Serie A. An under-rated forward playing for an unfashionable team made […]
