A Scottish footballer has just begun a fourth successive campaign in Italy’s Serie A and is competing in this season’s Champions League. The same player has already been top...
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Cristiano Lucarelli & Livorno: A bond forged in red
Making your debut is never easy. But as Cristiano Lucarelli started his first game for the Azzurrini, Italy’s under-21 side, he was in familiar surroundings. Livorno was Lucarelli’s home....
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Livorno: The Alternative Guide
Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi, Livorno, 1935, capacity 19,234 The Stadio Armando Picchi has held matches within its walls since 1933 but the structure was not finished until 1935. The...
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Vines of Glory: Andrea Pirlo’s greatest moments re-imagined as fine wines
The Maestro exhales, his wooden chair creaking back and forth as he finally takes a seat. The sun begins to set over the hills of Fiero, illuminating the vineyard...
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A Roman epic: Lazio’s 1999/00 Scudetto triumph
The date was May 18, 2000 and the new millennium was in full force: the Olsen Brothers had recently won the Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark, Britney Spears had...
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Chievo: The Alternative Guide
Stadium: Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi, 1963, capacity 38,402 The StadioMarc’Antonio Bentegodi is one of Italy’s iconic stadiums. Built in 1963 the venue’s only fault is that it may be too...
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The TGU Dream Team: Serie A in the 1990s
The inspiration During a recent Bank Holiday Monday clear-out of his old bedroom, TGU writer Martin Dunlop came across his impressive assortment of Calcio Italia magazines. Needless to say,...
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TGU Calcio Podcast (E5): The haves and the have nots
TGU Calcio Podcast (E5): The haves and the have nots As one star arrives in the north of Italy and another disappears in the south, TGU host and founder...
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Classic Calcio Kits: Fiorentina 1988-90
Shirt: Fiorentina (home) Season: 1988-90 Manufacturer: ABM Sponsor: Crodino/La Nazione Worn by: Roberto Baggio, Dunga, Stefano Borgonovo, Glenn Hysén, Alberto Di Chiara, Oscar Dertycia, Luboš Kubík, Giuseppe Volpecina, Renato...
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Adriano: Inter’s Brazilian superstar who flew too close to the sun
The story of Icarus and his father, Daedalus, is one of recklessness that results in a tragic fall from grace. It also provoked the idiom “Don’t fly too close...
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