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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Red and blue rivals: Bologna, Genoa and the great theft of 1925
In 1925, Italy was in the grip of fascism. Following a campaign of scare tactics and violence that began with the 1922 March on Rome, Prime Minister Benito Mussolini,...
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The Brazilian Mancini: The €1000 man who danced and dazzled for Roma
Serie A has been blessed with outstanding Brazilians over the last 50 years. The list is almost endless: Aldair, Adriano, Branco, Cafu, Careca, Dunga, Julio Cesar, Kaka, Rivaldo, Roberto...
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The launch of Golazio London: Calcio comes to Camberwell Road
Preamble Here at Gentleman Ultra we have long dreamed of having a place where we could hang out with like-minded souls and indulge in our love of 90s Italian...
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Classic Calcio Kits: Inter 1988-91
Shirt: Internazionale (away) Season: 1988-91 Manufacturer: Uhlsport Sponsor: Misura Worn by: Giuseppe Bergomi, Giuseppe Baresi, Riccardo Ferri, Aldo Serena, Andreas Brehme, Nicola Berti, Alessandro Bianchi, Lothar Matthäus, Ramón Díaz,...
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