Henry Bell celebrates Napoli's upcoming trophy lift by assembling a combined All Time XI from SSC Napoli's three league winning sides. ...
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Asprilla Hits A Wall: How Fabio Cannavaro’s Brilliance First Emerged Live On Channel 4.
Henry Bell looks back at the game which announced Fabio Cannavaro's genius to the world: Parma v Napoli in 1993, broadcast live on Channel 4....
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All Time XI: Napoli
Kirsten Schlewitz brings together some of the most memorable players in the history of Serie A in her All Time Napoli XI....
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Diego Maradona, Moscow, Lenin and the beginning of the end
When does an intense, all-consuming relationship begin to sour? For Diego Maradona and Napoli, a trip to Moscow in November 1990 marked the beginning of the end....
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Napoli’s greatest XI of the Diego Maradona era – without Maradona
Dr. Henry Bell disagrees that Napoli were a one-man team during the Diego Maradona years, so much so that he's chosen his ideal starting Napoli XI - without Maradona....
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Italy’s déjà vu: How Azeglio Vicini’s Azzurri failed to qualify for Euro 92
Many among the 70,000 crowd gathered in the San Siro released an involuntary gasp as Spanish referee Antonio Lahoz blew a shrill, long note from his whistle. As the...
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Reporting for duty: When Serie A’s superstars did national service
“The next young player who says he does not want to play for England should be ordered to ring the parents of a soldier who has died serving his...
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