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Lazio

Classic Calcio Kits: Lazio’s Maglia Bandiera

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Shirt: Lazio Season: Various Manufacturer: Ennerre, TuttoSport, Macron Sponsor: Various Worn by: Bruno Giordano, Lionello Manfredonia, Vincenzo D’Amico, […]

thegentlemanultra March 21, 2019 Art, Classic Kits, Gazzetta

Giorgio Chinaglia: Lazio’s unsaintly champion

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In May 2017 during an official visit to Rome, Donald Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka was in the famous […]

Ricci Potts November 2, 2018 Gazzetta

A Roman epic: Lazio’s 1999/00 Scudetto triumph

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The date was May 18, 2000 and the new millennium was in full force: the Olsen Brothers had […]

thegentlemanultra September 12, 2018 Gazzetta

When Calcio Ruled the World: Diego Fuser

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If you were a Lazio fan walking to the Stadio Olimpico in the 1990s, Diego Fuser would have […]

richhall80 August 16, 2018 Gazzetta, When Calcio Ruled The World

The Brazilian Mancini: The €1000 man who danced and dazzled for Roma

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Serie A has been blessed with outstanding Brazilians over the last 50 years. The list is almost endless: […]

yousefcalcio July 27, 2018 Gazzetta

The TGU Interview: Designer Gavin Hall talks Hallyink and Calcio Art

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There is something inspiring about Italian football’s heyday. During the 1980s and 90s’, Serie A had it all: […]

Luca Hodges-Ramon June 11, 2018 Art, Calcio Culture, Gazzetta, Interviews

The TGU Interview: Author Matteo Fontana talks Calcio during Italy’s years of lead

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On 12 December 1969, an explosion ripped through the foyer of the Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana […]

thegentlemanultra May 30, 2018 Calcio Culture, Gazzetta, Interviews

Un maiale non può allenare: Carlo Ancelotti’s troubled time at Juventus

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It was the final day of the 1999/00 Serie A season and as torrential rain and wind battered […]

thegentlemanultra May 24, 2018 Gazzetta

A culture of violence: How political and social turmoil gave rise to Rome’s radical ultras

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No matter how pithy the quote, football should never become a matter of life and death. Nor should […]

thegentlemanultra May 1, 2018 Calcio Culture, Gazzetta

Classic Match: Lazio vs. Bologna 1999/00

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“Whassup?” Thanks to a popular American beer commercial, this is how we tended to greet each other at […]

giovd86 March 18, 2018 Calcio Caught on Camera, Series

Marco Delvecchio: The Lazio tormentor

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Marco Delvecchio is wheeling away from goal. He’s just done what he would go on to be famed […]

Richard Hinman February 20, 2018 Gazzetta

The TGU Book Review: Il Re Calcio II, by Paul Grech

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The image of Lazio club manager Angelo Peruzzi celebrating the side’s 2017 Italian Super Cup triumph over Juventus […]

dunlop85 February 5, 2018 Calcio Culture, Gazzetta

Ultra-turned-footballer: The paradoxical nature of Paolo Di Canio

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Tell me your favourite incarnation of Paolo Di Canio and I’ll show you what kind of football fan […]

Ricci Potts January 8, 2018 Gazzetta

The 10 most controversial transfers in Serie A history

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In a transfer window brimming with narratives, Leonardo Bonucci’s move to AC Milan is undoubtedly Serie A’s biggest […]

dancancian December 2, 2017 Gazzetta

Celebrating the 10 greatest goals of Hernan Crespo’s Italian career

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​There aren’t many greater examples of a ‘complete striker’ than Hernan Crespo. Leaving River Plate and his beloved nation of Argentina to sign for Parma in 1996, his adventure as a world class striker began. Crespo scored a variety of goals, from diving headers to composed chips over goalkeepers.

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thegentlemanultra June 14, 2017 Gazzetta

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