Nostalgia is a peculiar thing. It’s an extremely personal thing. It’s a pop song from when you were 17. It’s the sun on your back, sand between your toes...
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Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for… Udinese
For a club that have never won a Serie A title, picking a five a side team made up of ex-Le Zebrette players proved monumentally difficult. Nestled in north...
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Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for… Lecce
Picking five players for a rational Lecce side should be easy, on paper. That is because giallorossi are a club that firstly stood in Serie A in 1985-86. The...
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a line-up for … Pisa
Picking a five-a-side team for a side whose glory days are 30-years away could look like a mere rhetorical exercise. By the way, we are still talking about a...
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Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for… Sampdoria
All my Sampdoria five-side-team played together in the club’s most successful period from 1984-1994. It would have been easy to pick an ultra-attacking side with four forwards, yet in...
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Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for… AS Roma
Here we go; the almost impossible task of picking an AS Roma five-a-side team and keeping most people happy! Roma, like many Italian sides, are a club with a...
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Nostalgic Serie A 5-a-side teams: picking a line-up for … Juventus
Picking a five-a-side team of Juventus greats is something of a thankless task. Aside from the love-or-loathe nature of Turin’s Old Lady in both Italy and beyond, they’re a...
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a line-up for … Inter
The Gentleman Ultra is back with a new Series. This time its the nostalgic Serie A teams of Calcio. Richard Hall takes his pick from the Inter’s rich history....
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Roberto Baggio’s retirement 20 years later: the greatness, the end of a golden age, and no more Sundays
Roberto Baggio retired 20 years ago, and as Emmet Gates writes, Sundays haven't really been the same since....
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Pietro Vierchowod – the defensive giant with an eye for goal
Pietro Vierchowod is one of Italy’s most illustrious defenders, up their with Maldini and Zanetti on the list of Serie A greats. Stephen Kasiewicz explores his unlikely beginnings as...
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