Our previous article on the golden age of Calcio introduced why we all thought it was so cool, but there was once a time when the cult teams ruled...
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Halcyon Calcio: The beginning of our “Golden Era”, why Serie A was cooler than the Premiership
It’s a sepia tinted memory in all of our minds, Saturday mornings with our cereal sat in the living room watching James Richardson bring us the best of that...
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Halcyon Calcio: When I fell in love with Italian football
Close your eyes and cast your mind back. There’s a Labour government in the UK, Liam and Noel are filling stadiums, their mortal enemies – Blur – are doing...
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The Stoic Sentinel: Samir Handanović and the Art of Quiet Endurance
The story of Samir Handanović is not one of explosion, but of compression. It is a narrative meticulously folded into itself, defined by discipline, longevity, and the rare gift...
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Curva Express: The Ultra Column
In a new monthly column for the Gentleman Ultra, Federico Farcomeni is on the ground with all the latest news from the Italian football ultra scene. You can follow...
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Mister! The Italian Manager Series
The subject for the latest in our series on Italian managers is the man that was in charge of one of my favourite Serie A sides of the 1990s....
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The Supercoppa Italiana and Italy’s attempt to globalise Calcio
Once, the Supercoppa Italiana felt like a quiet punctuation mark at the start of the season — a single game, rooted in place, often played in the shadow of...
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Christmas, Boxing Day, and the Day Italian Football Learned to Stay Home
After a Christmas Day spent indoors — behaving politely with family, drifting in and out of conversation, half-watching the same James Bond films that seem to exist solely for...
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Francesco Mancini: The Maverick Goalkeeper of Zemanlandia
The story of Francesco Mancini is less the chronicle of a football player and more the narrative of a football revolution, confined to the 18-yard box. He was the...
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The origins of Como 1907
In this first in a new series, Richard Hall charts the origins and rise of Como 1907....
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