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Purveyors of Italian passion. Disciples of the Football Italia years. 🇮🇹
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The Stoic Sentinel: Samir Handanović and the Art of Quiet Endurance
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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 ofRead More
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2026/02/07/the-stoic-sentinel-samir-handanovic-and-the-art-of-quiet-endurance/
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Retro Football Network
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Issue 2 of Retro Football Magazine is out! Covering 80s & 90s football, don't miss out on the nostalgia. Ajax in the 90s to Aston Villa winning the European Cup. The end of an era at Old Trafford, retro gaming, Escape to Victory and Rangers vs. Leeds.
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For the
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this is our all time five a side team ⚫️🔵🇮🇹 Who would you pick?
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a line-up for … Inter
New series continues in which writers choose their nostalgic Serie A teams of calcio, with an impossible choice
https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-gentleman-ultra/2024/sep/12/nostalgic-serie-a-five-a-side-teams-picking-a-line-up-for-inter
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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️
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Calcio fans! 📣🇮🇹 What are you doing on Wednesday, 12 August? Join
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@rickhough.bsky.social
, Chris Willis (The Calcio Blog) and me at The Volley, Old Street, London! More... 👇🏼
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An evening of calcio, nostalgia, groundhopping and tales from the Italian peninsula with
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Life insider Inter Federico Farcomeni, now a TGU contributor, worked for the club between 2018 and 2022 and shared some of his best snapshots of life inside FC Internazionale Milano.
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Life inside Inter -
Life inside Inter was (and probably still is) adventurous to say the least – these pictures are just an extract, a glimpse of the feelings generated by the experience aroundRead More
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Stephen Kasiewicz
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Gianluca Vialli scored 19 goals as Sampdoria stunned Italian football to claim a first Scudetto 35 years ago. Here's my tribute to his exceptional season. Written for
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a few years ago.
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Season of Their Life: Gianluca Vialli 1990/91 -
Stephen Kasiewicz celebrates Gianluca Vialli's best club season by taking a look at his legendary 1990/91 campaign with Sampdoria.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2023/04/19/season-of-their-life-gianluca-vialli-1990-91/
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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️
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NEW POST 🗞️ Discover another side of Italian football history 🇮🇹 The heroic footballing partisans of World War II who gave their lives for Italy’s freedom ✊ Read on…
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The Legacy of Italian Football's World War II Partisans
Many Italian footballers took the fight to the fascists in World War II. In this post, I look at how just a few of them are remembered.
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Italy 🇮🇹 Football ⚽ Nostalgia 🔥
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Richard Hall
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Stadio San Paolo (Naples) 🇮🇹
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Stephen Kasiewicz
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The yearly reminder that Sampdoria did actually win a European trophy is always kind of sad considering the club’s current position. The top flight and European football must be an objective for Samp, not in the next decade but in the next few years.
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New from the Gentleman Ultra. Is relegation a necessary evil? By
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Notes from Verona. Is relegation a necessary evil? -
Following Hellas Verona's relegation to Serie B, Richard Hough, author of Verona Campione, the Miracle of 85, reflects on a historically bad season for the club and asks if the experience of the past ...
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2026/05/13/notes-from-verona-relegation-a-necessary-evil/
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New from the Gentleman Ultra. Is relegation a necessary evil? By
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Notes from Verona. Is relegation a necessary evil? -
Following Hellas Verona's relegation to Serie B, Richard Hough, author of Verona Campione, the Miracle of 85, reflects on a historically bad season for the club and asks if the experience of the past ...
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2026/05/13/notes-from-verona-relegation-a-necessary-evil/
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COMING SOON... TGU
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🇮🇹 An unforgettable evening of calcio, nostalgia and groundhopping 📍London 📆 Wednesday, August 12th at 8:00 PM. Register now at:
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COMING SOON... TGU
#Live
🇮🇹 An unforgettable evening of calcio, nostalgia and groundhopping 📍London 📆 Wednesday, August 12th at 8:00 PM. Register now at:
www.gentlemanultra.com/the-gentlema...
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#ItalianFootball
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Verona Campione
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Very kind of Alastair Hendrie to review Verona Campione. Please take a look>
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Verona won Serie A with a chain-smoking star. How?
YouTube video by Alistair Hendrie
https://youtu.be/r8wEh7FrXUM?si=f2iibQ1EQLWRjCi1
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Stephen Kasiewicz
2 months ago
The great Pietro Vierchowod turned 67 today. On a day when Sampdoria win a game of football (miraculous), it's fitting to share this piece I wrote about of the best Italian defenders, and Samp legend, for
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a few years ago.
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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 a striker and cha...
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2024/04/05/pietro-vierchowod-the-defensive-giant-with-an-eye-for-goal/
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Scott Balaam
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🚨 BREAKING: Tottenham sack Igor Tudor after just 44 days Spurs in crisis ⚠️ Next manager options include Dyche, Pochettino & De Zerbi Huge fixtures ahead after the international break
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Tottenham sack Igor Tudor after 44 days: Spurs crisis deepens as next manager shortlist emerges - TIBS News
Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed that Igor Tudor has left the club by mutual consent after just 44 days in charge, bringing one of the shortest managerial reigns in Premier League history to a dramati...
https://www.tibsnews.co.uk/football-news/tottenham-sack-igor-tudor-44-days-next-manager-shortlist-fixtures/
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Richard Hall
3 months ago
For
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I look through the Italian Football headlines
#Gazzetta
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Richard Hall
3 months ago
It's the
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Verona Campione
3 months ago
Anything less that 3 points for Hellas Verona takes them a step closer to Serie B. Pleasure to catch up with the insta phenomenon that is The Calcio Blog pre-match!
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Scott Balaam
3 months ago
Half-and-half scarves: fan culture crime or acceptable souvenir? They appeared in the late 90s and are now everywhere — from Champions League ties to Six Nations rugby. Would you ever buy one?
#footballculture
#groundhopping
#fanexperience
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FRIDAY FEATURE: Half-and-half scarves - fan culture crime or acceptable match day souvenir? - TIBS News
If sport has unwritten rules, then few accessories spark stronger reactions than the half-and-half scarf. Walk past any major stadium on matchday and you’ll see them hanging from stalls: two teams aw...
https://www.tibsnews.co.uk/features/friday-feature/half-and-half-scarves-football-rugby-debate/
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Richard Hall
3 months ago
I guides you through Derby weekend for the 'Official @Inter Podcast' ⚫️🔵🇮🇹 Inter head into the derby vs Milan with the Scudetto in sight A 30-year journey through San Siro: • the grit of the 1994 UEFA Cup run • the tactical flow of the 2026 title push
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With the Milan Derby coming up in a few hours time it would be rude not to share a few classic articles from the TGU archives. First up, Henry Ball on the story behind one of the Milan Derby's most iconic images and the photographer who caught the moment.
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Stefano Rellandini: The Photographer Behind the Milan Derby's Most Famous Image -
Henry Bell speaks to Stefano Rellandini to get the story behind his iconic photograph of Marco Materazzi and Rui Costa.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2023/05/07/stefano-rellandini-the-photographer-behind-the-milan-derbys-most-famous-image/
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Verona Campione
3 months ago
Incredible start to the second half!after going a goal down Hellas now lead 1-2 at Bologna! Bowie becomes the 8th Scottish player to score in Serie A and the 4th to score for Hellas Verona! 🏴💪
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Ferguson 🏴 v 🏴 Bowie as Bologna host Hellas Verona this afternoon. Here's
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on the handful of Scottish players who have appeared in Serie A. From Braveheart to the Bel Paese: Scottish football players in Italy:
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From Braveheart to the Bel Paese: Scottish football players in Italy (Part I) -
From Verona in Italy, Richard Hough's “Notes from Verona”, charts the highs and lows of following his local team. In this second monthly column he remembers the handful of Scots who have played in Ser...
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2023/10/19/notes-from-verona-from-braveheart-to-the-bel-paese-scottish-players-in-italy/
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Franco Baresi and Olaf Thon, April 18, 1990, Champions Cup, Bayern Munich 2-AC Milan 1, Shoot, September 22, 1990
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With just 99 days to the 2026 World Cup Finals here's a trip down memory lane from the Gentleman Ultra archives. 2006 World Cup Final Memories
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2006 World Cup Final Memories -
On the 17th anniversary of Italy’s 2006 World Cup triumph in Germany, our writers share their personal recollections of the final.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2023/07/08/2006-world-cup-final-memories/
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Giancarlo Rinaldi
3 months ago
We’re back with more Calcio nonsense - happily recorded before Udinese battered Fiorentina
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Rigore! - Listen on Spotify - Linktree
View Rigore’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like Spotify here. Your next favorite track is just a click away!
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Scott Balaam
3 months ago
Groundhopping in Italy 🇮🇹⚽ Not just matches — but ultras, medieval towns, flares, regional rivalries & stadiums full of history. From San Siro to Serie D terraces with 500 fans. Which Italian ground should every fan visit?
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This is Italy! We'll believe it when we see it!
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Juventus face an uphill task in the Champions League tonight. From the Gentleman Ultra archive, it's now 30 years since The Old Lady were champions of Europe.
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Juventus' last Champions League win, 25 years on. -
Emmet Gates talks to former Juventus midfielder Vladimir Jugovic about the last time The Old Lady won the Champions League, 25 years ago.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2021/06/01/juventus-last-champions-league-win-25-years-on/
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Could Atalanta cause an upset tonight? Here's one from the Gentleman Ultra archives>
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Merthyr Tydfil vs. Atalanta: The story of an unforgettable upset -
Wales is a country where the oval ball dominates, yet there is one town in mid-Glamorgan where football is a religion and eclipses everything else. Merthyr Tydfil does not rollRead More
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2016/12/23/merthyr-tydfil-vs-atalanta-the-story-of-an-unforgettable-upset/
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Scott Balaam
3 months ago
The next Serie A fixtures are out soon 🇮🇹⚽ But when will the remaining kick-off times be confirmed? Lega Serie A published a structured timeline back in the summer. If you’re planning an Italy trip, read this first
www.tibsnews.co.uk/calcio-amore...
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Serie A 2025–26 fixture dates: When fans will know the kick-off times - TIBS News
The anticipation surrounding a new Serie A season is always high, with supporters eager to mark their calendars for the biggest clashes on the Italian football calendar. For the 2025–26 season, the f...
https://www.tibsnews.co.uk/calcio-amore/serie-a-2025-26-fixture-release-dates-and-big-games/
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Football Heritage
3 months ago
Thanks to everyone who listened to our latest podcast on the history and culture of the Ultras movement. If you haven't yet, you can check it out in the post below. We're well off the mark for 2026. Next podcast out tomorrow.
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AS Roma
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La nostra formazione per Roma Cremonese 🐺
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New from the Gentleman Ultra
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Halcyon Calcio: When cult teams ruled the coolest league -
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 thisRead More
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2026/02/21/halcyon-calcio-when-cult-teams-ruled-the-coolest-league/
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💛 MATCHDAY 💙 ⏰ 20:45 ⚽️ Sassuolo v Hellas Verona Verona in desperate need of points tonight. Flashback to happier times with
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The miracle season when Hellas Verona came from nowhere to win Serie A
What Claudio Ranieri is doing with Leicester City has few precedents, but Osvaldo Bagnoli gave the people of Verona something similar in 1984-85
https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-gentleman-ultra/2016/apr/11/hellas-verona-serie-a-miracle-season-leicester-city
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New on the Gentleman Ultra from The Calcio Blog... Halcyon Calcio: The beginning of our “Golden Era”, why Serie A was cooler than the Premiership
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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 week’sRead More
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2026/02/17/halcyon-calcio-the-beginning-of-our-golden-era-why-serie-a-was-cooler-than-the-premiership/
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Trending now on the Gentleman Ultra... All Time XI: Fiorentina By
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All Time XI: Fiorentina -
Giancarlo Rinaldi takes us to one of the most beautiful cities in the world as he selects his All Time Fiorentina XI
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2022/07/27/all-time-xi-fiorentina/
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‘They were like bombs’: Helenio Herrera’s little white pills kept Inter’s players buzzing
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‘They were like bombs’: Helenio Herrera’s little white pills kept Inter’s players buzzing
In an extract from his book, Richard Fitzpatrick reveals in the early 1960s the grand Italian club was equipped for doping like ‘a small hospital’
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/feb/17/they-were-like-bombs-helenio-herreras-little-white-pills-kept-inters-players-buzzing
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felix natalis imperator It’s Adriano’s birthday today, read our article on him below ⬇️
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Simon Kuper
4 months ago
In London on March 18? Please come to my talk about my new book World Cup Fever, at Backstory bookshop in Balham. Tickets here:
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18th March, 7:30pm - Simon Kuper, World Cup Fever
Please note event tickets are neither exchangeable nor refundable. Wednesday 18th March, 7:30pm Backstory, 71 Balham High Rd, SW12 9AP Sports writer Simon Kuper will be joined by Head of Sport at The ...
https://backstory.london/products/18th-march-7-30pm-simon-kuper-world-cup-fever
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Lazio have submitted plans for a £380million project to redevelop and modernise Rome’s Historic Stadio Flaminio. Back in December Federico Farcomeni took us back to the the stadium in its prime:
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A stadium abandoned to its destiny? Rome's Historic Stadio Flaminio -
Federico Farcomeni charts the demise of Rome's historic Stadio Flaminio. You can follow Federico’s weekly updates from the Curva on his Calcio Express substack.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/12/15/a-stadium-abandoned-to-its-destiny-romes-historic-stadio-flaminio/
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🔝⚽ content as always from our friends at
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New guest article on the Gentleman Ultra The Tragedy of L’Imperatore A profile of Adriano, Inter's troubled but prolific Brazilian striker by guest contributor Krisztián Horváth of Behind The Transfer.
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The Tragedy of L’Imperatore -
A profile of Adriano, the troubled but prolific Brazilian striker by guest contributor Krisztián Horváth of Behind The Transfer.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2026/02/16/the-tragedy-of-limperatore/
4 months ago
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