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Purveyors of Italian passion. Disciples of the Football Italia years. 🇮🇹
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The Ballard of Francesco Totti By Wayne Girard for
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NEW "Those players are forever together as that invincible team..." TGU editor James Oddy chats with author Roberto Pennino about his book, Immortal Torino: the emotional story of the rise and tragic fall of one of Italian football’s greatest ever teams.
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An interview with author Roberto Pennino- Il Grande Torino -
Torino won five consecutive league titles in the 1940s, playing a flowing brand of football with such dominance they were named Grande Torino. Their dominance was tragically and shockingly haltedRead ...
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/05/04/an-interview-with-author-roberto-pennino-il-grande-torino/
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NEW A feature on the Derby di Sicilia from TGU founder
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A must read for Palermo and Catania fans.
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A retrospective of The Derby di Sicilia -
Ah, the Derby di Sicilia. The very name conjures images of sun-drenched terraces, the scent of arancini hanging heavy in the air, and a visceral tension that crackles like the volcanicRead More
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/05/10/a-retrospective-of-the-derby-di-sicilia/
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NEW The first of a new TGU series looking at the storied history of calcio in the USA with the first installment from Wayne Girard.
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The Azzurri hit New York! -
A sea of fans in blue rose, removed their hats, and gazed downwards as an announcement was made over Red Bull Arena’s PA, calling for a moment of silence. JoeRead More
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/04/14/the-nezzarrui-hit-new-york/
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NEW The first of a new TGU series looking at the storied history of calcio in the USA with the first installment from Wayne Girard.
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The Azzurri hit New York! -
A sea of fans in blue rose, removed their hats, and gazed downwards as an announcement was made over Red Bull Arena’s PA, calling for a moment of silence. JoeRead More
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/04/14/the-nezzarrui-hit-new-york/
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Sensible Soccer
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Follow Friday! Check out these other great retro footy and gaming accounts
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#Retrogaming
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The Ballard of Francesco Totti By Wayne Girard for
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Juan Sebastian Veron turns 50 today. Jake Smalley detailed the career of the brilliant Argentine playmaker in this feature from our archives.
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Juan Seba Veron: Lazio's difference maker -
Born into a footballing family in La Plata, Juan Sebastian Veron was always destined for greatness. His father, nicknamed ‘La Bruja’ (The Witch), had beguiled the small Argentine town withRead More
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2020/11/10/juan-seba-veron-lazios-difference-maker/
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Richard Hall (Inter podcast & TV)
9 months ago
A bit of a random question for anyone who follows me and only for those of a certain vintage who loved
@seriea.bsky.social
in the 1980’s & 1990’s. Does anyone collect
#ForzaCampioni
figures as below ⬇️ if so DM me 🇮🇹 Yes, this is my midlife crisis. For an article on
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📅 3 March 1985 ⚽ Verona 1- 0 Roma "Though the long cold winter is now in the past, it’s been raining in Verona for several days and the Bentegodi pitch is, once again, heavy and bordering on the unplayable." 📖 Verona Campione 85 🔜 Coming Soon!
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ICYMI A fantastic feature from @wayneinrome.bsky.socialon how Francesco Totti recovered from a career threatening injury to become a World Cup winner.
#Roma
#Totti
#SerieA
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The Ballad of Francesco Totti - The Last Caesar -
How Francesco Totti returned from a potentially career ending injury to become a focal point in Italy’s march towards the 2006 World Cup.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/02/19/the-ballad-of-francesco-totti-the-last-caesar/
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A Funny Old Game
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33 years ago today: Roby Baggio doing his usual bits and pieces for Juve vs Atalanta. Magic in his boots.
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I am back hosting ‘The Official @Inter_en podcast in English’ Remembering victories in Naples is my way of giving us hope this Scudetto is close. I look back to the days of Lothar Matthäus admire I review wins against Genoa and Lazio in Coppa Italia. ⚫️🔵🇮🇹
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NAPLES CAN BE A DREAM
Podcast Episode · Inter Podcast [ENG] · 28/02/2025 · 29m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/inter-podcast-eng/id1524045522?i=1000696750303
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Two of the best coaches in Europe face each other again as Napoli take on Inter today. Here's Antonio Conte and Simone Inzaghi in the early stages of their football careers.
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Napoli v Inter at Stadio Diego Maradona soon. The top two go head to head in a huge game. No better time than to look back at our nostalgic five-a-side series which featured both clubs. TGU founder
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picked his Inter team.
www.gentlemanultra.com/2024/09/10/n...
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📅 24 Feb 1985 ⚽ Juventus 1-1 Verona "Legendary striker Paolo Rossi has declared himself reborn after his stunning goal at the San Siro against AC Milan, insisting that if La Signora are to peak for the European Cup they must remain focussed in the league." 📖 Verona Campione 85 🔜 Coming Soon!
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NEW On the anniversary of the injury that could have ended the career of Francesco Totti,
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tells the story of his comeback to become a World Cup winner.
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The Ballad of Francesco Totti - The Last Caesar -
How Francesco Totti returned from a potentially career ending injury to become a focal point in Italy’s march towards the 2006 World Cup.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/02/19/the-ballad-of-francesco-totti-the-last-caesar/
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Roberto Baggio is 58 today. An Italian football icon. What is your favourite Baggio goal?
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NEW PODCAST @GentlemanUltra 🇮🇹 🎙️ ‘Lazio & Inter: I hate you because I love you’ The concept of "twinning" (gemellaggio) is not really understood on the Anglosphere, but Fede and @RichHall80 look deep into this below ⬇️
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Lazio & Inter: I hate you because I love you
The Gentleman Ultra · Episode
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📅 17 Feb 1985 ⚽ Verona 1-1 Inter "It’s carnival season and on a chilly Sunday afternoon the Bentegodi is expectant. The battle for the championship is now surely between Associazione Calcio Hellas Verona and Football Club Internazionale Milano." 📖 Verona Campione 85 🔜 Coming Soon!
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NEW PODCAST @GentlemanUltra 🇮🇹 🎙️ ‘Lazio & Inter: I hate you because I love you’ The concept of "twinning" (gemellaggio) is not really understood on the Anglosphere, but Fede and @RichHall80 look deep into this below ⬇️
open.spotify.com/episode/4Zva...
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Lazio & Inter: I hate you because I love you
The Gentleman Ultra · Episode
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It's the Derby d'Italia in Serie A today. Juventus v Inter. One of the great fixtures in world football. We dip into our archives for this feature by Emmet Gates on five of the best games between The Old Lady and Nerrazzuri.
#Juventus
#Inter
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Inter v Juventus: five great matches from the Derby d’Italia
To whet the appetite before Inter play Juventus in Serie A on Sunday, we’re looking back on some of their classic encounters
https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-gentleman-ultra/2021/oct/22/inter-juventus-matches-derby-ditalia-serie-a
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Some great listening for you as the TGU podcast returns.
@richhall80.bsky.social
talks us through some of the great forgotten goals from the 2000s.
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https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/great-forgotten-goals-from-the-noughties/id1782348623?i=1000685317071
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It's the Derby della Madonnina in Serie A today. One of the great fixtures in world football. We take another look at a feature detailing five historic Milan derby matches by TGU founder
@richhall80.bsky.social
#Milan
#Inter
#SerieA
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Milan v Inter: five historic matches from the Derby della Madonnina
We’re looking back on some great games from the past before the teams meet again this weekend
https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-gentleman-ultra/2022/sep/03/inter-milan-five-great-matches-derby-della-madonnina
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Gabriel Batistuta is 56 today. One of the greatest strikers in Serie A history. Fiorentina icon. Won the Scudetto at Roma and had a brief loan spell at Inter.
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Gabriel Batistuta all 184 Serie A Goals!!! Fiorentina,Roma,Inter
YouTube video by Romantic Football
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A Funny Old Game
10 months ago
On Gabriel Batistuta’s birthday, a reminder of this savagery at Wembley in 1999…
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It's Fabio Quagliarella's birthday today. The former Sampdoria, Torino, Napoli and Udinese striker scored some phenomenal goals in a glittering career. We dip into our archives for this feature by Wayne Girard on how he thrived in difficult circumstances.
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Trials, tribulations and triumphs: How Fabio Quagliarella became one of Italy's great strikers -
The incredible story of how Fabio Quagliarella grew to become one of Serie A’s top strikers before a stalker turned his world upside down – and his rise back toRead More
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2019/07/10/trials-tribulations-and-triumphs-how-fabio-quagliarella-became-one-of-italys-greatest-strikers/
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Naples. 1990. A Vialli and Mancini volleying masterclass. What days. What wonderful days.
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Plans for the renovation of the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa were unveiled this week. Both Genoa and Sampdoria will continue to play at the stadium in the future. Pic from Passione Stadi.
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Richard Hall (Inter podcast & TV)
10 months ago
‘International Corner’ ⚫️🔵🇮🇹 I host the show with Elena Featuring a review of the game against
#SpartaPrague
Preview of the game against
#Lecce
1997 nostalgic look back at a 1-5 rout by
#Inter
at the Stadio Via Del Mare Recoba on his birthday
#ForzaInter
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Plenty of Serie A coaches played at the top level in Italy. Milan take on Parma today with Sergio Conceição (Lazio, Parma, Inter) and Fabio Pecchia (Napoli, Juventus, Sampdoria and Bologna among others) in the dugouts.
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Serie A leaders Napoli meet unbeaten Juventus at Stadio Diego Maradona in today's big game. We revisit a fantastic feature by James Nye which details his experience of attending Napoli v Juventus in March 2019.
#Napoli
#Juventus
#SerieA
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Tales from the Peninsula: Napoli vs Juventus - it's always feisty -
There are many brilliant stories connected to Napoli and the Stadio San Paolo. I myself have been fortunate enough to see a few matches in the famous city and toRead More
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2020/10/21/napoli-vs-juventus-its-always-feisty/
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Juventus play Club Brugge in Belgium today as the new Champions League group stage nears its conclusion. The great Alessandro Del Piero scored the winner when the teams last met in the Champions League group stages in November 2005.
#Juventus
#UCL
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Udinese head to Como in the final match of the 21st round of Serie A fixtures today. Veteran Chilean Alexis Sanchez is back with Udinese after 13 years. Callum Rice-Coates wrote about the early part of Sanchez's career in this brilliant TGU archive feature.
www.gentlemanultra.com/2017/12/02/t...
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The making of Alexis Sanchez: How Udinese helped polish a jewel of European football -
At Udine, the video tapes were beginning to pour in. A talented teenager, wiry but tenacious, had caught the eye in Chile’s arid north, deep in the dusty copper country.Read More
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2017/12/02/the-making-of-alexis-sanchez-how-udinese-helped-polish-a-jewel-of-european-football/
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Parma face Venezia today at Stadio Ennio Tardini in a crucial game for both clubs. Let's go back in time to look at Parma's 1994-1995 squad which finished third in Serie A and won the UEFA Cup. So many fantastic players in the picture below.
#Parma
#SerieA
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Law's only season in Italy at Torino was detailed by
@kilvington91.bsky.social
in this feature from our archives.
www.gentlemanultra.com/2021/09/06/d...
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Denis Law's season at Torino in the 1960s
Ross Kilvington looks back on Denis Law's sole season at Torino in the early 1960s, which despite the lunacy off the pitch, was a decent success on it.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2021/09/06/denis-law-at-torino-a-law-unto-himself/
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Rest in peace the great Denis Law. The Scottish striker starred for Torino in the 1961-62 Serie A season, scoring 10 goals in 27 games.
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It's a top of the table clash in Serie A as Napoli take on Atalanta in Bergamo today. No better time than to take another look at our nostalgic five-a-side teams for both clubs. First, James Oddy had a lot of difficult choices in selecting his Napoli team.
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Napoli
The series continues in which writers have the task of choosing a boiled-down team from club’s entire history
https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-gentleman-ultra/2024/dec/18/nostalgic-serie-a-five-a-side-teams-picking-a-lineup-for-napoli
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Had the pleasure of meeting the Law Man once. An absolute gent. And another legendary Scot in Italy as well!
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A Funny Old Game
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26 years ago today: A Mihajlovic corner. And a moment of majesty from Mancini. Golazo.
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Rest in peace the great Denis Law. The Scottish striker starred for Torino in the 1961-62 Serie A season, scoring 10 goals in 27 games.
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90s Football
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A Gabriel Batistuta rocket 🚀
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Sampdoria play Cesena at Marassi in Serie B today. It's been a challenging season in the second tier for a club that shocked everyone to win the Scudetto in 1991. We revisit a feature by Onur Bilgic about Sampdoria's fairy tale title winning campaign.
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Nine years and a day: The story of Sampdoria's historic Scudetto -
Onur Bilgic looks back on Sampdoria's seismic Scudetto win in 1990-91, which celebrates its 30th anniversary.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2021/05/19/nine-years-and-a-day-the-story-of-sampdorias-historic-scudetto/
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Sampdoria play Cesena at Marassi in Serie B today. It's been a challenging season in the second tier for a club that shocked everyone to win the Scudetto in 1991. We revisit a feature by Onur Bilgic about Sampdoria's fairy tale title winning campaign.
www.gentlemanultra.com/2021/05/19/n...
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Nine years and a day: The story of Sampdoria's historic Scudetto -
Onur Bilgic looks back on Sampdoria's seismic Scudetto win in 1990-91, which celebrates its 30th anniversary.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2021/05/19/nine-years-and-a-day-the-story-of-sampdorias-historic-scudetto/
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Inter's Sandro Mazzola and
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defender Giovanni Trapattoni fight for the ball during the clash in March 1970.
#Inter
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ICYMI Our nostalgic five-a-side team series continues with Bari. It wasn't easy an easy task for Mark Neale to select his Bari team.
www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/01/12/n...
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Inter meet Bologna at San Siro tonight as the race for the Scudetto intensifies. The incomparable Roberto Baggio starred for both clubs in Serie A.
#Baggio
#Inter
#Bologna
#SerieA
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Como welcome Milan to Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia today. The Lombardy club played in the top flight from 1984 to 1989. A Como team featuring Luca Fusi, Hansi Muller, Gianfranco Matteoli, Dan Corneliusso and Giovanni Invernizzi placed 11th in the 1984-1985 Serie A season under coach Ottavio Bianchi.
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NEW Our nostalgic five-a-side team series continues with Bari. It wasn't easy an easy task for Mark Neale to select his Bari team.
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Bari -
A club with a modest history but SSC Bari has the ability to put together a five-a-side team to rival any team.
https://www.gentlemanultra.com/2025/01/12/nostalgic-serie-a-five-a-side-teams-picking-a-lineup-for-bari/
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