Emmet Gates talks to former Juventus midfielder Vladimir Jugovic about the last time The Old Lady won the Champions League, 25 years ago.
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Onur Bilgic looks back on Sampdoria’s seismic Scudetto win in 1990-91, which celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Martin Dunlop traces Roma’s last two decades, starting with their last Scudetto win in 2000/01 and ending with the disastrous 2004/05 campaign.
As Inter close in on their first Scudetto in over a decade, similiarities have been drawn between Antonio Conte’s side and Giovanni Trapattoni’s title-winning side of 1988/89. Dan Cancian takes a look.
Roberto Baggio didn’t want to leave Fiorentina and join Juventus, but in the summer of 1990, he did. Onur Bilgic recounts his first trip back to Florence in April 1991, and the penalty he didn’t take.
On April 1st, 2001, Roberto Baggio’s Brescia travelled to Turin to face Juventus in a game the Bianconeri had to win. They didn’t. Emmet Gates tells the story.
It’s the turn of site Editor Emmet Gates to reveal his top 5 favourite shirts from the history of Italian football.
Richard Hall is joined by site Editor Emmet Gates and TGU regular Sam Brookes for another episode of our Calcio Castaway series.
Sam Brookes recounts a classic Derby d’Italia from the 2001/02 season, when both sides were going for the Scudetto.
Richard Hall and Emmet Gates break down the best and worst Bosman deals ever conducted by Italian clubs since the landmark ruling came into effect 25 years ago.
Richard Hall and Emmet Gates sat down to pay tribute to the genius of Diego Armando Maradona, who sadly passed away on November 25th 2020.
There wasn’t a single empty seat. Over 41,000 people were celebrating on their feet, as a pin-point through […]
Diego Armando Maradona played in Serie A for seven years. In honour of the great man’s 60th birthday. […]
“Thank you to my sources of inspiration: Federico Fellini, Talking Heads, Martin Scorsese and Diego Armando Maradona,” professed […]
There are many brilliant stories connected to Napoli and the Stadio San Paolo. I myself have been fortunate […]