European Football… Rome if you want to 30 Nov 20133 Dec 2013 Day two of the Calcio Italia adventure, and after the two games yesterday we headed south on the ultra-swish new high-speed train line through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio. A previous…
European Football… Welcome to Fat Town 29 Nov 20133 Dec 2013 Let me take you back to 26 June 1990. England are one minute away from a penalty shoot out in the 2nd Round of the FIFA World Cup against Belgium.…
European Football… Sou sou Sassuolo 28 Nov 20133 Dec 2013 Fifteen years ago we were all Serie A crazy. Thanks to the James Richardson fronted, Channel 4 programme "Gazetta" every Saturday morning millions used to tune in to hear the…
European Football… Livin’ la Vida Loca 7 Mar 20129 Mar 2012 On the TBIR private jet on the way over to Rome, Danny and I tried to draw up the best derbies in Europe. Between us we have covered quite a…
European Football… Affamato come un lupo 6 Mar 20129 Mar 2012 Match fixing, doping, prostitutes and Silvio Berlusconi - just your average week in calcio. Italian football is dogged by controversy. But this weekend wasn't just about Serie A and one…
Barclaycard Premier League… My name is Stuart and I am an addict 17 Jun 201123 Jun 2011 I didn't realise I had a problem until I was confronted with it. The problem was storage. I had run out of room for my football socks. Come on admit…
European Football… Il bello gioco ha giocato in una punta dei rifiuti…part 1 9 Feb 200920 Dec 2009 I'd always planned to end the writing for the book in an unusual destination. The original plan was that England's visit to Kazakhstan in June would be the final chapter,…
European Football… Il bello gioco ha giocato in una punta dei rifiuti…part 2 2 Feb 200912 Apr 2011 Napoli 2 Udinese 2 - Stadio San Paolo - Saturday 31st January 2009 We got off the train at Campi Flegrei yet still there was no one around. We could…
European Football… No Pizza or Ice Creams on sale here! 2 Feb 20092 Feb 2009 Napoli 2 Udinese 2 [clearspring_widget title="Animoto.com" wid="4805fc0db4a3562c" pid="4987088382b95669" width="432" height="260" domain="widgets.clearspring.com"]
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