Verona won Serie A with a chain-smoking star. How? YouTube video by Alistair Hendrie

Very kind of Alastair Hendrie to review Verona Campione.

Please take a look>

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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...

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
@gentlemanultra.bsky.social a few years ago.

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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...

🚨 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 #Spurs #PremierLeague #IgorTudor #FootballNews #BreakingNews #COYS

For @gentlemanultra.bsky.social I look through the Italian Football headlines #Gazzetta #CorrieredelloSport #Tuttosport 🇮🇹

It's the @gentlemanultra.bsky.social Italian Paper Review with myself covering #Gazzetta #Corierredellosport and #Tuttosport 🇮🇹

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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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...

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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Derby della Madonnina: Best Five Games Richard Hall looks at five of the best ever games from the world famous Derby della Madonnina.

Last one for the evening!

Richard Hall remembers the 5 best Derby della Madonnina:

www.gentlemanultra.com/2022/02/05/d...

TGU Interview: Mark Hateley - AC Milan's towering derby day hero - I will never forget the first time I saw Stadio San Siro. Reaching the top of those famous winding steps, the pitch and its imposing four walls of noise, colour andRead More

Next up, Martin Dunlop's exclusive interview with AC Milan legend Mark Hateley

TGU Interview: Mark Hateley – AC Milan’s towering derby day hero

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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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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.

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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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!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💪

All Time XI: Italians in Scotland - Giancarlo Rinaldi picks his All Time XI of Italians who braved the football pitches of Scotland. Definitely more than just Celtic and Rangers

And as proof that it's not just one-way traffic, here's @ginkers.bsky.social's All Time XI: Italians in Scotland:

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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...

Ferguson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 v 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Bowie as Bologna host Hellas Verona this afternoon.

Here's @rickhough.bsky.social 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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Franco Baresi and Olaf Thon, April 18, 1990, Champions Cup, Bayern Munich 2-AC Milan 1, Shoot, September 22, 1990

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.

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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Where were you?

We’re back with more Calcio nonsense - happily recorded before Udinese battered Fiorentina linktr.ee/Rigore

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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#Groundhopping #Calcio

This is Italy! We'll believe it when we see it!

Merthyr Tydfil are Welsh! 😜

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.

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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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

Could Atalanta cause an upset tonight?

Here's one from the Gentleman Ultra archives>

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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...

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

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#SerieA #ItalianFootball #Calcio

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.

La nostra formazione per Roma Cremonese 🐺

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

New from the Gentleman Ultra

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By The Calcio Blog

Sassuolo: The Alternative Club Guide - Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, capacity 21,584 The Mapei Stadium is a multi-purpose venue in Reggio-Emilia. It was christened “Stadio Città Del Tricolore” but was renamed in MarchRead M...

💚And here's our alternative club guide to one of Serie A's lesser known gems🖤

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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

💛 MATCHDAY 💙
⏰ 20:45
⚽️ Sassuolo v Hellas Verona

Verona in desperate need of points tonight.

Flashback to happier times with @rickhough.bsky.social

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Could they beat Jagiellonia though?