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We bring nostalgia, history and tales from both within and beyond Calcio’s four white lines. This is Italian Football through our eyes. This is the Gentleman Ultra.
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Frank talks with Santo Cilauro, an Australian comedian, television and feature film producer, screenwriter, actor, author and a co-founder of the legendary The D-Generation and The Late Show.
Frank and Santo discuss his early days watching football in Melbourne, the Victorian Premier League and NSL, his Dad's love of Calcio and football, attending multiple World Cups as both a fan, including a special trip to Korea and Japan with his father in 2002.
Watching the Azzurri, both in the early hours of the morning and in person, the 1970 and 1982 World Cup, working as an unofficial translator for Juventus in the early 80's and all that came with it, Italy versus Australia, the special connection between football and family and much more.
In this episode Frank chats to Tom Griffiths from @CalcioEngland and https://calcioengland.com/.
Frank and Tom discuss; Italian teams preseason travels in England; Tom's passion and love of Italian football; Tom's unique work on his blog Calcio England and The Gentleman Ultra; Travelling around Italy for Calcio and the matchday experience; Going down a Calcio rabbit hole and shopping for Italian football treasures; Where's next on Tom's Calcio travel schedule and more.
Frank chats with author Stephen Brandt (@StephenCBrandt).
In this conversation they discuss; The legendary Flamengo era of the early 80s'; 1981 Club World Cup between Flamengo and Liverpool; Zico's footballing career in Brazil, Italy and Japan; Zico's management career and his legacy; Zico's Serie A spell with Udinese; the Zico vs Maradona showdown and watching football in Italy, Brazil and Argentina.
Stephen has an upcoming book on the great through @PitchPublishing called 'Flamengo Collecting the Cups' due out in 2023 and has published a book on the history of Boca Juniors called 'Boca Juniors: A History and Appreciation of Buenos Aires' Most Successful Futbol Team'.
In this must listen conversation, Frank and Vince Grella discuss growing up in an Italian household, his early days in football and the now defunct National Soccer League (NSL), his move to Italy from former NSL club Carlton FC to Empoli, the expectations and pressure that come with playing in Italy's top flight, his spell at Ternana and the foundations it built for a 10 year career in Italy, his move back to Empoli and subsequent move to Parma, resilience, mental health, leadership, his time in Turin with Torino, sliding doors moments, the Italian national team, the 2006 World Cup, Vince's move to England and more.
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Frank is back with another episode, and in it he talks to author of The Fix: The Story of the first Champions League Season, James Dixon.
In this episode, Frank and James discuss: the birth of the Champions League and the process behind the book; the 1993 CL Final between Marseille and AC Milan; Silvio Berlusconi and Bernard Tapei; the Marseille match-fixing controversy and the lead up to the final against AC Milan; Fabio Capello's Milan; the legacy of Marseille and AC Milan in the years following the final; Bernard Tapei. A hero or villain?
In his latest episode, Frank talks to Dotun Adebayo of Football Ramble, Brazilian Shirt Name and BBC5 live World Football fame to discuss a range of topics, including: Dotun's early life and career in journalism and broadcasting, the rise of Paul Gascoigne and his move to Italy, AC Milan, George Weah and Italia 90', Racism in Italy and in the UK, the power of football to connect us all around the world, Mario Balotelli, Growing up in a multicultural UK, the WFPI, mental health and the power of a conversation.
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Frank is back with another episode of TGU Down Under. This time Frank sits down with Fiorentina Femminile striker Karin Lundin.
Frank and Karin discuss her move to Fiorentina from Sweden, her life in Florence on and off the field, the challenges and obstacles in moving to Italy, becoming a full time professional, the differences between playing in Sweden and Italy and her first season with Fiorentina in Serie A Femminile.
In his latest episode, Frank interviews John Foot, author of the seminal book 'Calcio: A History of Italian Football', one of the must-have books on the Italian game in the English language.
Frank and John discussed the origins, history and the process behind his book 'Calcio', the referees influence on Italian football, controversy in Italian football, how writing the book changed his perspective on certain clubs and players, the media and personalities in Italian football, Italian football's missed opportunity, how different would the book look if it was written today, the divide between Italy's regions through football, the political and government influence on Italian football, a possible second Calcio book - fingers crossed - and more.
In his latest episode, Frank sits down to talk to Vieri Capretta, who works for UEFA and Fiorentina. Frank and Vieri talk about:
A normal working day for Vieri; Working with UEFA and Fiorentina as a 'swiss army knife' journalist in Italy; Serie A's reach into the English speaking world; Florence and it's unique relationship with Fiorentina; Life and football in Italy during the pandemic; Working at Euro 2020; New ideas in football media content
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In a double whammy of Serie C goodness, Frank talks to Andy Wallace (@CCalcistica on Twitter) to discuss his passion for lower league football in Italy, travelling to Italy and his first matchday, Serie B, Lega PRO and everything that comes with it, his team Taranto F.C. 1927, Italian football on and off the field and finally someone to explain how the Lega PRO playoff system all works!
In his latest episode, Frank speaks to Athletic Carpi striker Lewis Walker, son of former Sampdoria defender Des, about his time in Serie C, growing up around football with a famous surname, his move to Italy and how that came about, life on and off the field in Italy, Athletic Carpi and their quest to return back to Serie C, and more.
TGU alumni Frank Risorto is back with another episode of Down Under. In this episode, Frank speaks to New Zealand broadcaster Riccardo Ball.
Riccardo opens up about: Growing up in NZ and Riccardo's Italian and Croatian heritage; the immigrant influence on NZ Football; the 1982 World Cup and its impact and legacy on NZ football; the 2010 World Cup and seeing New Zealand taking on the Azzurri; New Zealand footballers in Italy; the All-Whites current World Cup campaign and more.
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In the second episode of TGU Down Under, Frank talks to Virtus Entella defender Gabriel Cleur.
Gabriel opens up about how he made his way to Italy, the challenge of moving abroad, both on and off the field, adapting to Italian football, playing football and living in Italy during the pandemic, the difference between Serie B and Serie C, living in Chiavari and Virtus Entella, his short stint as Antonio Cassano's team-mate, mental health as a professional footballer and more.
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The Gentleman Ultra is branching out! Gentleman Ultra alumni Frank Risorto is fronting a new podcast series, in which he talks to various people who love Italian football from all corners of the globe.
The first episode sees Frank sit down with Sal Bono, who runs the CurvaMundialPod. Sal talks about his roots and family in the US and Italy, the inevitable Italy and 'what next', his AC Milan fandom, Italia 90', an Azzurri fans life of wonder and joy, heartbreak and devastation and the creation of CurvaMundialPod.
Expect to hear more from Frank very soon!
Richard is joined by David Ferrini to discuss Bari's greatest team of the 1990s.
The decade was a good one for the team from Puglia, with multiple seasons in Serie A and signing a certain David Platt in the summer of 1991 from Aston Villa.
The likes of Igor Protti, Gianluca Zambrotta, Kennet Andersson, Zvonimir Boban and of course, Antonio Cassano, all lined out for the southern Italian side during the 1990s.
But who made the best XI? Richard and David dissect our article from the TGU archives to see if guest writer Francesco Amesbury got his XI spot on.
On Roby Baggio's 55th birthday, Emmet Gates and David Ferrini break down an article Emmet wrote for the TGU website in celebration of his big day - his five greatest goals scored in UEFA competitions in the 1980s and '90s.
Emmet and David dissect the goals and give the context around Baggio's career at the time, and what Baggio has done since his retirement in 2004.
Tanti auguri to Il Divin Codino!
Goal links:
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzM7Ef1wu1c&t=67s
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX4F1fLhUlU
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GUyLicJLS0
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrcfcrHYPZs&t=134s
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-v4vdZf8_I&t=43s
Following some technical difficulties, Emmet and Richard are joined by Serie A (and B) commentator David Ferrini to discuss Peak Parma. That is, when Parma ruled Europe (but not Serie A) in the mid-to-late 1990s and was home to an array of superstars like Gianfranco Zola, Faustino Asprilla, Dino Baggio, Hristo Stoichkov, Gigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Lilian Thuram, Hernan Crespo, Juan Seba Veron and more.
The team examine the period from 1994 to 2000, the years Parma realistically could've won the Scudetto, their favourite jersey from the era, and how they will be remembered.
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Richard and Emmet are back after a prolonged absence from the TGU pod.
The crew discuss the new Fabio Quagliarella documentary on Mola TV, how the issues explored in the doc affected his career, and they dissect some of his most spectacular goals throughout his brilliant career for the likes of Sampdoria, Udinese, Napoli and Juventus.
The documentary is free to watch via Mola TV.
Richard and Emmet are joined by Serie A commentator David Ferrini to talk about Italian football's forgotten Baggio - Dino Baggio.
The former Parma, Juventus and Lazio midfielder lived firmly in the shadow of his more famous namesake, but was one of the finest Italian midfielders of his generation.
TGU pays tribute to Dino by dissecting his career, his obscure UEFA cup record, and who in the current Serie A landscape shares similar characteristics to Baggio.
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Richard Hall and Emmet Gates are joined by Doug Bierton, co-founder of the world's biggest classic football shirt website, classicfootballshirts.co.uk, to talk shirts.
Doug tries to name his top five favourite calcio shirts of all time, whilst reminiscing about the players who wore those majestic pieces of cloth.
This is a podcast that could've lasted another hour, or four!
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Grazie mille per aver condiviso questo audio qui. Ho appena ascoltato questo audio. È stata davvero un'ottima discussione tra 2 persone Richard ed Emmet in Inghilterra nell'estate del 1996 a tinte brit-pop. Vorrei condividere le funzionalità e le modalità di FIFA 2022 qui https://alphabetcity.it/2022/05/20/fifa-22-le-nuove-funzionalita-e-modalita/ Spero che questa funzione vi diverta molto. Ti auguro il meglio!