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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Dec 1

🎁 𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓈 𝒢𝒾𝒻𝓉 𝐼𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓈 🎁

We have these incredible Italian club crest maps in stock, ready for immediate dispatch

Designed & manufactured in Pescara, 30x40cm, printed on high quality poster paper

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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · 7d

🇮🇹 Igor Protti rose from Serie C to Serie A - not once, but twice. His was a career defined by heart, courage & perseverance

Today, he faces his greatest battle off the pitch

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Forza Igor: Courage Beyond The Final Whistle

“It’s a very tough match, I know full well I could win or lose, but I’ll give it my all, as always.” As Igor Protti embarks on the greatest battle of his life – indeed, for his life…

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Shirt Disciple @shirtdisciple.bsky.social · Aug 29

⚠️ CFS Birthday Sale ⚠️

Classic Football Shirts are offering 20% off everything sitewide with code HAPPYBIRTHDAY

👉 fas.st/t/nb2EzNr3 #ad

Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Jul 30

🎟️🇮🇹 How much does it cost to watch Italian football in 2025/26?

From San Siro to Sassuolo, we compare season ticket prices across Serie A - shining a light on new pricing strategies and revealing where you can watch football for just £6.64 per game

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Just The Ticket: The Price of Italian Football 2025/26

We’ve scoured the websites of every Serie A club to compile our annual analysis of season ticket prices for the 2025/26 campaign. The pricing landscape has become increasingly complex. Beyond the s…

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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Jun 23

🥃 2025, the summer of Italo Disco…and Sampdoria

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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: A hostage situation is unfolding in Washington DC

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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Jun 16

🗓️ The schedule for confirming Serie A kick-off dates and times has now been revealed

✈️ Time to get planning!

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Serie A: Key Dates 2025/26

The fixture schedule for the 2025/26 Serie A season has now been confirmed – the weekly fixture schedule for the whole season can be found here. The exact times and dates of kick-offs will be…

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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Jun 10

🏟️ From La Stampa newspaper, May 1984, the runners & riders for Italia’90 World Cup venues

Perugia and Ascoli were unfortunate to eventually miss out

From discarded stadia to a phantom draw, the untold story of #Italia90…

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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Jun 8

Cheers Steve - fair to say I went down a few rabbit holes researching this 😂

Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Jun 8

🇮🇹 Italia ‘90 kicked off on this day 35 years ago…but it didn’t start there

It began 8 years earlier - with intrigue, scandal & backroom deals

From Cameroon’s pre-tournament chaos to Baggio’s betrayal, this is the prelude to the Magic Nights

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Paul Grech @culturedfootball.bsky.social · May 30

On this day in 1984, Liverpool won the European Cup against AS Roma in Rome.

For Roma, it was the start of a long unraveling and the beginning of the end for their great captain, Agostino Di Bartolomei.

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Ciao Capitano!

The life and tragic death of Roma legend Ago di Bartolomei

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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · May 26

Who remembers Stefano Gioacchini?

A young forward who signed for Coventry on loan from a Venezia in January 1999

He mustered 3 PL appearances from the bench before heading home to play for Serie B Cosenza

Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · May 25

🆕✍️ Italy 1-2 Pontedera - the day the Azzurri were humbled by their fourth division opponents

30 years on, Pontedera used the iconic Gazzetta headline - 𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗽 - to inspire their 24/25 shirt

Full story👇
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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · May 17

📉🧤Spare a thought for GK Alessio Cragno, once a regular in the Italian national squad, he’s had a rough few years…

May 2021: Started for Italy v San Marino
May 2022: Relegated (B) with Cagliari
May 2024: Relegated (B) with Sassuolo
May 2025: Relegated (C) with Sampdoria

Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · May 15

🇮🇹 The view of Stadio Olimpico during last night’s Coppa Italia Finale

The Italian Open Tennis competition is currently being held on the clay courts of Foro Italico

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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · May 14

38 players used, 5 different goalkeepers, 4 coaches and €millions wasted in flawed recruitment tells the story of a wretched season for #Sampdoria

Relegation to Serie C for the first time in the club’s history

This lot deserve so much better

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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · May 10

My guest article on @calcioengland.bsky.social revisits one of the greatest games of the 84/85 season.

This game had everything!

✅ Appalling conditions
✅ Brazilian World legend
✅ 3-goal comeback
✅ Thrilling finale

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Verona Campione, The Miracle of ‘85

In this guest post spotlighting his new book, author Richard Hough recounts a defining moment in Hellas Verona’s improbable journey to their historic Scudetto triumph. With the 40th anniversar…

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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · May 6

✍️ In this guest post spotlighting his new book, author @rickhough.bsky.social recounts a defining moment in Hellas Verona’s improbable journey to their historic Scudetto #hvfc /=\

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Verona Campione, The Miracle of ‘85

In this guest post spotlighting his new book, author Richard Hough recounts a defining moment in Hellas Verona’s improbable journey to their historic Scudetto triumph. With the 40th anniversar…

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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Apr 22

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Atalanta fans at Penydarren Park, Merthyr, September 1987

Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Apr 15

👟 @1913parmacalcio.bsky.social X Puma

Unboxing of the Parma Super Team sneakers 🔥

✅ Club crest on tongue & heel
✅ Insole inspired by the 1996/97 shirt
✅ Embossed Parmalat logo
✅ Retro club name inscription

Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Apr 13

🏟️ Stadio Olimpico, Rome
📅 1930s v today

An awesome photo of the original 1932 design - basically just a sports field with grassy banks instead of terraces

Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Apr 9

The 1990s away sector at Venezia wasn’t for the faint-hearted 😵

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Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Apr 5

🍿 Atalanta distributed their own branded popcorn at the premiere of their docu-film Una Vita Da Dea

Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Apr 5

1️⃣7️⃣ Marek Hamsik

Calcio England @calcioengland.bsky.social · Apr 3

🏟️ Stadio Olimpico, Rome (1957)

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