Time for Balotelli to Reclaim the Spotlight
Ahead of tomorrow’s Manchester derby, False Nine editor, Andrew Belt, calls for one of the current Premier League champions’ stars to emerge from the shadows and take centre stage again… Admit it. You...
View ArticleEuro 2012: The Last of Its Kind
In the first of a series of reviews of the 2012 football calendar, editor James Dutton looks back at that thrilling June in Poland and Ukraine and a tournament likely to be fondly remembered as the...
View ArticleSerie A 2012/13: Midseason Review
The False Nine’s Kyle Hulme casts his verdict on how the big hitters in Serie A have got on so far, as well as offering them his own current and predicted grade… Juventus Going into the new season,...
View ArticleCiao Mario
As Mario Balotelli departs English football, James Dutton bids a fond arrivederci… And so with barely a whimper he was gone. Mario Balotelli has departed these shores, seemingly, for the final time. He...
View ArticleEuropean Heavyweights Set to Spar – AC Milan v Barcelona
Kyle Hulme previews the Champions League clash between two heavyweights of the European game… The San Siro has hosted some of the greatest European football nights the world has ever seen, yet perhaps...
View ArticleObscure Footballer of the Week #6: Dario Hübner
Hugo Greenhalgh profiles Dario Hübner, the ultimate Football Italia player who kept going till the age of 43… While Channel 4 has never been known for its football coverage, the morning roadshow...
View ArticleGennaro Gattuso’s Swiss Adventure
David Dodds profiles Italian World Cup winner Gennaro Gattuso, and his late career move to Switzerland… Even the Italian government recognised Gennaro Gattuso’s ample contributions to football when...
View ArticleAC Cesena: A Love Affair with Mediocrity
Kyle Hulme discusses his new-found love affair with AC Cesena, and the fortunes of Italy’s Serie B… Life, it could be said, is measured not in monetary wealth, but in the attachments, the bonds and the...
View ArticlePirlo at 100: the making of a regista
In just a few hours, Andrea Pirlo will join an illustrious group of Italian legends as he earns his 100th cap for the Azzurri. Kyle Hulme takes a look back over his career and achievements so far… Of...
View ArticleMatch Journal Entry #2: Italy v Japan
James Dutton rejoices in the spectacle of last night’s 4-3 tussle between Italy and Japan in the Confederations Cup… A month ago we couldn’t wait for the season to finish. The Premier League season...
View ArticleAndros Townsend scores against Italy: 5 things that (may or may not have)...
View image | gettyimages.com After the unthinkable happened and Andros Townsend scored against Italy, Joe Devine looks at 5 things that may or may not have happened… Andros Townsend Saves England Again...
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