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Would love to find this guy if anyone knows a Ralph Campo now based in Verona👇

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One for @football-italia.bsky.social on Italy’s last men standing in Europe football-italia.net/last-men-sta...

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Lovely 5-star review on Amazon for Verona at War. Trying to track down the reviewer so I can share that drink with him! www.amazon.com/Verona-at-Wa...

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Really like the look of this new release by Dominic Hougham (great name too)! I wonder if it includes anything on Hellas Verona’s famous 1983 UEFA cup run 😜. Looking forward to picking up a copy soon!

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For Inter fans looking for a distraction from the present! By @richhall80.bsky.social the gentleman ultra of Italian footie nostalgia! www.inter.it/en/news/jair...

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Really like the look of this new release by Dominic Hougham (great name too)! I wonder if it includes anything on Hellas Verona’s famous 1983 UEFA cup run 😜. Looking forward to picking up a copy soon!

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Monday night where else would you rather be than at the Bentegodi for Hellas v Cagliari?

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Reminds me of when we used to play softball at scout camp!

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A piece about Scott McTominay, and how he became the face of a Napoli team that sits in touching distance of its fourth ever Serie A title: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Fear is dictatorship glue. You can't imprison everyone with a dissenting thought. Or inconvenient factual observation. But fear teaches self censorship. It's a scalable system of control. The autocrat's challenge is to keep the fear going. 1/

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A few tweets that have come may from the other place. Thanks for all the support! Not long to go now!

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It’s 656 years since the liberation of Lucca from Pisa - an event that is celebrated by marching in costume, a ceremony in front of the cathedral’s liberation altar and lots and lots of flag-throwing.

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Had to wait til page 16 for the Scots to make an appearance in today’s Gazzetta but when they did it was a double page special!

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Milei looks like a 70’s Welshman who passed out drunk on his nephew’s stag do in Brynamman RFC & mysteriously woke up in the Vatican

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When you’re number 007 at the post office queue for your parcel you know it must be something interesting!

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Really wish I had more time to tell this story, especially on a day like today. But, between moving house and promoting a new book it’s just impossible! 1. Rise 2. Occupation 3. Liberation (WIP) www.amazon.com/Verona-at-Wa...

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Today marks 80 years since the liberation of Italy from fascism 🇮🇹 Discover the role partisan footballers played in WWII here👇🏼 #25Aprile outsidewrite.co.uk/the-legacy-o...

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Completely agree with you on A Season with Verona! Re-read it (again) this year looking for some inspiration for my own writing and it still resonates! Tim Parks sets the bar so high for football writing!

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25 April Anniversario della liberazione d'Italia. A reminder that power belongs to the people. The day commemorates the victory of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and fascism.

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I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

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I ❤️ Lambrusco

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Just revisiting the Italy 🇮🇹 chapter of my second book, The Defiant: A History of Football Against Fascism, ahead of a talk I am giving this coming Saturday (26/4) in #Manchester Fancy coming along? It's free but tickets are going fast. Here's the link 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-of-...

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Lucca’s Piazza Anfiteatro filled with flowers for the feast day of its patron saint Santa Zita. I swear you could get high on the scent of roses.

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Love to see another Scot make the front page of the Gazzetta! Che Adams hits double figures in Italy! 💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹

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Just a reminder if you haven’t already tuned in… Getting some really nice feedback on this interview (thanks mum)! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹💛💙

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Short essay about recent ultra murders in Milan. [I don't write the headline!] Free to read but you might have to register... unherd.com/2025/04/why-...

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Delighted Verona Campione is now available on bookshop.org! Supporting local, independent bookshops. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/vero...

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If you like your Italian football podcasts with a Scottish twang this is the one for you! Real thrill to chat to @ginkers.bsky.social about Verona Campione!

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A blast from the past. His memories of Glasgow are funny, especially Gazza! Pasta, chicken and beans. On the same plate! What’s wrong with that? He was blown away by Ibrox but won’t play squash again! Without a helmet!

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Can’t believe there’s not a Scot! All the nations represented in tonight’s Coppa Italia semifinal between Milan and Inter.

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As it is time for Italy to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its liberation from fascism on 25th April, I am reposting my long thread on the final days of Mussolini for those who have not seen it before. Viva la liberazione!

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An amazing line up from the always stimulating @outsidewrite.bsky.social podcast 🔝⚽️🎧

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We love an underdog tale on the podcast and they don’t get any bigger than this one!

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