I went to see Milan. Hear about my research into the groups in the Curva Sud, how I got lost and whether there's a correlation between Il Cavaliere spending his money on players and election success
Are football fans slavering savages or simple invested spectators? Probably somewhere in between. Here I look at three examples of the media's portrayal of dramatic instances from the last 15 years.
Catania played Juve. I was a bit worried about the crowd, but mostly about Etna. Did I die in a fiery explosion? Probably not, given that you're reading this.
A wee shorty to keep you tiding over today, a longer episode will be up tomorrow. This one's not about an actual match, but rather a wee bit of background information about fan-police problems.
So, going down to Rome a friend of mine had suggested i try to get stabbed for some publicity for the book. Would I follow this terrible suggestion? Of course I wouldn't. Listen anyway!!!!
Livorno, home of communism, was my first stop of January 2014. I killed so much time I almost missed the first goal, then managed to miss the last one. All in all, a weird day. good though.
I was approaching the mid-way point of my football watching tour, and so it was time to watch Roma. How much would a ticket cost? Too bloody much, but in the grand scheme of things was worth it.
I went to Reggio Emilia to watch Sassuolo play Bergamo's team, Atalanta. Confused? Don't be - just listen to this latest episode of Around Serie A in 20 Days!!
Gli scaligeri don't have a great reputation for friendliness towards other people, would this be a problem? Would there be an angry, pitch-fork waving mob? How would Trianspotting help me out in a queue for the toilet? Find out here!!
Continuing the theme of me watching football, I went to the Tardini to watch Parma play Milan. Parma have since imploded in debt, but when I went everything was hunky dory. The good old days, huh?
This chapter is a wee bit different from the norm. It's not about any specific team, but rather a bit of an overview and history of Italian fans and the environment that their modern iterations were created in.
The first away day called for a trip to Turin to watch Torino. Would I find someone to interview? Would I look like an undercover policeman? Would I get soaked in the torrential August rain? Listen to find out more, and if you like what you hea
'What's all this then?' is the introductory chapter of Around Serie A in 20 Days, the book I wrote chronicling my trips around Italy's football stadia in 2013/14 stadia in search of the soul, spirit and sanity of football fans