My football adventures all over the world
Serie A welcomed an old friend back for the 2017/18 season in S.P.A.L. from Ferrara in Emilia Romagna, but it would feel like a new name for a few generations of fans! After all new names in the top flight in Italy has become commonplace in recent seasons, most merely "visiting" for one campaign largely, … Continue reading Ferrara- “A” SPAL tale
If you were to visit Italy for the first time and spent your entire trip in Emilia Romagna you would end up going home very much in love with the region, it's cities, the cuisine, the wine and all its culture, but you might have the wrong idea of Italy because Emilia is freakishly … Continue reading Emilia- Romagna
The rolling hills of the Tuscan countryside have long been inspiration for painters, writers, photographers and tourists alike, all seeking pastoral beauty. The capital of the region, Firenze is the star attraction, with all its history of Medici skulduggery and Machiavellian goings on of yesteryear, as well as Michelangelo paintings by the shed load, and … Continue reading Lower Toscana
In a first Blog “exclusive”, and in the run up to my next sojourn to capture more Italian tales next weekend, where Pistoiese will feature amid a trio of Piedmonte Est clubs, it seems like an opportune time to expand on one of my favourite Tuscan towns, Pistoia. It is a slightly odd thing, but … Continue reading The Little Dutch Girl of Pistoia
Many a visitor to Italy will doubtlessly have taken a peek at the northern classics, Venice and Verona in the prosperous Veneto region. Shakespeare, who never actually sampled its splendours in person was undoubtedly taken by its beauty from tales of others and set many a play in the area, The Merchant of Venice as … Continue reading Padova & Veneto
The city is an absolute gem and just 25 miles from Venice. While it does attract visitors, Padova is largely only for the more adventurous visitors, but those who do venture here are rewarded with a central area full of stunning architecture, history dripping from every building and Basilicas seemingly everywhere. In Prato della Valle, … Continue reading Padova, citta
While in Trieste to do a City Guide feature highlighted elsewhere in this edition, the football fan in me was looking for a Saturday game to accompany Triestina v Padova on the Sunday! Initial thoughts of a relatively close game in Udine, where Lazio were visiting was one option, or the rather more obscure choice … Continue reading Tabor Sezana, Slovenija
Tucked away in the far north eastern corner of the Italian Adriatic is the astonishingly beautiful port city of Trieste. It is surrounded by mountains and sea, a stunning location for what is an exceptionally hilly city! While perhaps only one or two kilometres of the waterfront are given over to walkways for relaxing ambles … Continue reading Trieste, citta bella
US Triestina are a famous old Italian club, although its best years were a good number of decades ago now. That said, with a magnificent stadium to host matches in the city, at the 32,454 capacity Nereo Rocco Stadio, as well as being the only "big" team in a Greater Trieste area with a population … Continue reading Trieste Calcio; US Triestina + ASD Ponziana
I am sure just about everyone who reads Football Weekends has at some point in life attended two games in a day, or indeed, judging by tales of ground-hopping both here and in Serbia, some may even have eeked out three in a day, or more! I am a member of three game club from … Continue reading Una Lombardia Sud-Est doppio
Football Adventures with James Rendall 
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