What is the relationship between the quality of refereeing decisions and respect for the referee? If referees are put under pressure by players, fans and the media how far does this affect their judgement? Vanda Wilcox compares England and Italy.
Vanda Wilcox takes a second look at Italian football songs, this time explaining cori contro, songs against the enemy.
Continuing our look at the songs sung by football fans, Vanda Wilcox considers the traditions and culture of Italian club anthems.
How deeply has the culture of corruption embedded itself into Italian football? Vanda Wilcox says even children have lost their faith in fair play in football.
Continuing the discussion on this and other blogs over racism in Italian football, we welcome Supriya Nair — aka Roswitha from the excellent blog Treasons, Strategems & Spoils — who considers what it will take for a real stand to be made against it.
Why does racism persist as such a serious problem in Italian football? Our Rome-based writer, Vanda Wilcox, considers its context in Italian society and looks at possible solutions.
Photo credit: rocdam on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.
This week’s photos will cover a tragically unexplored topic in the world of football: fans’ celebrations in cars. It seems there’s some primeval urge, after your team wins, to go out driving. Today, we see Italian fans celebrating their 2006 World Cup semi-final win over Germany in a very small car.
Photo credit: reportergimmi™ on […]
Editor’s note: As we’ve spent all week looking at non-league football in England, I asked our columnist in Italy, Vanda, to explain the world below Serie A and B there.
When it was suggested that I could write something about lower and non-league football in Italy, my initial reaction was Eek. Most Italian football fans are […]
