I reported that Roma have been put up for sale even though they came second in Italy and that they have loads of debts. Now I find (in an article on Italian-Calcio Blog) the Italian football federation has announced that Serie B side Ancona and 20 Lega Pro sides have been kicked out of [...]

09/01/2010Albinoleffe - Reggina ore 15.30Ascoli - Crotone ore 15.30Brescia - Padova ore 15.30Cesena - Piacenza ore 15.30Cittadella - Torino ore 15.30Mantova - Ancona ore 15.30Sassuolo - Lecce ore 15.30Triestina - Frosinone ore 15.30Vicenza - Salernitana ore 15.3011/01/2010Gallipoli - Modena ore 19.00Grosseto - Empoli ore 21.

22/01/2010Empoli - Torino 0 - 023/01/2010Ascoli - Modena ore 15.30Salernitana - Ancona ore 15.30Albinoleffe - Cittadella ore 15.30Padova - Reggina ore 15.30Brescia - Crotone ore 15.30Mantova - Frosinone ore 15.30Cesena - Gallipoli ore 15.30Grosseto - Triestina ore 15.30Sassuolo - Vicenza ore 15.3025/01/2010Lecce - Piacenza ore 20.

12/02/2010Empoli - Ancona 3 - 013/02/2010Cesena - Crotone ore 14.00Padova - Frosinone ore 14.00Sassuolo - Gallipoli ore 14.00Reggina - Mantova ore 14.00Grosseto - Cittadella ore 16.15Lecce - Modena ore 16.15Brescia - Piacenza ore 16.15Albinoleffe - Torino ore 16.15Ascoli - Vicenza ore 16.1515/02/2010Salernitana - Triestina ore 20.

(90° Minuto: Paolo Valenti, Tonino Carino e Gigi Necco)
Un altro grande professionista del giornalismo radiotelevisivo se ne va, sconfitto dalla malattia. All'et di 65 anni, si è spento Tonino Carino (che ricordiamo nello spezzone proposto dal nostro blog), grande protagonista di 90° Minuto, storica trasmissione della Rai sul calcio, condotta da un altro indimenticabile, Paolo Valenti.

27/03/2010Triestina - Padova ore 15.30Modena - Piacenza ore 15.30Frosinone - Ancona ore 15.30Crotone - Salernitana ore 15.30Cittadella - Sassuolo ore 15.30Albinoleffe - Brescia ore 15.30Grosseto - Cesena ore 15.30Ascoli - Empoli ore 15.30Lecce - Gallipoli ore 15.30Mantova - Vicenza ore 15.3028/03/2010Reggina - Torino ore 12.

13/04/2010Torino - Piacenza ore 20.45Sassuolo - Reggina ore 20.45Empoli - Salernitana ore 20.45Ascoli - Triestina ore 20.45Vicenza - Ancona ore 20.45Gallipoli - Cittadella ore 20.45Brescia - Frosinone ore 20.45Albinoleffe - Grosseto ore 20.45Padova - Lecce ore 20.45Cesena - Mantova ore 20.45Crotone - Modena ore 20.

"Napoli is my life"
Napoli are the Marmite of Italy. You either love them or you hate them. Having seen them twice myself, I've got a foot in the camp of the former. Their fans can be both mesmerising and frightening at the same time. If you go and see Napoli, you won't forget about it in a hurry I can assure you.

23/04/2010Cesena - Empoli ore 20.4524/04/2010Grosseto - Lecce ore 15.30Cittadella - Mantova ore 15.30Vicenza - Padova ore 15.30Ascoli - Piacenza ore 15.30Brescia - Reggina ore 15.30Gallipoli - Salernitana ore 15.30Crotone - Torino ore 15.30Sassuolo - Ancona ore 15.30Albinoleffe - Frosinone ore 15.3026/04/2010Triestina - Modena ore 20.

Many asked for a review of Serie B, and now that the season ended yesterday here it is. Let's start with facts: Lecce won Serie B (pictured) and return to Serie A after a year's absence. Cesena surprisingly grabbed second place and automatic promotion and secured their return to Serie A after 20 years.

So, last Tuesday I put up the second Italy Offside Calcio Quiz, consisting of 30 more random questions that tested your calcio knowledge. Reading your answers in the comments, many of you did extremely well, which means Calcio Quiz 3 might have to be even harder. So, let's go through the answers:

1) Enrico Preziosi is the owner of Genoa.

I reported that Roma have been put up for sale even though they came second in Italy and that they have loads of debts. Now I find (in an article on Italian-Calcio Blog) the Italian football federation has announced that Serie B side Ancona and 20 Lega Pro sides have been kicked out of [...]

The Summer of 2010 won't be remembered as the happiest of times for Italian football. The Home Minister introduced a compulsory ID card for fans known as the 'Tessera del Tifoso', which has threatened supporters' freedom and generated chaos, particularly for those travelling to away matches.