Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show

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James Richardson and James Horncastle take a weekly look at Serie A past and present

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Golazzo is back!

09.13.2019

Join Jimbo, Gab and the Horn for our first run of brand new episodes on w/c 14 October 2019

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09.13.2019 Golazzo is back! Join Jimbo, Gab and the Horn for our first run of brand new episodes on w/c 14 October 2019
06.06.2019 Maifredi and the next Juventus manager Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti are back for the final Golazzo of the season, amid changing times for the Old Lady. With Max Allegri gone and with Juventus seemingly set to appoint Maurizio Sarri (or are they?), we go ...
05.08.2019 Feast of the Goddess – the Atalanta fairytale With Atalanta perhaps on the verge of Champions League football and just their second major trophy ever, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look at the history of Bergamo’s finest in Serie A. It’s a story that involves a thriving ...
05.01.2019 Malesani – the meme, the manager Before there was Sarri - and after there was Sacchi – there was Alberto Malesani. He gave up his job at Canon in Amsterdam to pursue a career in football management. He was the figurehead of one of the great ...
04.24.2019 Kaka’s white smoking jacket Evangelical, elegant and exceptional with the ball at his feet. Golazzo pays tribute to a Serie A great - AC Milan legend Kaka. Described by Carlo Ancelotti as the best no name player in the world, Kaka is the last ...
04.17.2019 Juve v Ajax – then and now As Ajax stun Juventus in their own backyard, Golazzo gets all nostalgic for the biggest Ajax Juve game of all time. James Horncastle joins us from Turin to tackle where the Old Lady goes from here after an exuberant Ajax ...
04.10.2019 Revisiting Roma 82-84 Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti venture back to a time when Roma won the scudetto and embarked on their first ever European Cup campaign. Inspired by Swedish manager Nils Liedholm in the early 80s, the likes of Conti, Ancelotti ...
04.03.2019 All Hail Emperor Adriano Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at the life and times of your favourite player if you had Pro Evo during its pomp – Inter and Brazil’s Adriano. The man known as the Emperor had enough talent to ...
03.27.2019 Kickstarting calcio at Spain 82 Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back to Italy’s World Cup win in 1982 in Spain – the summer that arguably launched Italian football and Serie A to a whole new level. Match-fixing scandals, press black-outs and strange squad ...
03.20.2019 When Fiorentina were finished – the Gori story This week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti examine one of the most notorious owners in Serie A history – Cecchi Gori. An Oscar-winning producer turned eccentric football club supremo, life under Gori for La Viola was a ...
03.13.2019 Trapattoni at 80 – Part 2 of 2 Golazzo brings you the final part of the Giovanni Trapattoni story, as the most successful Italian manager ever celebrates his 80th birthday on Sunday. Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti discuss Trap’s time at Bayern, Fiorentina, Italy and Ireland amongst ...
03.06.2019 Trapattoni at 80 – Part 1 of 2 As his 80th birthday approaches, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti pay tribute to the most successful club manager in the history of the game – Giovanni Trapattoni. In the first of a two-part special, we look back at Trapattoni’s ...
02.27.2019 Capital clashes – a Rome derby retrospective Ahead of the 150th meeting of Roma and Lazio this weekend, Jimbo and James Horncastle look back at classic Rome derbies gone by. Enjoy tales from the one of the world's biggest rivalries, as told by Totti, Di Canio and ...
02.20.2019 The little painter – Alessandro Del Piero Jimbo is joined by Gab Marcotti to discuss one of Serie A’s greatest ever players, Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero. Originally thought of as the back-up to Baggio, 19 seasons later, Del Piero had established himself as a Juve icon, ...
02.13.2019 Tino tales - the astonishing Asprilla Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti try to wrap their heads around the enigma that is Faustino Asprilla. The Colombian achieved legendary status at Parma, with silverware and sensational goals galore in the early 90s, before a move to Newcastle ...
02.06.2019 The notorious Moggi Golazzo delves into the darker side of Serie A this week as Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look at the life and times of Luciano Moggi. The scout turned stablemaster was at the heart of the Calciopoli scandal, alleged ...
01.30.2019 Shoe salesman turned tactical icon – the Sacchi story Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti review one of the most influential managers of all time, the leader of the iconic Milan side of the late 80s – Arrigo Sacchi. His father owned a shoe factory but he was viewed ...
01.23.2019 Victory for Verona - Serie A's title miracle This week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti travel back to 1985 to find Italy’s answer to Leicester. Hellas Verona became the only provincial side ever to win the Scudetto, with a team of Preben Elkjær, Hans-Peter Briegel ...
01.16.2019 Serie A so far and Welsh wizards of the past After a winter break, Serie A is back this weekend so it’s the welcome return of Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti on Golazzo. With the second half about to kick off, we ask who will win the race for ...
12.19.2018 Tony Christmas! The Toto Di Natale story Golazzo wishes you a Happy Tony Christmas! Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti celebrate the career of Antonio Di Natale, who managed to be one of Italy’s greatest ever goalscorers, despite refusing to leave Friuli. It’s a broad podcast that ...
12.12.2018 Contrary Vieri and heartbreak for Inter & Napoli This week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at Bobo – Christian Vieri – the grumpiest striker in Serie A. Currently enjoying life as a DJ, and having admitted he would have been happier playing cricket ...
12.05.2018 Sackings & sexual conquests – Zamparini’s Palermo With the announcement that Maurizio Zamparini has sold Palermo to a consortium involving David Platt, the panel of Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at Zamparini’s time in Sicily. We bring you the whole story. From Vasquez to ...
11.28.2018 Gigi Lentini – the most expensive player in the world This week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back to a time when it was always sunny in Filadelfia. Gigi Lentini took Torino to new heights, including the UEFA Cup Final, and ended up in a transfer ...
11.21.2018 Lauding Luca Toni – the last great Italian striker Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti this week salute Luca Toni. Not a lifeguard as some would have you believe but perhaps the last great Italian centre-forward. The big man was laying down outrageous goal scoring numbers before Ronaldo and ...
11.14.2018 When Ranieri was Roman – Claudio’s Serie A story With news breaking of Claudio Ranieri being appointed as Fulham manager, Jimbo and James Horncastle take a trip down memory lane with the man who wrote the book on Ranieri – literally – Gab Marcotti. We look at Gentleman Claudio’s ...
11.07.2018 Preziosi and his Genoa scandals This week on Golazzo, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back on the life and times of Enrico Preziosi, one of Serie A’s most notorious owners. Preziosi was at the heart of Genoa’s biggest scandal in 2005 and is ...
10.31.2018 Power, corruption and Sven – Cragnotti’s Lazio Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti are back to discuss a man whose motto was ‘spend more than you earn.’ Sergio Cragnotti was seen as a man from the future, with very few knowing where he got his money from. ...
10.24.2018 5th May 2002 – the Inter bottlejob? As Lazio prepare to host Inter at the Stadio Olimpico on Monday, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at a date that is burned into the brains of Inter fans around the world. With a first Serie A ...
10.17.2018 Cassano’s crazy career comes to an end This week on Golazzo, we marvel at the player who has announced his retirement from football (for the third time), the one and only Antonio Cassano. The boy from Bari who loved football but probably not as much as he ...
10.10.2018 Italy at Italia 90 For many, it was the World Cup of Gazza, Higuita and Milla. But for Italy, it was the one that got away. Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti look back at the iconic Italia 90 and what it meant to ...
10.03.2018 Alvaro Recoba – waster or wunderkind? Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti are chatting about El Chino this week on the Totally Italian Football Show. In a team containing Ronaldo, Zamorano and Djorkaeff, Uruguayan striker Alvaro Recoba was the man who Inter owner Massimo Moratti described ...
09.26.2018 Perugia pandemonium - a Golazzo Gaucci special Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gabriele Marcotti examine the life and times of former Perugia owner Luciano Gaucci. Gaucci shot to worldwide prominence after being reported to have sacked Perugia’s South Korean World Cup hero Ahn Jung-Hwan for knocking Italy out ...
09.19.2018 Chievo – when the good guys go bad Jimbo and James Horncastle take another trip down memory lane on this week’s Golazzo. With Chievo deducted 3 points for falsifying acccounts, we look back at the time when they were everyone’s second favourite team in Italy. A newly promoted ...
09.12.2018 2006 Campioni del Mondo Jimbo and James Horncastle bring you the story of the 2006 World Cup. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: The Azzurri's route to the final (14m 45s) • PART 1b: The story of the final (21m 25s) • PART 2a: Where ...
09.05.2018 Quagliarella Boom Boom Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gabriele Marcotti drool over an early goal of the season contender from Fabio Quagliarella and take us inside the story of how he became a victim of stalking. The guys also discuss what lies ahead for ...
08.29.2018 Satisfaction for SPAL but not Spalletti Jimbo and James Horncastle are back to assess the weekend’s action in Serie A. With Fiorentina thrashing Chievo 6-1, it offers us a chance to reminisce about great La Viola teams – and kits – gone by. Former Atalanta man ...
08.22.2018 Napoli not sweating life after Sarri After an exciting opening weekend of Serie A action, Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gabriele Marcotti are back to review and preview. Juve won away but what formation do they play to accommodate Cristiano Ronaldo? Ancelotti’s new team are victorious at ...
08.15.2018 A messy Italian summer Jimbo and James Horncastle preview what promises to be one of the best Serie A seasons in modern history and - with the transfer window preparing to slam shut for another summer – discuss some of the league’s biggest transfers ...
07.12.2018 The sale of the century - Ronaldo to Juventus Jimbo and James Horncastle analyse Cristiano Ronaldo's move from Real to Juve. Is he the missing piece for the Old Lady's Champions League aspirations? Who in the current squad will have to make room for CR7? Can the current Ballon ...
05.23.2018 La fine Jimbo and James Horncastle look back on a spectacular season in Serie A and - with Carlo Ancelotti in at Napoli and Parma back in the top flight - gaze ahead to good times ahead in Italy. Just don't mention ...
05.16.2018 Nathaniel Chalobah's year in Naples James Horncastle speaks to Watford's Nathaniel Chalobah about his 2015 loan spell at Napoli from Chelsea. What was it like working with Maurizio Sarri? How did the Partenopei fans react to this young and - at the time- relatively unknown ...
05.09.2018 Dario Hübner: The late blooming goal machine Jimbo is joined by Richard Hughes, James Horncastle and Gabriele Marcotti to discuss Dario Hübner, the unglamorous striker with perhaps the most remarkable story of them all. Nicknamed 'The Bison', hard drinking and smoking Dario didn't even play in Serie ...
05.02.2018 The rises and falls of Parma Jimbo, Gabriele Marcotti and James Horncastle tell the story of Parma, one of the most exciting teams of the 90s, with players like GInafranco Zola, Tino Asprilla, Hernan Crespo, Tomas Brolin and (Dino) Baggio helping them to three European trophies ...
04.25.2018 Derby d'Italia: Juventus vs Inter James Horncastle and Gabriele Marcotti join James Richardson on the latest Golazzo to discuss Liverpool's win over Roma and also the Derby d’italia: Juventus vs Inter, featuring the classic 1998 encounter at the Stadio delle Alpi. RUNNING ORDER: GET IN ...
04.18.2018 Il Grande Torino and the tragedy of Superga James Horncastle and Gabriele Marcotti join Jimbo to celebrate the all conquering Torino team of the 1940s, which won 5 straight scudetti before being tragically killed in the Superga air disaster. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Escaping the war (2m ...
04.11.2018 'Roma Nel Mito' Jimbo and James Horncastle are used to celebrating both the legends and legendary performances of the Italian game, and this week Roma wrote themselves into the history books. We look back over the Giallorossi's incredible 3-0 victory over Barcelona and ...
04.04.2018 Gabriel Batistuta: The greatest centre forward of the 1990s James Richardson and James Horncastle salute the genius of 'Batigol' whose stunning goals and flowing locks lit up Argentina and Italy. A hero at Fiorentina after 168 goals and staying on after relegation, Batistuta finally won a Scudetto after moving ...
04.04.2018 Gabriel Batistuta: The greatest centre forward of the 1990's James Richardson and James Horncastle salute the genius of 'Batigol' whose stunning goals and flowing locks lit up Argentina and Italy. A hero at Fiorentina after 168 goals and staying on after relegation, Batistuta finally won a Scudetto after moving ...
03.28.2018 Zdeněk Zeman: Revolutionary manager on and off the pitch James Horncastle and Gabriele Marcotti join Jimbo to look back on the career of cult manager Zdeněk Zeman, whose romantic version of playing the beautiful game was way ahead of its time. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Zeman career and ...
03.21.2018 Guns, riots and the craziest team ever - Lazio in the early 70s Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gabriele Marcotti tell the extraordinary story of the Lazio side of the 70s, which - as well as winning the club's first championship - was notorious for its love of guns, violence and far-right politics RUNNING ...

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Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show episodes:

Golazzo is back!

Maifredi and the next Juventus manager

Feast of the Goddess – the Atalanta fairytale

Malesani – the meme, the manager

Kaka’s white smoking jacket

Juve v Ajax – then and now

Revisiting Roma 82-84

All Hail Emperor Adriano

Kickstarting calcio at Spain 82

When Fiorentina were finished – the Gori story

Trapattoni at 80 – Part 2 of 2

Trapattoni at 80 – Part 1 of 2

Capital clashes – a Rome derby retrospective

The little painter – Alessandro Del Piero

Tino tales - the astonishing Asprilla

The notorious Moggi

Shoe salesman turned tactical icon – the Sacchi story

Victory for Verona - Serie A's title miracle

Serie A so far and Welsh wizards of the past

Tony Christmas! The Toto Di Natale story

Contrary Vieri and heartbreak for Inter & Napoli

Sackings & sexual conquests – Zamparini’s Palermo

Gigi Lentini – the most expensive player in the world

Lauding Luca Toni – the last great Italian striker

When Ranieri was Roman – Claudio’s Serie A story

Preziosi and his Genoa scandals

Power, corruption and Sven – Cragnotti’s Lazio

5th May 2002 – the Inter bottlejob?

Cassano’s crazy career comes to an end

Italy at Italia 90

Alvaro Recoba – waster or wunderkind?

Perugia pandemonium - a Golazzo Gaucci special

Chievo – when the good guys go bad

2006 Campioni del Mondo

Quagliarella Boom Boom

Satisfaction for SPAL but not Spalletti

Napoli not sweating life after Sarri

A messy Italian summer

The sale of the century - Ronaldo to Juventus

La fine

Nathaniel Chalobah's year in Naples

Dario Hübner: The late blooming goal machine

The rises and falls of Parma

Derby d'Italia: Juventus vs Inter

Il Grande Torino and the tragedy of Superga

'Roma Nel Mito'

Gabriel Batistuta: The greatest centre forward of the 1990s

Gabriel Batistuta: The greatest centre forward of the 1990's

Zdeněk Zeman: Revolutionary manager on and off the pitch

Guns, riots and the craziest team ever - Lazio in the early 70s

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