The Gentleman Ultra

In his latest episode, Frank speaks to Athletic Carpi striker Lewis Walker, son of former Sampdoria defender Des, about his time in Serie C, growing up around football with a famous surname, his move to Italy and how that came about, life on and off the field in Italy, Athletic Carpi and their quest to return back to Serie C, and more.

TGU alumni Frank Risorto is back with another episode of Down Under. In this episode, Frank speaks to New Zealand broadcaster Riccardo Ball. 

Riccardo opens up about: Growing up in NZ and Riccardo's Italian and Croatian heritage; the immigrant influence on NZ Football; the 1982 World Cup and its impact and legacy on NZ football; the 2010 World Cup and seeing New Zealand taking on the Azzurri; New Zealand footballers in Italy; the All-Whites current World Cup campaign and more.

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In the second episode of TGU Down Under, Frank talks to Virtus Entella defender Gabriel Cleur.

Gabriel opens up about how he made his way to Italy, the challenge of moving abroad, both on and off the field, adapting to Italian football, playing football and living in Italy during the pandemic, the difference between Serie B and Serie C, living in Chiavari and Virtus Entella, his short stint as Antonio Cassano's team-mate, mental health as a professional footballer and more.

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The Gentleman Ultra is branching out! Gentleman Ultra alumni Frank Risorto is fronting a new podcast series, in which he talks to various people who love Italian football from all corners of the globe.

The first episode sees Frank sit down with Sal Bono, who runs the CurvaMundialPod. Sal talks about his roots and family in the US and Italy, the inevitable Italy and 'what next', his AC Milan fandom, Italia 90', an Azzurri fans life of wonder and joy, heartbreak and devastation and the creation of CurvaMundialPod.

Expect to hear more from Frank very soon!

Richard is joined by David Ferrini to discuss Bari's greatest team of the 1990s.

The decade was a good one for the team from Puglia, with multiple seasons in Serie A and signing a certain David Platt in the summer of 1991 from Aston Villa. 

The likes of Igor Protti, Gianluca Zambrotta, Kennet Andersson, Zvonimir Boban and of course, Antonio Cassano, all lined out for the southern Italian side during the 1990s.

But who made the best XI? Richard and David dissect our article from the TGU archives to see if guest writer Francesco Amesbury got his XI spot on.

On Roby Baggio's 55th birthday, Emmet Gates and David Ferrini break down an article Emmet wrote for the TGU website in celebration of his big day - his five greatest goals scored in UEFA competitions in the 1980s and '90s.

Emmet and David dissect the goals and give the context around Baggio's career at the time, and what Baggio has done since his retirement in 2004.

Tanti auguri to Il Divin Codino!

Goal links:

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzM7Ef1wu1c&t=67s

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX4F1fLhUlU

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GUyLicJLS0

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrcfcrHYPZs&t=134s

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-v4vdZf8_I&t=43s

Following some technical difficulties, Emmet and Richard are joined by Serie A (and B) commentator David Ferrini to discuss Peak Parma. That is, when Parma ruled Europe (but not Serie A) in the mid-to-late 1990s and was home to an array of superstars like Gianfranco Zola, Faustino Asprilla, Dino Baggio, Hristo Stoichkov, Gigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Lilian Thuram, Hernan Crespo, Juan Seba Veron and more.

The team examine the period from 1994 to 2000, the years Parma realistically could've won the Scudetto, their favourite jersey from the era, and how they will be remembered.

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Richard and Emmet are back after a prolonged absence from the TGU pod.

The crew discuss the new Fabio Quagliarella documentary on Mola TV, how the issues explored in the doc affected his career, and they dissect some of his most spectacular goals throughout his brilliant career for the likes of Sampdoria, Udinese, Napoli and Juventus.

The documentary is free to watch via Mola TV.

Richard and Emmet are joined by Serie A commentator David Ferrini to talk about Italian football's forgotten Baggio - Dino Baggio.

The former Parma, Juventus and Lazio midfielder lived firmly in the shadow of his more famous namesake, but was one of the finest Italian midfielders of his generation.

TGU pays tribute to Dino by dissecting his career, his obscure UEFA cup record, and who in the current Serie A landscape shares similar characteristics to Baggio.

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Richard Hall and Emmet Gates are joined by Doug Bierton, co-founder of the world's biggest classic football shirt website, classicfootballshirts.co.uk, to talk shirts.

Doug tries to name his top five favourite calcio shirts of all time, whilst reminiscing about the players who wore those majestic pieces of cloth.

This is a podcast that could've lasted another hour, or four!