Articles tagged with "catania"
Roma, Roma, Roma! [To Be Read in a Jan Brady Voice]
By Martha | January 9th, 2008God damn, but Sven Goran Eriksson really, really wants Mancini. I still don't get it, but he's not backing off that insane rumor of a ...
Vargas on His Way Out of Catania?
By Martha | January 7th, 2008Since we don't have a Catania blogger, there's not as much talk around here about their Peruvian beast, Juan Manuel Vargas as there probably should ...
10 Things We Learned About Serie A This Weekend
By chris | December 18th, 2007A new installment in the weekly "10 Things We Learned About..." series. This one of the Italian variety. 1. Antonio Cassano is a train wreck. No, this ...
Lazio-Catania: Where Did That Come From?
By Martha | December 8th, 2007I have no idea exactly how it happened, but Lazio just turned in a convincing win over a team above them in the table, and ...
Everything is Fixed When No One Travels. No, Really.
By Martha | November 29th, 2007As a very irritated PalermoSteven noted yesterday, the Observatory for Sport has banned Palermo supporters from traveling to Catania for Sunday's Sicilian derby. In addition, ...
Breaking: Travels Bans for 15 Clubs, Azzurri to be Kicked in Glasgow
By Martha | November 15th, 2007[Posts on the death of Gabriele Sandri and subsequent events are collected here; this post is being updated with the latest news. It's been announced ...
Milan v Catania: Oh Dear
By Martha | September 30th, 2007Anyone watching today's match could tell Milan are a much better team than Catania, but the Rossoneri just cannot put the ball on net, and ...
Catania/Celtic Preview
By Gianfranco | September 29th, 2007Carletto has spoken, and he is finally starting to make some sense. The rossoneri need results and they are going to start with Catania. ...
Odds and Ends As We Laugh at Milan
By Martha | September 25th, 2007•Former Milan player Oscar Damiani, now a FIFA agent who somehow oversees his old club's transfers, has revealed to the press that Milan decided mid-summer ...
We're Done Screwing Around
By Gianni | September 22nd, 2007It's off to Sicily this Sunday, where The Viola will face off with Catania and try to give the fans in front of their TVs, ...
Nevermind About the Match-Fixing, Or: Another Win for Falsini and Pantanelli
By Martha | September 12th, 2007Gianluca Falsini and Armando Pantanelli are having quite a summer. First, they were frozen out by Catania (Pantanelli has since moved to Avellino in Serie ...
Of Coaches Suspended
By Martha | August 28th, 2007As we chortled gleefully about yesterday, the resident genius of French football, Raymond Domenech, has talked himself into a suspension for his team's upcoming match ...
Yesterday's Best Ass-Kicking
By Martha | August 27th, 2007Scontro Baldini Di carlo ITALIA UNO 2Uploaded by Dragon685 Things were already tense on the pitch, but in the dying minutes of yesterday's 2-2 draw between ...
Newsie Bits, Mostly About Transfers
By Martha | August 23rd, 2007•The Cicinho saga is finally over, with Roma paying Real Madrid €9 million for his services. (Chris has all the details on this one, as ...
Monday News Roundup, Or: Hey, I'm Not Dead!
By Martha | August 13th, 2007•After months (and months) of transfer rumors -- Because, really, Udinese? Who wants to stay there? -- Fabio Quagliarella has signed an extension that will ...
Weekend Roundup of Wildly Exciting News
By Martha | August 5th, 2007•The latest on poor, unloved Antonio Cassano is that he's either going to Inter this winter (in exchange for Adriano, of course -- even Inter ...
Newsie Bits as We Wait for the Chivu Saga to Just END ALREADY
By Martha | July 24th, 2007•Giampaolo Pazzini has extended his contract with Fiorentina for another two years, which means he's now tied to the club through 2011. Eeeeeexcellent. •Catania have let ...
Roundup of Rumors and Other Assorted Nonsense
By Martha | June 26th, 2007•Fact: Roma's money guy girl has flown out to Barcelona for a "supper" of negotiations. Multinational rumor (tracked by our own, never-sleeping, Roma-obsessing Chris): Cristian ...
Mmm ... Managerial Musical Chairs
By Martha | June 5th, 2007Though no other club is likely to sign a name quite as big as Claudio Ranieri, there are still eight (For those of you keeping ...
Week 38: And That's a Wrap
By Martha | May 28th, 2007With the top of the table and European qualification decided last weekend, all eyes this week were on the five teams still not safe from ...
Roma v Messina (Also: Totti v Europe)
By Chris | May 26th, 2007For anyone who saw the Cagliari game last weekend, expect this one to play out the same. The result doesn't matter except for pride. Roma ...
Friday News Roundup: Will It Ever End in Catania?
By Martha | April 20th, 2007•After the latest overturning of Catania's stadium ban caused quite understandable controversy (apart from inevitable FIGC issues, the court that made the decision apparently doesn't ...
Catania Are Back!
By Martha | April 19th, 2007The labyrinthine machinations of the Italian court system (or the American one, for that matter) were well-beyond me before I got up this morning, but ...
Friday News Round-Up: No One is Going Anywhere
By Martha | April 6th, 2007•According to the PR wizards at Milan, their beloved Alberto Gilardino is not going anywhere the summer. Despite the fact that he rarely hits the ...
No One Cares What Catania Courts Think
By Martha | April 5th, 2007Despite the fact that less that 24 hours ago Catania's civil court ruled to allow fans back in to Catania's home games (which are still ...
News Roundup to Distract Us as We Wait For Roma Spank Man U
By Martha | April 4th, 2007•You know how Catania had to play their home games in an empty neutral stadium after the riot and cop murder outside the Angelo Massimino ...
Week 25, Or: Goals Galore
By Martha | February 26th, 2007Sunday morning I watched Fiorentina v Empoli on RAI. It was on La Grande Giostra Dei Gol, a five hour show that seems to combine ...
Transfer Madness (And Other Newsie Bits)
By Martha | February 22nd, 2007•According to La Repubblica, Milan are planning to have quite a summer in the transfer market. Not only will they land Ronaldinho for a mere ...
Catania Fans Won't Have to Find a New Place to Riot if the City Fathers Have Anything to Say About It
By Martha | February 14th, 2007Not surprisingly, a sports judge has shut down Catania's now-notorious stadium (the deadly riot during the Palermo match was only the most recent in a ...
Pre-Weekend News Roundup, Or: Games! Games! Games! (And a Touch of Fascism)
By Martha | February 9th, 2007•Did you know all the games are being played on Sunday this weekend? What the hell am I supposed to do tomorrow? This is troubling ...
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