Atalanta - Juventus: "I'll trade you my Ciro for your Conte, maybe..."

Antonio Conte was so close to taking the Juventus job over the summer and now he comes face to face with his old teammate Ciro ...

Livorno v Inter: Let's Snatch This Chance

As I write this, Juve have just fallen to a resurgent Napoli and we have a golden opportunity to go five clear at the top ...

No Party

The update on injury is neither hopeful nor disastrous. Surgery won't be required, yet, but there's also no update on when this "therapy" is going ...

Alessio's Comprehensive Calcio Dictionary

I know that a lot Juventus fans are not Italian, nor do they speak Italian. With this idea, I've written up a translation for a ...

Juventus - Livorno

Livorno this weekend at home. Last week they hosted Milan at the Stadio Armando Picchi in Livorno, and a few things come to mind after ...

Livorno 0 - Milan 0

Fortunately I missed the game on Saturday. I had to Coach in the local Nutmeg Tournament in an effort to retain the silverware I ...

Milan - Livorno

Which European Soccer Team Would Suit Landon Donovan Best?

Don't laugh. Despite his past failures (2001 and 2005 with Bayer Leverkusen, 2009 with Bayern Munich) Landon Donovan is clearly talented enough to play his ...

Diamanti to West Ham ; Turns out Diamonds aren't forever...

Alessandro Diamanti aka the curly dude from Serie C2 aka No scudetto for you Roma aka Ale Luscious Leftfoot aka Un diamante e per sempre ...

Serie A 2009/2010 Weekend Round-up: Giornata 1

Serie A is back and so is the the weekly Serie A Weekend Round-up which will come your way every Monday wrapping up the weekend ...

Pick A Striker. Any Striker.

Is there a striker in Europe who has not had their name linked with a move to the Hammers? Let’s take a roll call; first ...

Weekend Recap

This weekend was not a particularly memorable in the granata world as we were eliminated from the Coppa Italia and have not made any more ...

Mercato Moves : Lucarelli Loves Livorno as Aldo fa L'Americano

Guess who's back ? After his Ukranian Champions league goals and some parmiggiano cheese, Cristiano - tenetevi il milliardo - Lucarelli is back home !!! ...

Vacation Time.

Well, it's that time of the summer again. I'm off to the old country tomorrow, so the blog will be inactive for a couple of ...

Juve Fixture List, Serie A 2009-2010/Coppa di Pace Photos

Schedule looks alright, to me. Roman teams back to back, and in general, the big matches are fairly spread out. Weeks 9-13 are the Scudetto ...

Serie A 2009/2010 Schedule released

Today the schedule was released for the 2009/2010 season. Lega Calcio finally decided to do the schedule EPL-style, with no seeding for teams, which meant ...

Donovan to Serie A Club Livorno?

Livorno president Aldo Spinelli confirms that they are in talks. Spinelli states that his transfer fee wouldn't be a problem, but his actual wage requirements might ...

30 Italian promising players to keep an eye on

Often we see a young player explode onto the calcio scene and everyone turns heads and says "Where did this kid come from?". Well, now ...

Serie A and Coppa Italia 2009/2010 dates announced

Yesterday the Lega Calcio announced the dates for the 2009/2010 Serie A season. Serie A begins the weekend of August 23rd and will end on ...

Oguchi Onyewu to Livorno !?

Some unreliable media is reporting the Livorno have placed a formal offer to the now Standard Liège free agent Oguchi Onyewu !? Smells a ...

A Livorno Mercato (We keep Candreva)

Here's a bunch of unorganized,misspelled, mercato ramblings Francesco Ceravolo leaves Livorno a winner and New DS is Nelso Ricci and he's been working overtime already... Spoke to ...

Livorno back in Serie A ! A Year in Review

After a heartbreaking drop to Serie B last season Livorno are finally back in Serie A after only one season. Promotion to Serie A for ...

Brescia 2-2 Livorno , 1st Leg highlights

Livorno played some excellent footbal in the 1st half with Tavano & Diamanti running the show and putting the Amaranto ahead by 2 goals after ...

Having 4 Sent Off Isn't The Recipe For Promotion.

(Full highlights forthcoming.) Grosseto had a Cinderella season in Serie B - think of them as the Wolfsburg to Sassuolo's first half barnstormers Hoffenheim. Despite making ...

Serie B Promotion Final Decided

Going into the Promotion semi-final second leg, all 4 teams had a chance to advance. Empoli and Brescia played to a 1-1 draw in the ...

Livorno e La Pareggite or Close, But No Cigar

OK…OK...We've been clearly dominating all season...getting numerous chances on goal per game, we're still in the top 3 even tough Tommy Danilevicius started a lot ...

Grosseto 2-3 Livorno, Highlights and an actual Analysis!?

We are only 2 points away from Bari but Livorno definitely demonstrated serious character on the pitch today versus Grosseto, in their umpteenth Tuscan derby ...

Pisa Merda - Livorno, Derbyssimo !

Saturday's members only derby is close....FORZA LABRONICI...AVANTI AMARANTO !

Livorno 3-0 Piacenza, monologo amaranto che porta al primo posto

Livorno are finally seeming to hit a positive stride. The Rossini-Diamanti-Tavano trident just needed 28 minutes to put this game away from reach from Piacenza. ...

Curva : Siamo Tutti Palestinesi

Dopo Tanti Anni Non Ci Siamo Arresi SIAMO TUTTI PALESTINESI This is a foto that was taken during the Livorno - Maccabi Haifa UEFA CUP game a couple ...