Ultras in Italy – part 1

04/16/20 • 43 min

Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show

In the first of a two-part special, we look at the roots of ultra culture, the politics and the power wielded by Italian clubs’ most passionate and outspoken fan groups. Suspending games, stopping signings and supposed links to organised crime. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Why the fascination with ultras? (01m 00s) • PART 2: The roots of ultra culture (10m 00s) • PART 3: The links to organised crime (15m 00s) • PART 4: Why do clubs give power to the ultras? (23m 00s) • PART 5: Ultras stopping play (32m 30s)

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Il Trio Magico

In a backdrop of a boom in Italy, Juventus supplemented Giampero Boniperti in 1957 with forwards Omar Sivori and gentle giant John Charles, perhaps the most universally popular Juventus player ever. And one hell of a singer. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Why were this trio so iconic? (01m 00s) • PART 2: Agnelli acquires Charles and Sivori (05m 00s) • PART 3: Sivori – a proto-Maradona? (15m 00s) • PART 4a: Charles – Juve’s best ever foreign signing? (19m 00s) • PART 4b: The controversial last game together for the trio (32m 30s) • PART 4c: Boniperti returns as president (39m 00s) GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/) • find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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Ultras in Italy – part 2

Today we look at how Juventus found themselves embroiled in the world of organised crime, the introduction of identity cards and the ultra stance as last defenders of the real values of the sport. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: The case of Rafaello Bucci and the Drughi (01m 00s) • PART 2: Identity cards brought in to curb violence (13m 00s) • PART 3: The good that ultras do (20m 00s) • PART 4: Are the Ultras dying out? (30m 00s)