Luke Taylor
@luketaylortcd
Writer & Creative. Calcio aficionado. Italian food, culture & history. Editor-in-Chief @ FORZA CALCIO newsletter. Campari and Italodisco enthusiast.
It feels good to write about actual calcio again, and not just transfer rumours and scandals. The Calcio Dispatch lands at 6pm this evening. Sign up now. forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com
In this week’s FORZA CALCIO feature, I am looking at Napoli and the centenary year. I’m exploring identity and division, using football as a lens to discuss the city’s meaning. Napoli at 100. 6pm tonight. Sign up now to get it direct: forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
Your weekly briefing on Italian football will at 6pm this evening. This week’s Dispatch looks at the Guardiola news, transfers and the return of calcio. Plus: some lower league bits, and a bit of Curva Culture, too. Sign up to get it direct: forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
The Paolo Maldini Era. This week’s FORZA CALCIO looks at the new chapter for Italian football and what appointing Maldini means for the country. Read now. forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/p/the-maldin...
Your briefing will land in inboxes at 6pm tomorrow. This week's Calcio Dispatch explores Paolo Maldini's new job, Arthur Atta signing for Fiorentina and Ederson's ongoing saga. Curva Culture and some lower league stuff, too. Sign up: forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
The Calcio Dispatch has landed. Malago, Jonathan David, Dusan Vlahovic and…Ronaldinho? Get briefed on everything that happened in Italian football over the last week. Read now: forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/p/the-calcio...
In tomorrow's FORZA CALCIO newsletter, I've picked out six players you should be watching at the World Cup. No Azzurri doesn't mean no calcio. It lands (for free) in inboxes and online at 6pm. You can subscribe to get it directly. forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
Your weekly 5-minute briefing on Italian football will land in inboxes at 6pm tomorrow. Sign up to receive The Calcio Dispatch direct to your inbox. This week: Ascoli, Vlahovic, managerial changes & more. forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
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I've now also mapped all the stadiums in Serie B, bar one (as we await the outcome of the Serie C play-offs). A bit of a better spread across the north and south, but still heavily in favour of the north. One Sicilian team, too.
I have mapped out all of the stadiums in Serie A for the 26/27 season. Venezia, Frosinone and Monza added. As you can see, and as expected, the imbalance between north and south is pretty stark. 0 Sicilian sides in the top division (yet).
In this week's FORZA CALCIO newsletter, I look at the Italian Summer Funfair, where the main attraction is a merry-go-round. There are managers changing clubs everywhere you look, and I give you my thoughts on the big stories. 6pm tomorrow. Sign up. forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
Your weekly 5-minute calcio briefing lands in inboxes at 6pm. The Dispatch looks at Como, Milan, the managerial changes in Serie A, play-offs, protests and more. Sign up if you fancy. It's free. forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
I've made this week's newsletter a love letter to a certain archetype of striker that is dying out. It's an emotional, yet romantic one. Sign up for FORZA CALCIO to get it directly to your inbox. forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
Tonight is the final night of the season in Serie B before we enter the playoffs and playouts. So, to celebrate, this week’s FORZA CALCIO newsletter reflects back on Juventus’ time in the league. Sign up to get it direct to your inbox 🔗 forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
The Calcio Dispatch lands in inboxes this evening at 6pm. Your weekly five minute briefing on everything you need to know in Italian football. Champions, relegations and scenes from the curva. Sign up 📩 forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
There's (finally) a newsletter coming tomorrow on Learning Italy, my Substack focused on studying Italian history. Sign up, if you're interested in this sort of thing. learningitaly.substack.com
This week’s Calcio Dispatch has landed. Subscribers: check your inbox. Or read here (and then sign up) 🔗 forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/p/the-calcio...
Calcio Dispatch lands in inboxes tomorrow at 6pm 🇮🇹⚽️ It’s almost time for your 5-minute briefing on Italian football this week. We’re diving into plenty of the lower division chaos. Sign up to get it direct 🔗 forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
The Final Frontier: Azzurri on the Edge 🇮🇹⚽️ This week's FORZA CALCIO newsletter shares my thoughts from Italy's win over Northern Ireland, and analyses what's next for the Azzurri. 6pm tonight. Sign up to get it direct 🔗 forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
⚽️🇮🇹 Episode 002: Where have all the strikers gone? New episode of The FORZA CALCIO Podcast is out now🎙️ I am joined by @RSharmzz to discuss: ➡️ Decline of the classic No. 9 ➡️ Tactics in modern football ➡️ Is Italy struggling or just need to evolve? Listen below ⬇️
Your Calcio Dispatch lands in inboxes tomorrow at 6pm...📢 This is your 5-minute briefing on what mattered in Italian football this week, from the Scudetto race to fifth division curvas and beyond. Sign up to get it direct 🔗 forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
Ciao, ragazzi! 👋🏼 I just wanted to take this Sunday evening to thank you for the support. Hit 400 subscribers to the newsletter this week and I’m incredibly happy about it. I appreciate the support and I am grateful for those who return each week to read my ramblings on calcio.
This week's Tuesday Calcio Wrap-Up drops into subscribers' inboxes at 6pm tomorrow...🇮🇹⚽️ Talking: ➡️ Milan derby ➡️ Scudetto race ➡️ Monza, Spezia and Palermo's weekends ➡️ The chaos of Serie C Sign up now to not miss it (it's free) 🔗 forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe
Tonight @ 6pm… We’re back! This week’s Tuesday Calcio Wrap-Up hits inboxes tonight 🇮🇹⚽️ ➡️ Azzurri woes ➡️ Serie C title races ➡️ This year’s Puskas Award winner Sign up now to not miss it 🔗 forzacalcionewsletter.substack.com/subscribe