The history of Milan's clubs
One city is home to two big clubs. Milan was founded on 16 December 1899 as Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club, with Englishmen among its founders. We explain how the city became a football capital.
Articles
Articles
This section brings together the magazine's main topics and the catalogue of standalone articles. We write about Italian football as a cultural phenomenon: how clubs got their colours and nicknames, why a stadium becomes a symbol of its city, how supporters created their own magazines and websites, and where the tactical terms came from that even occasional viewers know.
A club's colours are remembered before its players' names. That is where any conversation about football culture begins.
How this section works: a topic appears here if it can be covered from open, verifiable sources — no news, no stories about current players or coaches, no judgements about people and no invented figures or quotes.
Magazine topics
Six themes around which the magazine's material is built.
San Siro
The stadium opened in 1926 and officially bears the name of Giuseppe Meazza. Since 1947 both Milan and Inter have played there — a rare example of rivals sharing a home.
Colours and nicknames
Rossoneri means "the red and blacks", nerazzurri "the blue and blacks". We explain how kit colours turn into a club's name and become part of the city's speech.
Fanzines and fan sites
Supporters' amateur magazines, and later websites and forums. We look at them as a media phenomenon: who made them, what they wrote about and why many disappeared.
Catenaccio and tactics
The defensive system known as catenaccio is associated with Italian football of the 1960s. We discuss tactics in general terms, without diagrams for every match.
The language of Italian football
Calcio, derby, tifosi, catenaccio: Italian words that entered football vocabulary in other countries, and what they actually mean.
Article catalogue for English-speaking readers
This section will feature standalone articles written for English-speaking readers. They are written with these readers' interests in mind and are not translations of material from other language versions of the site.
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- GTA 6 Gameplay Coaching and Skills: What Players Should Know
Which open-world skills carry over into GTA 6, what gameplay coaching can and cannot cover before launch, and how to judge any coaching offer sensibly.
Topics the editors are planning
- From Kilpin to calcio: the English roots of Italian clubs
- Ground-sharing in Milan and beyond: one stadium, two clubs
- Fanzine culture in Britain and Italy: a comparison
- Reading old match reports and programmes
Editorial rules
- Articles in this catalogue are written separately for each language version and are not translations.
- Some articles link to third-party websites, including gaming services; we do not control their content, prices or terms.
- We do not publish club news, transfer rumours, predictions, betting or reviews.
Related sections
- Collections
Themed reading paths through the magazine for a first introduction to Italian football.
- History
A timeline of Italian football from the founding of Milan in 1899 to the 2007 Champions League.
- Analysis
How to work through historical football statistics and how tactical systems differ.
Sources
- Encyclopaedic sources on the history of Italian football
- UEFA — competition history
Historical information is based on encyclopaedic sources and official competition histories. Competition rules, stadium names and museum visiting arrangements change, so check them on the organisers' official websites.