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John Williams, a sociologist at England's Leicester University and a researcher of fan culture, said Italy can no longer afford to bury its head in the sand after last Friday's mayhem in Sicily. "Hillsborough was the turning point for English football and now Italy has to face up to its...

Part of the problem, according to Leicester University's Williams, is that many Italian stadiums are owned by the municipalities. That gives home fans little reason to care about the facilities, while clubs that share stadiums -- such as Inter and AC Milan's San Siro -- don't have the incentive...

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Do you know that many Italian grounds still have areas which are effectively self-policed by ultra organisations?? That influence was perhaps best portrayed by the mysterious events of the Rome derby in 2004 when ultra leaders came pitch-side to inform Francesco Totti, the Roma captain, that a...

What did they want to do regarding Juve??

According to the latest statistics, there are 74,000 recognised members of 445 'Ultra' groups of hardcore fans in Italy... Does anybody know anything about that Milan Ultra group that was mentioned in the article above?? And can the Italian calcio decrease those Ultra groups or are they a...

Authorities must look to England if they want to rescue their national sport from the gutter. 'We have to learn from the English,' cry frustrated Italian commentators each time the face of calcio is scarred by an outbreak of violence. 'If they can solve their hooligan problem, why can't we?'...