Skip to Content

Emmet Gates

Emmet is an Irish/Argentine football journalist who lives in London. Emmet has been writing about the Italian game for more than a decade with a host of publications. Read More

Latest posts by Emmet Gates

Pisa Can Take Huge Step Towards Top Flight With Cremonese Victory

The Nerazzurri got back on track with a 2-0 away win against struggling Reggiana last weekend and are seven points clear in second. ... Read More

Spezia Looking to Channel Their Fury as Automatic Promotion Hopes Dwindle

Spezia welcome Cosenza on Easter Monday knowing that their hopes of automatic promotion to Serie A are dwindling. ... Read More

Classic Calcio: Bologna 2-4 Inter, September 1997

Bologna, featuring Roberto Baggio, took on Ronaldo's Inter Milan in a classic match from September 1997 at the Stadio Dall'Ara. ... Read More

Lautaro Martinez Becomes the Symbol For Simone Inzaghi’s Inter on Record-Breaking European Night

Lautaro Martinez played a pivotal part in Inter Milan reaching the final four of the Champions League, and proving the doubters wrong. ... Read More

Classic Calcio: Lazio 1-5 Roma, March 2002

For a fleeting moment in time Rome wasn’t just the capital of Italy, but the football capital of the nation. The turn of the millennium feels a long time ago now, but to those of us who lived through it, the era when both Roma and Lazio sat atop the calcio summit feels merely a ... Read More

Cremonese and Juve Stabia Meet in a Massive Six-Pointer Between Serie B Form Sides

Cremonese and Juve Stabia square off in a massive six-pointer that could shape the promotion playoff places in the final weeks of the season. ... Read More
Cremonese v Juve Stabia

Spezia See Off Sampdoria to Keep Pressure on Pisa in Promotion Race

Gianluca Lapadula's double secured a 2-0 win that took Spezia one step closer to catching Pisa in second, and Sampdoria nearer to Serie C. ... Read More

Palermo Welcome Promotion-Chasing Sassuolo to Sicily as Serie B’s Hottest Strikers Converge

The Sassuolo train continues at full steam. Fabio Grosso’s men demolished poor Reggiana 5-1 in the Reggio Emilia derby last weekend in a show of ruthless efficiency. Goals from Samuele Mulattieri, Armand Lauriente, Daniel Boloca and Simone Verdi secured a resounding win, and took the Neroverdi one step closer to the promotion most expected at ... Read More

Roma’s €32m Hitman Artem Dovbyk Finally Finding his Feet in the Capital

Roma striker Artem Dovbyk struggled in the first few months of the season, but his form is picking up at just the right time. ... Read More
Dovbyk

Napoli Pay Homage to Antonio Careca, Alemao and Ezequiel Lavezzi Before Crucial Win Against AC Milan

In the lead up to the titanic clash with AC Milan, three Napoli heroes were honoured by the club they starred for back in the day. ... Read More

Five of the Best Goals from Napoli and AC Milan’s Epic 1987-92 Rivalry

Napoli and AC Milan had an epic rivalry in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and we've taken a look at some of the best goals of the era. ... Read More
Napoli Milan

Salernitana and Palermo Both Needing A Victory For Very Different Reasons

Salernitana and Palermo meet at the Stadio Arechi on Sunday, and both need a victory for very different reasons. ... Read More
Salernitana vs Palermo