The Gubbio Post
Squad21 Aug 2028
Pharrell Brown is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Andrea La Mantia in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Gubbio this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A late step up for Francesco Zallu
At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Gubbio
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Matteo Liviero falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market21 Aug 2028
Cristiano Cattaneo steps up from the Gubbio academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Cristiano Cattaneo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market21 Aug 2028
Gubbio promote Sandro Ranieri from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sandro Ranieri has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market21 Aug 2028
Alfonso Gatti steps up from the Gubbio academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alfonso Gatti has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market21 Aug 2028
Franco Ricci steps up from the Gubbio academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Franco Ricci has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.