Picking a five-a-side team for a side whose glory days are 30-years away could look like a mere rhetorical exercise. By the way, we are still talking about a...
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Tales from the Peninsula: Witnessing the birth of Florentia Viola in 2002
Trevor Stynes recalls his experience of moving to Italy in 2001 and the rebirth of Fiorentina as Florentia Viola in the summer of 2002...
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The making of El Cholo: Diego Simeone at Pisa
It is deadline day in the summer of 1990. The pressure is on the President of Pisa, Romeo Anconetani. He had promised a big signing, but none had entered...
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Paul Elliott: The English tower of Pisa
“When I got transferred to Pisa, my first game was against AC Milan. I marked the great Ruud Gullit and I always remember when I challenged for the ball...
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Promotion, salting and Simeone: The story of Romeo Anconetani and Pisa
Born in Trieste in 1922, Romeo Anconetani was the hugely popular, charismatic and superstitious president of Pisa throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. Conscripted into the infantry in...
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Tales from the Peninsula: Pisa will not bend – Ultras, protests & injustice in Tuscany
The message from the protesting fans is clear: ‘Pisa will not bend’ It is Thursday, 2 February 2017, and I am making a familiar journey to Tuscany to take...
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