Gutted about this.
I grew up supporting Sampdoria from a distance as my ‘Italian team’.
Got to see him a few times, once for Samp in the European Cup Final at Wembley. Later, as the cheating diver at the Manor!
RIP Luca.
I'm not one of the forum's spelling police, but this kind of confirms what we all know...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/11/swindon-council-apologises-for-error-strewn-covid-key-worker-tribute
6-0 down at home to Fulham! :LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO:
And let's not forget they were knocked out of the FA Cup by non-league Kidderminster.
A great week's work!
Part of my childhood gone.
Routine was to watch this and maybe Football Focus (boring by comparison), then the World of Sport wrestling, then go to the Manor.
They were at Wembley for our greatest moment.
Got to be one of the best laughs ever.
Nice bit of recognition for him and deserves a thread on here.
I remember someone criticised his commentary last week and we tend to take him for granted. But he's been a great servant to the club. Conjures up a bit of nostalgia for those of us who remember him playing for us in the good old days.
I know you can't really compare this with matches like USA 1 England 0 in the World Cup, but this is surely the most embarrassing result for an England team?
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51628153
He still thinks that saying certain things doesn’t have racist intent...
That’s probably the line in certain other football associations in Europe where no doubt the abused player would have been the one to be punished for showing dissent or some such...
Don't want to take the spotlight away from any of our true supporters.
But Ron Saunders was our manager and apparently did a tremendous job for a year when we were in the second division (before my time). I do remember what he went on to achieve with Villa, if only we'd kept him a bit longer.
RIP