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1. Black Boots And Football Pinks: 50 lost wonders of the beautiful game
(Fandom)
... of these antique items as giving “the misty thrill of rustling leaves”. In a mere list of erstwhile local shirt manufacturers – Spall, Ellgreen, Matchwinner, Influence, Ribero, Frontrunner – he brings ...
Created on 18 October 2018
2. Juventus hold off Napoli to grind out another title as Serie A splits in two
(Stories)
... they were safe. Udinese had the unenviable record of remaining on 33 points for 11 games, from round 24 to round 34. Cagliari and Spal also guaranteed their safety on the last day. Spal’s effort, after ...
Created on 24 May 2018
3. Italy’s VAR trial: 45 “game-changing” interventions and plenty of controversy
(Stories)
...  has not disappeared, as the baffling penalty awarded to Sampdoria in the 90th minute with the score 0-0 against SPAL for an accidental collision between SPAL’s Federico Viviani and Gastón Ramírez shows ...
Created on 05 January 2018
4. Summer exodus leaves unhappy Juventus facing struggle to retain Serie A title
(Stories)
... they could do it. Inter will be more solid under Luciano Spalletti, and Torino will be up there if they can add defensive solidity to their enormous attacking potential (and if they can keep Andrea Belotti). ...
Created on 16 August 2017
5. Juventus programmed to win while rest of Serie A struggle to keep up
(Stories)
... the recent past. And one very old player, the nearly 41-year-old Francesco Totti, bid an extremely emotional farewell to his beloved Roma after 25 years. Coming up will be SPAL, from Ferrara, after an ...
Created on 02 June 2017
6. Juventus dominate a Serie A of declining standards
(May 2016)
... Maurizio Sarri acquitted himself very well. Third-place Roma paid for delaying the sacking of Rudi García. Once Luciano Spalletti arrived half way through the season, they were transformed, losing only ...
Created on 23 May 2016
7. Living the dream
(North & Central America)
... l as a matter of course. “The wages were better when I came from Scotland,” says Derek Spalding, who arrived from Hibernian to play for the Chicago Sting in 1978. “It was around $25,000 (£14,000) per ye ...
Created on 01 November 2014
8. Italy's post-World Cup shake-up already begun
(World Cup 2014)
... Allegri and Luciano Spalletti, all free agents after parting company with their clubs last season (Galatasaray, Milan and Zenit St Petersburg respectively), are the main contenders to replace Prandelli ...
Created on 27 June 2014
9. Weekly Howl 28-06-13
(2013)
...  --- Getting shirty Notable kits of yesteryear Workington AFC home, 1995-96 It is probably safe to say that Workington are the only team to have sported a fried egg on their shirt. Their red h ...
Created on 04 July 2013
10. Weekly Howl 21-05-10
(2010)
... ix games before being replaced by the man he'd taken over from, Luciano Spalletti. Platt's compatriot Lee Sharpe failed to impress in his three games on loan from Leeds before moving on to Bradford  ...
Created on 25 May 2010
11. In the heat of the moment
(World Cup)
... witzerland five minutes later and then Robert Körner missed a penalty for Austria after Bocquet had fouled Ernst Stojaspal. “We did everything at half time – oxygen, drinks,” recalled Swiss half-back C ...
Created on 21 May 2010
12. Weekly Howl 18-09-09
(2009)
... sticker cards Fabio Capello, SPAL Panini Calciatori 1965-66 As a teenager Fabio Capello had hoped to become an airline pilot but settled instead for life as a professional footballer with his local club. ...
Created on 23 September 2009
13. Star turn
(Films)
... viewers will draw comparisons with the Ferguson-Benítez clashes of late. However, it’s Timothy Spall’s nuanced and tender Peter Taylor that frequently humanises the story, showing the assistant manager ...
Created on 21 April 2009
14. Derby County 0 Middlesbrough 1
(Match of the month)
... listen to the Wurzels. The general ineptitude is capped by Boro’s George Boateng, who delivers perhaps the worst pass since Timothy Spall’s Barry, in an Auf ­Wiedersehen Pet episode, asked a German girl ...
Created on 21 February 2008
15. Capello
(Managers)
... and family background we’re off and running, rounding-up a quietly distinguished playing career: beginnings with Spal; the big move to Roma under early influence Helenio Herrera; joining Juventus; that ...
Created on 17 January 2008
16. Morecambe 2 Exeter City 1
(Match of the month)
... trophy cabinet houses the 1974 FA Trophy and the Bob Lord Spalding Cup from 1998. Exeter’s years in the League were notable for their lack of incident, discounting a couple of runs to the sixth round of ...
Created on 14 July 2007
17. Jose winds up the opposition
(TV watch)
... camera to Arthur Mullard, Timothy Spall and other amusing figures. For goodness sake, this is what Baddiel and Skinner do on street corners, surely another level can be aspired to for even the simplest ...
Created on 14 February 2007
18. Just the ticket
(Webwatch)
... quarter-final cup tie against Roma as “a match that promises show and sparkles”. Of Roma, it says that coach Luciano Spalletti “seems to have found the right alchemy to win at home and away”. And the match ...
Created on 14 March 2006
19. Italy 10/03
(Letter from...)
... guarantees used by Roma, Nap­oli and Serie C sides Cosenza and Spal has nudg­ed the closed-season chaos-bar a notch higher. The scandal erupted at the start of August, when newspapers suggested it was ...
Created on 14 October 2003
20. Letters, WSC 192
(Readers' letters)
... but as a football fan, I simply cannot believe this is a good appointment. Niall Duffy, Worthing Dear WSC In response to Neville Spalding’s letter (WSC 191) questioning what constitutes a “derby” game, ...
Created on 14 February 2003

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