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Ramsey was at Juve, Jay Bothroyd was at Perugia? Ferratti was shit, but played in Italy, John Charles, Gerry Hitchens. Anymore out there? However loose the connection is.
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Lots of supporters from Bari!
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Who was the bloke that used to run Giovanni's - he was always in the Echo offering to sponsor something in return - for free publicity....
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Ricci Scimeca - Italian father
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I like that. Who were those two players we had , Mirko bolesan and another?
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I’ve seen that Ono Rome around the pitch doing eff all.
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Ricci Scimeca - Italian father
Exactly what I'm after
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Didn't play for us but Giorgio Chinaglia was brought up in Cardiff and went to Lady Mary's I believe. Played with Pele and Beckenbauer at New York Cosmos and played and scored lots of goals for Lazio as well as being capped by Italy. Sadly he played a few games for the Jacks not us.
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There was that Ferreti who Sir Alex Ferguson was supposed to have recommended to us who played a few games about fifteen years ago.
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Sol Bamba played one game for Palermo during a three year contract!
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splott parker
I’ve seen that Ono Rome around the pitch doing eff all.
Sorry Yoko, I meant Ojo, although you’d most probably be an improvement on him.
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Ramsey was at Juve, Jay Bothroyd was at Perugia? Ferratti was shit, but played in Italy, John Charles, Gerry Hitchens. Anymore out there? However loose the connection is.
Frederick Macheda . Also lots of fans from Bardi
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Who was the bloke that used to run Giovanni's - he was always in the Echo offering to sponsor something in return - for free publicity....
Giovanni Malacrino
Saw him in the football stadium car park last week
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I’m sure during our ECWC adventures that we never crossed swords with an Italian club.
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splott parker
I’m sure during our ECWC adventures that we never crossed swords with an Italian club.
No, we didn’t- we’d have played AC Milan in the Final if we’d beaten Hamburg wouldn’t we?
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Tony Vendito, was in the 70's with a big Headline in the Echo "Italian striker on trial with City " . He was a waiter ( eventually restaurant owner) who was playing Sunday league for Cardiff Italians , and once or twice City supporters club .
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the other bob wilson
No, we didn’t- we’d have played AC Milan in the Final if we’d beaten Hamburg wouldn’t we?
We would have, they beat Hamburg (your favourite club in the whole wide world:hehe:) 2-0. Strange how we never played an Italian side though.
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Layton Maxwell used to eat a lot of pasta
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the other bob wilson
No, we didn’t- we’d have played AC Milan in the Final if we’d beaten Hamburg wouldn’t we?
Let it go, Bob :hehe:
Lamouchi played in Italian football, didn't he?
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Layton Maxwell used to eat a lot of pasta
Now having porridge instead.
I'll get my coat.
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Let it go, Bob :hehe:
Lamouchi played in Italian football, didn't he?
I don’t know where this idea I don’t like Hamburg comes from :hehe:
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Tuerto
Ramsey was at Juve, Jay Bothroyd was at Perugia? Ferratti was shit, but played in Italy, John Charles, Gerry Hitchens. Anymore out there? However loose the connection is.
My Mum is Italian. Does that count?
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My Mum is Italian. Does that count?
What position does she play?
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Two of Warnock's inspired short term contract signings Armand Traore and Rolf Feltcher both played in Italy. Also Zohore was on Fiorentina's books playing one less game than Bamba in during his three year spell.
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I’m sure during our ECWC adventures that we never crossed swords with an Italian club.
But we toured Italy in 1963, losing to Juventus and Roma and drawing with Latina.
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Let it go, Bob :hehe:
Lamouchi played in Italian football, didn't he?
Wasn't it Parma?
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Wasn't it Parma?
Had to look this up. Yes, Parma mainly but spent time with Inter and Genoa. Between 2000 and 2005.
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What position does she play?
She is nearly 92 so not as mobile as she used to be.
A bit like Joe Ralls.
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Bobby Dandruff
She is nearly 92 so not as mobile as she used to be.
A bit like Joe Ralls.
You can’t beat an old head:hehe:
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I'm sure Sidolis ice cream used to have some advertising and sponsored match balls.
I think a lot of cafe owners came to South Wales from Bardi, near Parma. My dad who grew up in Mountain Ash used to call them the 'bracchi'.
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I'm sitting in a train from Verona to Milan as I type.
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Andreas Cornelius played 78 times in Serie A, netting 16 goals and 10 assists
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mark Delaney's maternal grandparents came to Wales from Italy after WW2
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the other bob wilson
There was that Ferreti who Sir Alex Ferguson was supposed to have recommended to us who played a few games about fifteen years ago.
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Bobby Dandruff
ahem
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Harry Lime
I'm sure Sidolis ice cream used to have some advertising and sponsored match balls.
I think a lot of cafe owners came to South Wales from Bardi, near Parma. My dad who grew up in Mountain Ash used to call them the 'bracchi'.
Correct Harry. My dad was from Bardi and took me to my first City game in 66/67 season.
Bracchi ended up a generic name for the cafes that were in every valley town, like station cafe, Blackwood. They sold food quite cheap and had the big silver coffee machine that made frothy coffee so hot it would burn the roof of your mouth away. Asteys in town was the same.