football rambles

Roma were the club that I followed in Italy and although they are most famous for wearing red and yellow, hence the nickname giallo rosso the club didn't always wear those colours. AS Roma were formed in 1927 by a merger between SS Alba-Audace and Fortitudo-Pro Roma SGS with Italo Foschi being the driving force behind the merger. AS Roma could also trace their lineage back to FBC Roma who were formed in 1901 and who wore red and yellow, but the first shirts they wore took the red, white and blue of Fortitudo-Pro Roma. Roma soon established themselves at the top table of Italian football and in 1931 finished runners up to Juventus and by now had settled on red and yellow as their colours. However, you'll have to take my word for it because the picture below shows Attilio Ferraris in black and white. In 1942 Roma went one better and won their first Scudetto with Amadeo Amadei scoring 18 goals to help them secure the title. Pictured below he is wearing the change shirt with a repl

July The season started off for me almost as soon as the uninspiring World Cup had finished with a friendly on 9 July where cash strapped Histon took on Ipswich Town in a hastily arranged friendly. Ipswich put out a strong team and Histon had barely been able to summons a starting 11. Not surprisingly Ipswich ran out 6-0 winners. On the 19th Villa took on Posh at London Road in what seems to be becoming a yearly fixture. Villa ran out 3-2 winners. Elsewhere Ely looked good in preseason winning 3 out of 4 of the games that I saw them play in preseason in July. Highlights: The games between Histon and Ipswich and Peterborough and Villa. Lowlights: The fact that Villa at this stage looked like they were losing their way a bit. The writing on the wall for the in most parts poor season seemed to be on show in the somewhat lacklustre performance. Heroes: He might be on his bike from Villa Park soon, but Ashley Young gave it is all in the game at Peterborough. For Ely Kentoh Gray looked li