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redfiona99) wrote2009-08-02 07:21 pm
redfiona99) wrote2009-08-02 07:21 pm
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And Sometimes Boredom Produces The Most Wonderful Things
So I'm bored and watching the TV, and see that a Poirot is coming on (it turns out to be After the Funeral, which is the one with Michael Fassbender in) so I turn it on. Anyway, I catch the end of the news.
So 100 years ago, West Auckland played Juventus in what is held to have been an almost forerunner of the World Cup. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/tees/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8173000/8173881.stm
Back then there was a huge gulf and the story generally goes that they were only invited there by accident, but some how they won.
Now the gulf is even greater with West Auckland being an amateur club, average attendence 100, and Juve being baby-eating, cheating Juventus. Despite the baby eating, they agreed to a rematch. Now, yes, it was mostly a junior side, but they put 3 of the first team out.
It would be so much cute but so what if it wasn't for who they interviewed afterwards. Gianluca Pessotto.
He's alive and well and functional and I spent the next five minutes crying.
For those that missed the history a full version can be found here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pessotto
The longer is that after the match fixing scandal before the 2006 World Cup, Juve having been caught red handed, he threw himself off a building in disgrace (he'd played with them for 11 years and was moving into the management/admin side). It was decidedly touch and go, but thankfully the doctor's said he'd be fine. In fact, the Juve contingent of the 2006 winning team brought the cup to him. So I knew he was not dead, but I didn't realise the recovery had been complete and he's team manager now and ... well, it makes me happy to see him alive and well.
So 100 years ago, West Auckland played Juventus in what is held to have been an almost forerunner of the World Cup. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/tees/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8173000/8173881.stm
Back then there was a huge gulf and the story generally goes that they were only invited there by accident, but some how they won.
Now the gulf is even greater with West Auckland being an amateur club, average attendence 100, and Juve being baby-eating, cheating Juventus. Despite the baby eating, they agreed to a rematch. Now, yes, it was mostly a junior side, but they put 3 of the first team out.
It would be so much cute but so what if it wasn't for who they interviewed afterwards. Gianluca Pessotto.
He's alive and well and functional and I spent the next five minutes crying.
For those that missed the history a full version can be found here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pessotto
The longer is that after the match fixing scandal before the 2006 World Cup, Juve having been caught red handed, he threw himself off a building in disgrace (he'd played with them for 11 years and was moving into the management/admin side). It was decidedly touch and go, but thankfully the doctor's said he'd be fine. In fact, the Juve contingent of the 2006 winning team brought the cup to him. So I knew he was not dead, but I didn't realise the recovery had been complete and he's team manager now and ... well, it makes me happy to see him alive and well.