The ramblings of a football historian, whose interests lie in the origins of the game and the ups and downs of Spurs and Barnsley FC.
Tuesday 23 October 2018
JOSE v JUVE
My son's work takes him to Old Trafford tonight; dealing with clients, hosting hospitality, meeting ambassadors (Denis Law has signed my programme) and I suspect enjoying the game. Somebody has to do it.
Here's a little snippet about Juve that I did a while back.
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2016/08/il-grande-torino.html
Founded in 1897 by Torinese students (from Turin!), Juve as it is usually known is also known as the "Old Lady", an affectionate term for this historic club. The club has played in the top flight since the beginning of the 1900s and since the 1920s has been owned and run by the Agnellis, one of Italy's leading industrial families.
Needless to say the FIAT car industry, in Turin, supplied many workers from home and from Southern Italian migrants who boosted the playing staff and crowds!
The earliest known photograph of the team c.1897
In the early years the club wore a pink shirt with a "black tie" but in 1903 changed to black and white stripes, inspired by Notts County FC. One of the Juve players was John Savage from Nottingham, who used his local club's strip for inspiration.
In 1906 there was a split in the club and Swiss businessman, Alfred Dick, took several players to form Torino FCB, Juve's local rivals.
Ronaldo may be one of the best known footballers in Juve's side but in the late 1950s, John Charles, a mountain of a man from South Wales, was one of the first British players to migrate to Europe to play in Italy. He is in the middle of this magic trio including Silvo from Argentina and Boniparti. At the moment-Jose 0 Juve 1
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