RIP Gianluca Vialli

[Nuttall is lost]

Sad end for a great player.  RIP

[oldjamfan1]

I watched someone die from pancreatic cancer, it is a bastard of a disease. Vialli was the same age as me too, so way too young to go. He was the type of player who transcended club rivalries. RIP Luca 

[Dan]

RIP Luca, always seemed a lovely bloke. 

[chaddyrovers]

RIP Luca

One of my favourite PL players and always people liked him. 

I remember watching him for Juve in the early 90's on channel 4 watching Italian football on there. 

Edited January 6 by chaddyrovers

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I used to have a Sampdoria shirt like the one that Vialli wore when he was with them. I wore it for playing 5 a side. It was made from quite thick cotton and you sweat buckets in it. I always thought it was a strange choice of material for playing in Italy.

[oldjamfan1]

On 07/01/2023 at 10:03, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I used to have a Sampdoria shirt like the one that Vialli wore when he was with them. I wore it for playing 5 a side. It was made from quite thick cotton and you sweat buckets in it. I always thought it was a strange choice of material for playing in Italy.

That was the Rochdale 'Spotlandi' verson Ty 🙂

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

57 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

That was the Rochdale 'Spotlandi' verson Ty 🙂

This was genuine. There used to a shop in the Arndale in Manchester that sold replica shirts from all over the World. The choice came down to the Napoli “ Buitoni “ shirt and the Samp “ Phonola “ one. Later on I got a Flamengo shirt. It looked great but the material made you stink of sweat.