Amidst the current betting scandal just manipulated soccer games will appear in November 2011 Giorgio Specchias "Il Teppista / The Rowdy," life history of the co-founder of the "Viking", still existing Ultra grouping the northern curve of the San Siro stadium. The FC Internazionale. Written his biography is not the protagonist, Nino Ciccarelli, himself, but Giorgio Specchia, the Gazzetta dello author and journalist [...]

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Domenico mongooses Stray dog ​​(Cani sciolti) is

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Autogrill / 2 East Secchia, the room we were of the chalk on the way home from Siena. We were five, including two very young, incognito in a bus of some northern Italian clubs. These are good people, real fans of Fiorentina, which feed hundreds of miles every weekend, at home as away games, for it makes no difference. On the contrary, games [...]

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Rome Termini To exit, there is still more than an hour. It is 22.15 clock. The train to Milan Centrale is scheduled for 23:30 on platform 13th The ticket booth is still open. A chain of policemen in anti-riot outfit tries to two to three hundred young people to keep under control, yelling, noise organize themselves [...]

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28th October 1979 An Italian tragedy of the page: 28th www.vivereultras.altervista.org October ... It was supposed to be the usual morning to celebrate. As always before a derby was too little sleep and restless. At 7 clock in the morning I had been ripped open his eyes wide, the only thought in my curve, with the choreography that we [...]

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So, the first readings of "Tifare Contro" have taken place and I would also like to take this opportunity to say something about my impressions. First, however, once a very sincere thanks for the hospitality, the stress of organizing and exciting discussions - so to all who were there. I hope it made you just as much [...]

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In the following two press releases for publication of the book "Tifare Contro. A history of Italian ultras "of Giovanni Francesio. The press releases can be copied, reproduced, published online and offline. Short press release (1611 characters) Giovanni Francesio "Tifare Contro. A history of Italian ultras. "The book about the history of Italian fan culture seems on 01/11/2010. "The Ultras phenomenon [...]

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It took a while but now it's finally arrived: "Tifare Contro" appears on 01/11/2010 at Burkhardt & Partners, known as the editor of the ultra-mag "eye-catching Ultra". Francesio Giovanni is an Italian Ultras (but the team he has ever known), who has endured it simply no longer after 3 decades with the half-truths, platitudes and lies [...]

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After the events of last Tuesday at the game against Italy, Serbia, of course, I could not let me take away the Marassi stadium in the sector once considered themselves and to study the actions of Genoa's police forces in detail. But most of the beginning: On Saturday evening I was with Domenico Mungo in the legendary "El Paso" [...]

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Friday evening, at 27.08., Celebrates the St. Pauli "Northern Support" and calls for support of Fanladens "Centro Sociale". I am pleased that Yours Truly will be present for a reading us Francesios Giovanni "Tifare Contro. A history of Italian ultras ", the end of the year appears in German. Admission is by donation, a funny thing [...]

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