Welcome!
This blog is my window to the world in which you will witness what may appear to be the ramblings of an obsessed, nay addicted footballite.
So Where to begin? Well here's the essentials -My name is Jonny Randall and I'm soon to be a post graduate student in the study of Sports History and Culture. I have been a season ticket holder at Birmingham City for the best part of ten years.
My most enjoyable moments in football in a nutshell are watching my beloved Birmingham City play (and win, I hope), early season excitement, end of season drama, and the World Cup.
We all have our earliest memories of football and mine stretch back to the mid 90's. Two memories particularly come to mind. Firstly, just about managing to stay awake long enough to watch the penalty shootout of the USA 94 World Cup between Italy and Brazil ( I was only 6 at the time) and watching Football Italia on a sunday on Channel 4 (before Sky had really kicked off). This second memory provides the name of this blog, perhaps better pronounced as Goooooaaaaaaallll Lazio!
The immortal scream of Jose Altafini, an ex footballer come commentator. The excitement of a beautiful goal erupted into screams of Golaccio, often misunderstood in England as Goooooaaaaalll-Lazio! The word loosely means Goaltastic, which is fitting as Altafini, an Italian-Brazilian is the third highest scorer in Serie A history.
This blog will mainly focus its attention towards off the pitch analysis rather than match reporting. Such reporting would only highlight my lack of tactical nouse, although i may give it a go now and again! Thank you for reading this far, no doubt the content will improve over time so watch this space.
Jose 'Gooooooooaaaaal -Lazzziiioooooo' Altafini
Photo: storiedicalcio
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