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In a quickfire Q&A conducted with Uefa TV last year, Rafael Tolói was asked to describe the final thing he’d like to achieve in football, replying: “I’d like to get Atalanta to [Bigger Cup] or win a trophy.” As luck would have it, the veteran defender who has represented the side from Bergamo with no little distinction for almost a decade wasn’t forced to choose between his two ambitions. He and his teammates would subsequently hoist Big Vase towards the sky over Dublin, rubber stamping a place in Bigger Cup they had already secured anyway by dint of their fourth-placed finish in the Italian league. Having seen his two big dreams come true, all that was left for the 34-year-old Italian international to leave an indelible mark on this season’s competition while representing the club he loves before his contract expires later this season. And how …
I loved the photo of Roy Pritchard in training; it looks as though Wolves are using a gibbet for heading practice (yesterday’s Memory Lane, full email edition). Talking of Wolves in the 1950s, as a small scruffy Glaswegian pre-teen, the first great fitba excitement of my life was to go to watch the wonderful Wolves playing at Celtic Park to mark the inauguration of the floodlights. Armed with our two shillings and sixpence, my pal and I expected to have to pay, but we were lifted over the turnstiles. But inside we found people collecting money for the families of victims of the Auchengeich mining disaster a month earlier. Away went our ‘hauf-croons’. Incidentally, a namesake played for Celtic that night: Neil Mochan, a cousin, who was trainer when Celtic won the European Cup eight years later” – Charlie Mochan.
Re: David Sage on clubs ‘relying on recruiting local talent. Imagine any club trying that these days’ (yesterday’s Football Daily letters). I presume David has never heard of Athletic Club, who’ve done just that since 1910 and been fairly successful too. I won’t list their incredible achievements, but never being relegated while sticking with the ‘cantera’ policy is possibly the most amazing of them all” – Andee Cooper.
Imagine my surprise having a letter about Bristol Rovers’ Bert Tann published in your esteemed journal (yesterday’s letters), only to be trumped by a Bristol City fan writing on the same subject. Insult compounded by them being nominated as letter o’ the day as well. Keep up the work, though” – Andy Smith.
This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions.
Continue reading…Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!In a quickfire Q&A conducted with Uefa TV last year, Rafael Tolói was asked to describe the final thing he’d like to achieve in football, replying: “I’d like to get Atalanta to [Bigger Cup] or win a trophy.” As luck would have it, the veteran defender who has represented the side from Bergamo with no little distinction for almost a decade wasn’t forced to choose between his two ambitions. He and his teammates would subsequently hoist Big Vase towards the sky over Dublin, rubber stamping a place in Bigger Cup they had already secured anyway by dint of their fourth-placed finish in the Italian league. Having seen his two big dreams come true, all that was left for the 34-year-old Italian international to leave an indelible mark on this season’s competition while representing the club he loves before his contract expires later this season. And how …I loved the photo of Roy Pritchard in training; it looks as though Wolves are using a gibbet for heading practice (yesterday’s Memory Lane, full email edition). Talking of Wolves in the 1950s, as a small scruffy Glaswegian pre-teen, the first great fitba excitement of my life was to go to watch the wonderful Wolves playing at Celtic Park to mark the inauguration of the floodlights. Armed with our two shillings and sixpence, my pal and I expected to have to pay, but we were lifted over the turnstiles. But inside we found people collecting money for the families of victims of the Auchengeich mining disaster a month earlier. Away went our ‘hauf-croons’. Incidentally, a namesake played for Celtic that night: Neil Mochan, a cousin, who was trainer when Celtic won the European Cup eight years later” – Charlie Mochan.Re: David Sage on clubs ‘relying on recruiting local talent. Imagine any club trying that these days’ (yesterday’s Football Daily letters). I presume David has never heard of Athletic Club, who’ve done just that since 1910 and been fairly successful too. I won’t list their incredible achievements, but never being relegated while sticking with the ‘cantera’ policy is possibly the most amazing of them all” – Andee Cooper.Imagine my surprise having a letter about Bristol Rovers’ Bert Tann published in your esteemed journal (yesterday’s letters), only to be trumped by a Bristol City fan writing on the same subject. Insult compounded by them being nominated as letter o’ the day as well. Keep up the work, though” – Andy Smith.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading…
