It’s been a good while since I’ve done a Crest Dissected but after a bit of a summer break and time at the BBC ( Cardiff and Swansea pieces) it’s time to get back down to TFHB writing! So following FC Barcelona , PSG , AS Monaco and US Women’s Soccer this week I’m going to take a look at AS Roma and their intriguing history. In the summer of 1927 an Italian Fascist, Italo Foschi , was behind the merger of three older Italian Football Championships clubs all based in Rome, Alba-Audace , Roman and Fortitudo . The purpose of the move was to compete with the well established clubs, especially in the Northern cities but Lazio were not behind the move meaning the Derby della Capitale rivalry was there from the beginning and Associazone Sportiva Roma was born. AS Roma immediately endeared themselves to the masses by taking on the capital’s colours, red and yellow, something Lazio did not consider as they favoured the greek myth of Olimpia and the colour blue. Romulus an
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Top work.
Adam Heayns
A View From the Centenary Stand
Association Football and English Society: 1863-1915 by Tony Mason.
Football and the English: a social history of association football in England, 1863-1995 by Dave Russell.
Girls With Balls: A Secret History of Women's Football by Tim Tate, (John Blake, 2013)
These three were also of help!