Roma Club Focus: When Giallorossi Ruled Serie A – A Look At 1983′s Scudetto Triumph

Thirty years ago this week, on May 8 1983, Roma won their second scudetto with a game to spare as they drew 1-1 at Genoa. It had been joked until then that Roma had won two scudetti – their first and their last – but the 1982/83 season changed all that, as president Dino Viola, coach Nils Liedholm and his stylish brand of football, and the likes More...

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By Anthony Wright On Friday, April 19th, 2013
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Roma Club Focus: Onward we march

“I would have preferred a better team than Lazio in the final, like Juventus”. It was fighting talk from Daniele De Rossi after Roma beat Inter in their Coppa Italia semi final on Wednesday night, as the euphoria More...

By Anthony Wright On Thursday, April 11th, 2013
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Roma Club Focus: A Frustrating Disaster

A few days on and it’s still difficult to know exactly what to make of the draw in the derby. On the one hand, it was frustrating not to take advantage of Lazio being down to 10 men and snatch a late win, but More...

By Anthony Wright On Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
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Roma Club Focus: All Hail King Francesco of Rome

Roma’s 2-0 win over Parma on Sunday night brought about a gleeful moment for Romanisti as Aurelio Andreazzoli’s team finally wiped out the lead Lazio have held over them for much of the season. Though the Aquile More...

By Anthony Wright On Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
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Roma Club Focus: King Totti strikes again

All the headlines on Monday – and deservedly so – were for Francesco Totti as the Roma captain scored his 225th Serie A goal for the club, equalling the total that Gunnar Nordahl achieved at AC Milan and the More...

By Anthony Wright On Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
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Roma Club Focus: A time to be jolly

What a week it’s been in the Roma world. An incredible win against Juventus and official confirmation that a sheikh is looking to invest in the club, followed up by another win in Alpine conditions in Bergamo. Roma More...

By Anthony Wright On Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
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Roma Club Focus: Not The Start We Hoped For

It wasn’t quite the start Aurelio Andreazzoli was hoping for as Roma coach, but Sunday’s defeat away to Sampdoria wasn’t just undeserved – it wasn’t surprising either. Or it shouldn’t have been. Traditionally More...

By Drew Farmer On Thursday, February 7th, 2013
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Podcast: Roma Club Focus

Zdenek Zeman was fired following Roma’s loss to Cagliari last weekend. In the aftermath Drew sits down with Roma supporting Forza Italian Football writer Ian Capasso. The two wade through the destruction left More...

By Anthony Wright On Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
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Roma Club Focus: The End of Zemanlandia

Last week, Zdenek Zeman was very close to leaving Roma. Emergency management meetings eventually determined that he would stay, but the suggestions were that he would be under close scrutiny from thereon – starting More...

By Anthony Wright On Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
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Roma Club Focus: Zemanlandia lives!

If football has in fact been going on as normal in the last few days, you may not have noticed it if you have been in the red and yellow half of Rome. While neutrals have been enjoying Zemanlandia for the entertainment More...