Salernitana’s last season in Serie A brought trouble for Fiorentina, but tragedy for their own fans
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The final day of the Serie B season has just seen Salernitana win promotion to Serie A, for only the third time in their history. Since their last appearance in the top-flight, the club has twice gone bust. The first time, the new club restarted in Serie C1, but the last time, in 2011, the club found themselves in Serie D for the first time ever.
This is where Claudio Lotito comes into the picture, taking over the club along with his brother-in law, Marco Mezzaroma. While the club celebrates their success, the rules which state that two clubs in the same division cannot be owned by the same person, means that Lotito, also the man in charge at Lazio, will now have to make a decision on which club to keep.
Sir Alex Ferguson played epic prank on Aberdeen players wives 38 years ago
The footballers wives will never forget the memo Alex sent them just days ahead of the trip.
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice It s 38 years ago when Sir Alex Ferguson s played a prank on the wives of Aberdeen players as he led them to victory in Gothenburg.
A dispute between the clubs and the owners of the Empire Stadium in September 1965 resulted in the game being transferred to the old naval ground of Manoel Island. Wednesday September 29 1965, was a historic day in the history of local football.
For the first time in 75 years, a Maltese club played on a ground owned by the clubs themselves.
The occasion was Floriana’s home match against Borussia Dortmund, of Germany, in the first round of the European Cup Winners Cup.
Unfortunately, however, the ground was not up to standard. It sloped a little to one side, bringing to mind the old National Ground at Pietà.