John Charles (6 Viewers)

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Relegation is a great way to weed out the bandwagoners. We cut a lot of fat when we went down to B, for the better.

Welcome @Robert E, and I look forward to seeing how the book works out.

 

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[KB824]

Hello all, I'd just like to let you know that I joined this fine forum because I'm writing a novel about John Charles' first season with the mighty Juventus. I was lucky enough to meet him a few times and he was as honest and genuine and amicable as all the reports say. Great guy, great player, The Greatest I would say! I am an ardent Leeds fan and I realize I won't be welcomed here by everyone, but I come in peace and I have a lot of respect and admiration for Juventus, thanks to Il Gigante Buono

Just the ignorant ones, but you'll be able to spot them fairly quickly.

 

[Martin]

Hello all, I'd just like to let you know that I joined this fine forum because I'm writing a novel about John Charles' first season with the mighty Juventus. I was lucky enough to meet him a few times and he was as honest and genuine and amicable as all the reports say. Great guy, great player, The Greatest I would say! I am an ardent Leeds fan and I realize I won't be welcomed here by everyone, but I come in peace and I have a lot of respect and admiration for Juventus, thanks to Il Gigante Buono

for real? that's a fun project you got there

 

[Badass J Elkann]

Hello all, I'd just like to let you know that I joined this fine forum because I'm writing a novel about John Charles' first season with the mighty Juventus. I was lucky enough to meet him a few times and he was as honest and genuine and amicable as all the reports say. Great guy, great player, The Greatest I would say! I am an ardent Leeds fan and I realize I won't be welcomed here by everyone, but I come in peace and I have a lot of respect and admiration for Juventus, thanks to Il Gigante Buono

good luck with it. Leeds are one of my more favourable clubs in england some of the more fascinating english clubs especially the don revie era even through brian clough (even if it was short lived) and the time of mark viduka, alan smith etc... shame the club is owned by that clown cellino

 

[swag]

Relegation is a great way to weed out the bandwagoners. We cut a lot of fat when we went down to B, for the better.

This. Sometimes you gotta burn off the deadwood.

 

[Salvo]

Hello all, I'd just like to let you know that I joined this fine forum because I'm writing a novel about John Charles' first season with the mighty Juventus. I was lucky enough to meet him a few times and he was as honest and genuine and amicable as all the reports say. Great guy, great player, The Greatest I would say! I am an ardent Leeds fan and I realize I won't be welcomed here by everyone, but I come in peace and I have a lot of respect and admiration for Juventus, thanks to Il Gigante Buono

Fantastic

 

[JuveJay]

Hello all, I'd just like to let you know that I joined this fine forum because I'm writing a novel about John Charles' first season with the mighty Juventus. I was lucky enough to meet him a few times and he was as honest and genuine and amicable as all the reports say. Great guy, great player, The Greatest I would say! I am an ardent Leeds fan and I realize I won't be welcomed here by everyone, but I come in peace and I have a lot of respect and admiration for Juventus, thanks to Il Gigante Buono

Robert E. Lee?

Dirty Leeds!

I met big John once too, when I was a young lad. My grandad was Welsh, so the whole thing tied up nicely. His Italian was still good.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Il Gigante Buono

Voted Juventus best ever foreign player, yeah? That is quite amazing when you think about it.

 

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[Badass J Elkann]

This. Sometimes you gotta burn off the deadwood.

@Rabbit @Maher

 

[Rabbit]

@Rabbit @Maher

+rep

 

[Robert E]

Robert E. Lee?

Dirty Leeds!

I met big John once too, when I was a young lad. My grandad was Welsh, so the whole thing tied up nicely. His Italian was still good.

int:

 

[Maddy]

Il Gigante Buono

Voted Juventus best ever foreign player, yeah? That is quite amazing when you think about it.

John Hansen > John Charles

 

[Robert E]

I know JC was compared with Hansen quite a lot, but John was considered not only the best centre-forward around but also the best centre-half too. I never saw him play, I was born in 1965, but I believe all the plaudits about how good he was

 

[Fr3sh]

Robert E. Lee?

Dirty Leeds!

I met big John once too, when I was a young lad. My grandad was Welsh, so the whole thing tied up nicely. His Italian was still good.

Japanese, Welsh, English, italian, chinese, lebanese come on out and just say you're Bianconero81's brother/first cousin/uncle/nephew/son-in-law

 

[Badass J Elkann]

close. He's actually his adopted father

 

[Robert E]

Hi all. Can anyone help with information about the stadium when JC was playing for Juventus, please? Info on the web is pretty limited, even though it looked a fantastic place to play. I know it was for a while 'dedicated' to Mussolini but I'm more interested in the facilities there. Did it, in 1957, have two swimming pools? Was it also a venue for Davis Cup tennis at some stage?

Any more info on the Combi 'training ground' would be great too. They called it a training ground but it looks better than a lot of lower league astadiums in England at the time

 

[JuveJay]

Hi all. Can anyone help with information about the stadium when JC was playing for Juventus, please? Info on the web is pretty limited, even though it looked a fantastic place to play. I know it was for a while 'dedicated' to Mussolini but I'm more interested in the facilities there. Did it, in 1957, have two swimming pools? Was it also a venue for Davis Cup tennis at some stage?

Any more info on the Combi 'training ground' would be great too. They called it a training ground but it looks better than a lot of lower league astadiums in England at the time

The Stadio Comunale is now the Stadio Olimpico di Torino, so you can find a lot of information on the wiki entry

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_(Torino)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico_di_Torino

It tells you a lot about the history of the stadium there, why it was named after Mussolini, tournament games held there, concerts.

I'm not certain the swimming pools were actually in the stadium, most likely on the grounds.

 

[Robert E]

Thanks JJ, your comment about the pools is helpful. It looked a fantastic venue.

 

[Trequartista]

Il Gigante Buono

Voted Juventus best ever foreign player, yeah? That is quite amazing when you think about it.

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