Always sad to hear of the passing of a former footballer, but I thought this one might interest some of the older readers: I was in Junior school in Cardiff when a tall loud lad came in and dominated all the yard football games. Our scouting was rubbish in those days, very primitive as I recall, lots of good players passed under our noses because of lack of foresight and finance.....who knows what he could have done for us! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/9181819/Giorgio-Chinaglia.html
If you can get a copy of his autobiography its a cracking read i think i have still got it somewhere, time for another read of it methinks, chinaglia was a top player in his day, i believe his old man had a cafe/restaurant somewhere in cardiff if i remember right. Sadly he left the swans 2 or 3 years before i started supporting them. RIP Giorgio and condolences to the family
[video=youtube;8M-EtxJFVD8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M-EtxJFVD8[/video] "I am a finisher. That means when I finish with the ball, it is in the back of the net." G. Chinaglia
I suppose it`s foolish to dwell on it, but had the camera`s been around Pontcanna Fields and the like a few years back....who knows, you could be watching a montage of my goals against Roath Villa etc. What a player and finisher we missed out on eh? "I am a finisher. That means when I finish with the ball, it is in the Taff"...Quote: The Masked Man
football was football in them days great video of a top footballer nice one siam .....twas a real plessure seeing people stay on thy feet and finish of with a goal,.....tis a much better feeling knowing youve earned your win rather than cheated it
masked man i would have liked 2have seen your goal scoring attributes dude............i would liken myself 2 the likes of messi but i got no proof on film......and others would agree about me being really messy on the pitch.
