thanks for the kind words!

As for the derbies, I think that statement does somewhat ring true even today but by comparison we’ve been in a sort of enlightened era since the 90s with cups, european football and even scudetti. By most firsthand accounts and most of my research, people used to say and actually mean it much more around between the 60s and Viola’s presidency when there literally wasn’t anything else to play for other than dodging relegation, most notably as Anzalone’s rometta. The mid 70s in particular were wild, by the time Lazio was banished to the curva nord Rome was one of the hearts of the ultras movement and most of our seasons revolved around whether we could Lazio on or off the pitch, preferably both, and mostly, so did Lazio’s when they weren’t too busy shooting each other or playing in Serie B. I personally can’t stand them but while these derbies sound crazy I’m somewhat glad we’re both bigger clubs now

Se avessi dovuto parlare in modo dettagliato dei problemi giudiziari di ogni squadra avrei dovuto fare un post chilometrico a parte ma non so quanto interessi alla gente che Viola ha provato a pagare un arbitro di coppa nell’anno della finale. Su calciopoli ho provato ad essere più breve possibile ed è lì perché più o meno “apre” tutto il processo che ha portato agli scudetti un po’ come lo chiude specularmente il caso plusvalenze (lo schema è circa scandalo-retrocessione/anni di merda-scudetti-anni di circa merda-scandalo).

they were promoted to 4th because Juve got penalized