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In line with the old saying "Give to Caesar ..." I would like, for once, to
confirm that the English might  not only have invented the sport as they
claim (I do feel that the "calcio fiorentino" played in Florence in the
1300 and once a year these days is another animal) but certainly
contributed to spread it abroad. Besides Milan (which is called Milan and
not Milano because founded by English expatriates who used the English name
for the city) there is the case of Genoa (and not Genova). Indeed the name
for Genoa is (I suppose still is, Genoa cricket and football club) although
I believe that cricket has long disappeared if it ever was played by others
than the English who founded the club. Unfortunately I do not have the
reference handy but I believe there are other Italian clubs which were
founded by English around teh turn of the century. Saverio, perhaps you
can fill in here.--
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When Genoa played an English team, Liverpool I believe, in the UEFA Cup
a year and a half, or two, back, the RAI television announcer commented
that there were some English fans in the stands of Marassi who displayed
a banner which read:

"We are Genoa."

The announcer went on to say that the "Genoa cricket and football club",
as Osvaldo mentioned in his post, was founded by vacationing people
from England, mostly, if not all, from Liverpool, who spent their summer
vacations in Genoa during the late 19th century.

Needless to say, the idea caught on... :-)

Marco...
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