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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Mon 22 Jan 20:33
One of my boyhood heroes and one of the all-time great Italian goalscorers has passed away today.
https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1749507595402973606?t=oFyryvcGsTAMD-KVElEGFA&s=08
Aside from his goalscoring exploits for the national team, Riva almost single handedly brought the Scudetto to Sardinia with Cagliari in 1970 - a feat similar to a team like Arbroath winning the SPFL. Riva then refused lucrative offers from the likes of Juventus, preferring to remain a big fish with the island club.
R. I. P. Luigi
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: Rusty Shackleford
Date: Mon 22 Jan 20:41
Panicked ever so slightly glancing at the thread title!
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Topic Originator: Raymie the Legend
Date: Mon 22 Jan 20:45
Was really just a bit too young to see him in his pomp
https://x.com/hasanalnaqour/status/1749507981538894065?s=46[\url]
It`s bloody tough being a legend
Ron Atkinson - 1983
Post Edited (Mon 22 Jan 20:46)
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Mon 22 Jan 20:54
My God! I almost sh@t when I read that.
Thought for a moment it was our dear friend on here. Thankfully not though.
RIP to the other GG Riva. A while ago I read up on him, and he seems to have been a brilliant player, who possibly would have been a bigger name if he hadn`t stuck by his club. Fair play to him, a life well lived
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Topic Originator: Raymie the Legend
Date: Mon 22 Jan 21:10
I would imagine the whole of Sardinia will he given the day off to attend/watch the funeral. ?
It`s bloody tough being a legend
Ron Atkinson - 1983
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Mon 22 Jan 21:29
Me tae, Rusty
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: parfection
Date: Mon 22 Jan 21:43
I agree with the others who were taken aback by the title of this thread. I’m glad it was GG himself who was the original poster.
Luigi Riva was a star name from my youth and will be rightly mourned in Italy and far beyond.
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Mon 22 Jan 23:36
For a second I thought the shingles had got him.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Tue 23 Jan 06:26
First time I`ve ever had a wee chuckle while reading a thread about someone who`s died. I`m game for anything, but starting a thread when I finally depart for the Big Fitbaw Stadium in the Sky might be a bridge too far.......😀
Here`s the BBC`s tribute;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68064258
I hope sammer will be along soon to write a proper one, in the way only he can.
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Tue 23 Jan 07:45
35 goals in 42 international appearances is some strike rate!
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Topic Originator: vasco
Date: Tue 23 Jan 12:29
I’m not sure how true this is but apparently Internationale were so desperate to get Gigi that in addition to whatever transfer fee they paid they were also offering to pay for a hospital to be built on Sardinia.
Sardinia was possibly the poorest part of Italy then with very little infrastructure. The Sardinians protested to Cagliari that there would be civil unrest if the transfer went ahead, they could do without the hospital.
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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Wed 24 Jan 13:11
Since I remember his skilful, yet bustling style of play, when I read the title of the post, I could easily differentiate between GiGi and GG. But his memory will linger well in DAFC.NET in the personna of GG.
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Topic Originator: HalbeathRoad
Date: Sat 27 Jan 15:00
Having never seen the player, what modern footballer would Gigi most be like ?
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Sat 27 Jan 17:58
Quote:
HalbeathRoad, Sat 27 Jan 15:00
Having never seen the player, what modern footballer would Gigi most be like ?
Haaland or Benzema off the top of my head, HR.
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Sat 27 Jan 20:15
Italy`s all-time leading scorer. Out and out striker, a bit like Alan Shearer, very strong with fast penetrating runs.
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