der Berliner 3,231 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 How many Italian media gurus and even opposition fans actually dispute that the Fiorentina of today is exactly the same Fiorentina that we faced in the 60s and 70s? Or were disputing it like there is no tomorrow when a totally newly created club actually bought all the history of the "real" Fiorentina when it collapsed? The year 2001 heralded major changes for Fiorentina, as the terrible state of the club's finances was revealed: they were unable to pay wages and had debts of around US$50 million. The club's owner, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, was able to raise some more money, but even this soon proved to be insufficient resources to sustain the club. Fiorentina were relegated at the end of the 2001–02 season and went into judicially controlled administration in June 2002. This form of bankruptcy (sports companies cannot exactly fail in this way in Italy, but they can suffer a similar procedure) meant that the club was refused a place in Serie B for the 2002–03 season, and as a result effectively ceased to exist. The club was promptly re-established in August 2002 as Associazione Calcio Fiorentina e Florentia Viola with shoe and leather entrepreneur Diego Della Valle as new owner and the club was admitted into Serie C2, the fourth tier of Italian football. The only player to remain at the club in its new incarnation was Angelo Di Livio, whose commitment to club's cause further endeared him to the fans. Helped by Di Livio and 30-goal striker Christian Riganò, the club won its Serie C2 group with considerable ease, which would normally have led to a promotion to Serie C1. Due to the bizarre Caso Catania (Catania Case), however, the club skipped Serie C1 and was admitted into Serie B, something that was only made possible by the Italian Football Federation's decision to resolve the Catania situation by increasing the number of teams in Serie B from 20 to 24 and promoting Fiorentina for "sports merits."[5] In the 2003 off-season, the club also bought back the right to use the Fiorentina name and the famous shirt design, and re-incorporated itself as ACF Fiorentina. The club finished the 2003–04 season in sixth place and won the playoff against Perugia to return to top-flight football. Wiki Many half-decent football fans would actually say: Good that your club is still around. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 How many Italian media gurus and even opposition fans actually dispute that the Fiorentina of today is exactly the same Fiorentina that we faced in the 60s and 70s? Or were disputing it like there is no tomorrow when a totally newly created club actually bought all the history of the "real" Fiorentina when it collapsed? Wiki Many half-decent football fans would actually say: Good that your club is still around. Quite so. It's a fact that I have pointed out many times that 6 years after effectively being declared bankrupt and going down to the 4th level of Italian football (sic) they were playing us in the semi-final of the UEFA Cup and I'm quite sure that a bit of research would uncover articles from the time referring to it being a rematch of the 1961 European Cup Winner's Cup Final. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,829 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Its the obsession that keeps on giving. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangersitis 0 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 You are right that he could have said it's not part of my job description to reply to folk like that but it does us no harm for him to quote authoritative figures in support of what we already know, that Rangers Football Club are the same Club now that was founded in 1872. It's nothing like the club of 1872, Christ, it's not even close to the club of 1972! If more folk had kept a closer eye on what was going on inside Ibrox instead of partaking in inane squabbles with the monobrows over legal entities, the current situation may not have been allowed to come about. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,231 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 (edited) It's nothing like the club of 1872, Christ, it's not even close to the club of 1972! If more folk had kept a closer eye on what was going on inside Ibrox instead of partaking in inane squabbles with the monobrows over legal entities, the current situation may not have been allowed to come about. While no-one on here indulges in "inane squabbles", EVERYONE on here watches and comments and debates what goes on and went on at Ibrox. No-one on here could have influenced the events that unfolded, but thanks for reminding us about our inadequacies. The Yahoos and the Yahoo media, not least Chris McLaughlin, spread lies and half-truths all over the planet, reaching from mystical debts to new club stuff. You will obviously and very manly take this on the chin and live with that. I do not and will not as long as people tell lies about us and our club. If anything, just don't tell us how we spend our days supporting Rangers. Cheers! Edited January 6, 2015 by der Berliner 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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