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  1. If Man Utd sign him, I'll eat my hat.
  2. It's 27 October 1954. A reserve game between Fiorentina and nearby rivals Pistoiese is under way at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.

    A crowd of around 10,000 has gathered to watch. Among them is Gigi Boni a lifelong Fiorentina fan who in later years would become the co-ordinator of the club's supporters group.

    Now in his eighties Boni still has vivid memories of watching in disbelief as UFOs hovered above the stadium.

    "I remember clearly seeing this incredible sight. They were moving very fast and then they just stopped. It all lasted a couple of minutes. I would like to describe them as being like Cuban cigars. They just reminded me of Cuban cigars, in the way they looked."

    The stadium fell silent as the players and fans stood transfixed, staring at these strange objects in the crisp blue autumn sky.

    Boni has spent many years re-living that day in his mind. "I think they were extra-terrestrial. That's what I believe, and there's no other explanation I can give myself."

    Almost 60 years later Boni and three of the players have returned to the Stadio Artemio Franchi for the BBC's World Football programme.

    Ardico Magnini is something of a legend at Fiorentina. He was a key player in the Fiorentina side of the 1950s and also played for Italy at the 1954 World Cup.

    "I remember everything from A to Z," Magnini recalls. "While we were playing the match everything came to a stop because everybody was looking up at the sky intensely.

    "It was something that looked like an egg that was moving slowly, slowly, slowly. Everyone was looking up and also there was some glitter coming down from the sky, silver glitter.

    "We were astonished we had never seen anything like it before. We were absolutely shocked from the moment we saw it."

    So, was it aliens? Pistoiese players Romolo Tuci and Ronaldo Lomi have no doubt that it was. Tuci, still sprightly in his seventies, feels blessed to have witnessed such a strange event.

    "I was so curious and I was also so, so happy because in those years everybody was talking about aliens, everybody was talking UFOs and we had the experience, we saw them, we saw them directly, for real."

    And he's certain that what he saw came from another galaxy. "Really I believe so. We were at the stadium and we saw them. It was such a great thing to see."

    In the 1950s Fiorentina were one of the best teams on the planet. The following season they easily won their first ever league title, finishing 12 points clear of AC Milan. So, if a visitor from a galaxy wanted to enjoy a game, Florence was a very intelligent choice.

    But, football loving aliens? The truth remains a mystery….


    Remember this Ronnie?
  3. i was veeeerrryyy young .. like something -n years old .. so i don't have exactly a clear memory of that
  4. Haha, oh well.


    Unrelated: Ohhhhh Robin van Persie!

  5. Ridiculous pass and control. Poor for most of the game though.
  6. Yeah, the second half wasn't great to watch at all. West Ham controlled it completely, once they took the lead they only had to sit tight and see the game out. I think I would've hit the roof had Valencia done more with that shot he smashed wide in the 94th minute.

    Liverpool next.
  7. Wow nice. Van Persie, the only real world class player we have left from our small country
  8. Originally posted by iTim:Yeah, the second half wasn't great to watch at all. West Ham controlled it completely, once they took the lead they only had to sit tight and see the game out. I think I would've hit the roof had Valencia done more with that shot he smashed wide in the 94th minute.

    Liverpool next.


    .. walk on walk on with hope in your heart and you’ll never walk alone you’ll never ever walk alone ..

  9. LOL


    You'll never walk again.
  10. Too much silence here ...what about this short and little guy called Messi ??
  11. he's boring hehe
  12. some other argentinian blood seem to come to our side Pato
    Schelotto (italian naturalized anyway) - Carrizo (and Campagnaro in june)
    while a couple of others should leave
    Silvestre - Alvarez
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