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Brescia gone

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 86,743
edited July 31 in Other Football and Sports

One of our Anglo-Italian Cup opponents are no more

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  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 16,685
    Damn. Always a shame when a team goes to the wall. 
  • Radostanradical
    Radostanradical Posts: 1,345
    AddicksAddict said:
    Damn. Always a shame when a team goes to the wall. 
    Especially a historic club
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 16,685
    Radostanradical said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Damn. Always a shame when a team goes to the wall. 
    Especially a historic club
    Well, they did play us in the Anglo-Italian Cup so their place in the history books is secure.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,182
    Shame, but once that crook Cellino was in they were only headed one way. 
  • SheedyCAFC
    SheedyCAFC Posts: 1,344
    Interestingly they already have a phoenix club in Serie C however it’s more of a MK Dons type scenario.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 30,592
    AddicksAddict said:
    Damn. Always a shame when a team goes to the wall. 

    SE25 aside.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,414
    Very sad news.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 30,592
    Am so glad I did not get that £50 coach.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,958
    A sad tale, I saw Brescia beat Inter 3-1 at the San Siro around 2002, Inter were at a low point but back then Brescia were no mugs. They just avoided relegation from serie B in 2025 but then got docked 4 points for bad debts which sent them down. Worse than that, they couldn't meet financial guarantees and were then excluded from Serie C. They were declared bankrupt last year, and the Mayor of Brescia invited another serie C team, Feralpisalo, to play in Brescia and they became Union Brescia. For all intents and purposes the original Brescia were defunct, I think this latest story is just the official liquidation. I took an interest in all this as I saw the original Feralpisalo play in a serie C game last year, and noticed they had disappeared from the league table the following season. I assumed they'd gone bust but in fact it was a change of identity.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,548
    It’s a real shame, but they will probably reappear in some other guise. I don’t think it’s that rare in Italy. 

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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,941
    Sad. I don't know how it came to that, but it's the fans I feel sorry for.
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 8,086
    Uboat said:
    It’s a real shame, but they will probably reappear in some other guise. I don’t think it’s that rare in Italy. 
    Reading this thread prompted me to look up Parma FC. Currently in their fourth iteration, and they've already gone bust and been reborn twice this century! Like the Trigger"s Broom of football clubs.

    So I suspect you're right and Brescia will be back.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 17,436
    To think Cellino’s name has been linked with us on occasion too.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 30,592
    MrLargo said:
    Uboat said:
    It’s a real shame, but they will probably reappear in some other guise. I don’t think it’s that rare in Italy. 
    Reading this thread prompted me to look up Parma FC. Currently in their fourth iteration, and they've already gone bust and been reborn twice this century! Like the Trigger"s Broom of football clubs.

    So I suspect you're right and Brescia will be back.
    The very same Parma who were in the CWC Final in '94.
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,410
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    MrLargo said:
    Uboat said:
    It’s a real shame, but they will probably reappear in some other guise. I don’t think it’s that rare in Italy. 
    Reading this thread prompted me to look up Parma FC. Currently in their fourth iteration, and they've already gone bust and been reborn twice this century! Like the Trigger"s Broom of football clubs.

    So I suspect you're right and Brescia will be back.
    The very same Parma who were in the CWC Final in '94.
    It was in 1993. I got a free ticket for the final as I was working for an Italian bank at the time.
  • 9goalswentpastperry
    9goalswentpastperry Posts: 1,203
    jimmymelrose said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    MrLargo said:
    Uboat said:
    It’s a real shame, but they will probably reappear in some other guise. I don’t think it’s that rare in Italy. 
    Reading this thread prompted me to look up Parma FC. Currently in their fourth iteration, and they've already gone bust and been reborn twice this century! Like the Trigger"s Broom of football clubs.

    So I suspect you're right and Brescia will be back.
    The very same Parma who were in the CWC Final in '94.
    It was in 1993. I got a free ticket for the final as I was working for an Italian bank at the time.

  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,410
    9goalswentpastperry said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    MrLargo said:
    Uboat said:
    It’s a real shame, but they will probably reappear in some other guise. I don’t think it’s that rare in Italy. 
    Reading this thread prompted me to look up Parma FC. Currently in their fourth iteration, and they've already gone bust and been reborn twice this century! Like the Trigger"s Broom of football clubs.

    So I suspect you're right and Brescia will be back.
    The very same Parma who were in the CWC Final in '94.
    It was in 1993. I got a free ticket for the final as I was working for an Italian bank at the time.



    But they won it at Wembley in 1993
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,511
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Am so glad I did not get that £50 coach.
    Karel Fraeye? 
  • mascot88
    mascot88 Posts: 10,089
    Appalling --- 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,938
    I believe Benfica have hit hard times and have slipped dramatically down the Portugese leagues…..anyone know anything about that?

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  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,548
    SoundAsa£ said:
    I believe Benfica have hit hard times and have slipped dramatically down the Portugese leagues…..anyone know anything about that?
    Not sure who you’re thinking of, but Benfica are fine. 
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,773
    SoundAsa£ said:
    I believe Benfica have hit hard times and have slipped dramatically down the Portugese leagues…..anyone know anything about that?
    They finished second last year and the year before didn't lose a single game and had Mourinho as manager... Think they will be alright 😂 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 100,581
    SoundAsa£ said:
    I believe Benfica have hit hard times and have slipped dramatically down the Portugese leagues…..anyone know anything about that?
    Are you thinking of Boavista?
  • Brownie12
    Brownie12 Posts: 1,693
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    MrLargo said:
    Uboat said:
    It’s a real shame, but they will probably reappear in some other guise. I don’t think it’s that rare in Italy. 
    Reading this thread prompted me to look up Parma FC. Currently in their fourth iteration, and they've already gone bust and been reborn twice this century! Like the Trigger"s Broom of football clubs.

    So I suspect you're right and Brescia will be back.
    The very same Parma who were in the CWC Final in '94.
    They had some unbelievable players around that time. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,784
    edited August 1
    ForeverAddickted said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    I believe Benfica have hit hard times and have slipped dramatically down the Portugese leagues…..anyone know anything about that?
    Are you thinking of Boavista?
    Or maybe Bellenenses? They're in Lisbon too. Saw them a year or so back against Varzim dreadful match one shot on target between them.

    We were going to a Sporting game but it got moved to a Monday so went to Bellenenses instead.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,938
    Mmmmm……looks like I misunderstood a listing in a fixture list for a very insignificant competition…..which I couldn’t believe they would be competing in.🤔
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 30,592
    Brownie12 said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    MrLargo said:
    Uboat said:
    It’s a real shame, but they will probably reappear in some other guise. I don’t think it’s that rare in Italy. 
    Reading this thread prompted me to look up Parma FC. Currently in their fourth iteration, and they've already gone bust and been reborn twice this century! Like the Trigger"s Broom of football clubs.

    So I suspect you're right and Brescia will be back.
    The very same Parma who were in the CWC Final in '94.
    They had some unbelievable players around that time. 

    Zola, Brolin, Asprilla.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 30,592
    iaitch said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    I believe Benfica have hit hard times and have slipped dramatically down the Portugese leagues…..anyone know anything about that?
    Are you thinking of Boavista?
    Or maybe Bellenenses? They're in Lisbon too. Saw them a year or so back against Varzim dreadful match one shot on target between them.

    We were going to a Sporting game but it got moved to a Monday so went to Bellenenses instead.

    I gather Lisbon is good for a groundhopping weekend.
  • Oakster2
    Oakster2 Posts: 345
    Boavista have gone to the wall - all kinds of corruption and chicanery. We were actually in Porto last week and in sympathy I bought my son a Boavista shirt - in a city dominated by the mighty FC Porto - while walking around in the Boavista shirt, he was being accosted in the street by all kinds of strangers, shaking his hand and thanking him for his support. Boavista seem to be the people’s club in that city.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,784
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    iaitch said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    I believe Benfica have hit hard times and have slipped dramatically down the Portugese leagues…..anyone know anything about that?
    Are you thinking of Boavista?
    Or maybe Bellenenses? They're in Lisbon too. Saw them a year or so back against Varzim dreadful match one shot on target between them.

    We were going to a Sporting game but it got moved to a Monday so went to Bellenenses instead.

    I gather Lisbon is good for a groundhopping weekend.
    Estoril is in the area, you could go there and watch our future midfield star.

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