Palermo Past & Present: Comparing History
Looking back, the year 2003 was memorable for a multitude of reasons. The world would witness the United States invade Iraq and eventually capture Saddam Hussein, ten new member states would be admitted to the European Union, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger would become the governor of California, Mother Theresa was beatified, 50 cent’s “In Da Club” would […]
Club Icon: Roberto Biffi
Love for the team, grit, passion and leadership – those qualities would be the perfect identikit for the captain of any team. Here in Palermo all of those aforementioned qualities were concentrated in one man – a man who played 11 years with the Rosanero jersey, a man who stayed here despite playing in Serie C1, […]
Club Icon: Gaetano Vasari
The summer of 1995 was really hot, and not just because of the weather. That summer, eight years after the failure of 1987, Palermo saw the ghosts of bankruptcy once again. The president, Liborio Polizzi, couldn’t afford to keep US Palermo alive anymore, and his request for help fell through the air. It seemed there […]