Thanks acid.. I expect more comments from the others as well...

Wow, how unlucky were Perugia!? Not losing a game and only conceeding 16 goals, but no title? That's got to hurt. Oh well.

Sounds almost like the current Milan. Minus the losing a game part, we've lost two.

One question I wanted to ask months ago, and now seems the proper time - Juve, Cremonese, Foggia and Inter player Erminio Favalli...is he Giuseppe's father, or a relative of him? Erminio was a very good defender in the late 60ties. Also, Giuseppe started his career at Cremonese, were Erminio was coach or assistaint coach that time?

Oh...acid...yes, I think people underestimate history, but I'd say it's the usual mistake.

Thanks, it bothered me for a while...

CALCIO: MORTO ERMINIO FAVALLI, EX JUVE, INTER E PALERMO
PALERMO (ITALPRESS) - E' scomparso improvvisamente questa mattina all'eta' di 64 anni l'ex giocatore e direttore sportivo Erminio Favalli, stroncato da un infarto. E' lo zio del difensore ex laziale, oggi al Milan, Giuseppe Favalli. Erminio Favalli nasce a Cremona il 29 gennaio 1944. Cresciuto nella Cremonese, si trasferisce all'Inter nell'estate del 1964 (vincendo uno scudetto) e dai nerazzurri e' ceduto al Foggia. Da li' il passaggio alla Juventus che lo preleva per la stagione 1966-67. In bianconero si ferma per quattro anni e colleziona 85 presenze (60 in campionato, 14 in Coppa Italia e 11 nelle competizioni europee) segnando 5 reti (2 in campionato e 3 nelle Coppe europee). "Favalli e' un giocatore impastato di estro e non privo di tecnica veloce, cioe' istintiva - diceva di lui Heriberto Herrera - che e' tutto forza e poco calcolo, che e' una forza della natura". Favalli disputa poi una stagione in serie B al Mantova (una rete in 30 presenze), quindi nella stagione 1971-72 il trasferimento al Palermo dove resta sino alla stagione 1976-77. In rosanero Favalli, tornante dotato di grande estro e creativita', colleziona in sei stagioni in serie B 183 presenze segnando in tutto 6 reti. (ITALPRESS). 18-Apr-08 12:37 NNNN

So it seems he was his uncle. But it's the only article I found mentioning that.

I take exception to the history and the big boys comment!!
i take the history of this club very serioulsy thank you

You're welcome. And congrats on your lifetime membership to the big boys club!

hehe thanks will roll out some ideas in the next week or so

29/11/2008 16:52

Former Milan Player Petrini Reveals Culture Of Doping

A former Milan player has admitted he and other players in Milan were subject to doping in the 1960's and 70's.
Sixty-year-old Carlo Petrini says that he and others were part of a culture of doping at the Rossoneri that was forced upon them by the then management, in a time when the long term affects of performance enhancers were largely unknown.

The former player revealed, “As well as being given medicine, I was also a victim of doping. I say victim, because to me that's what I was.”

Petrini told Sky Sport 24, “The first time, the doctor, masseur and coach came into the dressing room. The doctor had a vial in his hands which looked like a bottle of Orangina with a soft stopper. At that time disposable syringes didn't exist so big glass syringes that were boiled up along with the needles were used. That day, the needle went into the vial five times before being injected into five different thighs.”

Petrini continued, “It was only afterwards that we realised what we'd been given because whether it was running, jumping, or going for goal we had energy to burn. We felt fresh and just didn't run out of energy. Every day there were injections going around.”

Petrini, who in 2001 published a book in which he slammed past doping practices in the game, said, “Sometimes your tongue was so swollen it filled the entire mouth. We had to run around with our mouths open. At the end of the match we thought it would end there, but you had so much energy left you couldn't sit still. At three or four in the morning, when fatigue started to set in, you'd fall asleep on the spot.”

Petrini said his reason for speaking out is the lack of accountability from the club's past management.

Peter Pedroncelli

And I thought only Juve were dopes. Now this.

Naah, 70ties and 60ties...pretty much everyone did it.