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Why did Fiorentina pick purple shirts?

The Lore Behind Fiorentina’s Famous Purple Colours

Juventus have black and white. Roma have their deep red. The Netherlands aren’t the Netherlands without orange. And Fiorentina are purple. That’s just how things are, right? But it’s such an unusual football colour that the club are simply known as La Viola – “The Purple”. Add Florence, Gabriel Batistuta, some magnificent 1990s sponsors and several decades of Italian shirt design, and Fiorentina have developed… Read More »The Lore Behind Fiorentina’s Famous Purple Colours

Parma Legends

7 Classic Parma Legends to Collect

Having recently returned to the heights of Italian football, it’s easy to forget just how much of a force Parma were in their heyday in Serie A in the 90’s and early ’00s. Parma’s Glory Days in Serie A It’s the classic tale of a star burning ‘twice as bright’ but only for ‘half as long’. With the cause being financial mismanagement and all-round corporate… Read More »7 Classic Parma Legends to Collect