Leftie Lucarelli, Livorno legend

Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show

Lucarelli was the top scorer in Serie A but didn’t believe in separating politics from football. From Che Guevara t-shirts to starting his own newspaper, this tale includes Berlusconi bandanas and Luther Blissett’s role in Italian anarchism. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: The city of Livorno aka Leghorn (02m 30s) • PART 2a: Lucarelli’s beginnings pre-Livorno, via Spain (06m 00s) • PART 2b: Lucarelli returns to Livorno and partners with Protti (10m 00s) • PART 3: Livorno win promotion to Serie A – and a trip to the San Siro (15m 30s) • PART 4a: Lucarelli’s chequered history with the national team (23m 00s) • PART 4b: Lucarelli leaves Livorno for the Ukraine – was he a communist? (27m 30s) • PART 4c: Lucarelli sets up a newspaper (33m 45s) • PART 5: His brother Alessandro Lucarelli, an icon at Parma (36m 30s) GET IN TOUCH: • follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/) • find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/) • send us a tweet: @TheTotallyShow (http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)

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