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Sam Lawley is on his year abroad from the University of Cambridge. He has lived in Madrid and Paris, but prefers Florence. As well as writing, Sam enjoys pottery and cycling the Ligurian Apennines. His email address is samlawley@hotmail.com.
After the lacklustre play of the past two seasons culminated in an embarrassing fracas involving manager Delio Rossi and striker Adem Ljajic, ACF Fiorentina owners, the Della Valle family, sent a clear message: things had to change at Florence's Artemio Franchi stadium. A transfer revolution ensued in the
ACF Fiorentina's youth players are the subject of MTV's new reality series, Calciatori Giovani Speranze, which follows the thrills and spills of young footballers' lives. Sprained ankles, away games in Sicily and heart-breaking penalty kick misses are daily events for these rising stars of the football
ACF Fiorentina comfortably beat Catania 2-0 at Florence's Artemio Franchi stadium, but could only manage a 1-1 draw away to Parma F.C. Fiorentina's dealings in the transfer market have already proved fruitful, with the restructured team playing well against Catania. Top goal scorer Stefan
With its haul of two gold, three silver and three bronze medals, Tuscany outperformed such nations as Ireland, Turkey and Finland in the 2012 Olympics. Tuscany's Olympic heroes are Andrea Baldini, Niccolò Campriani, Aldo Montano, Marta Pagnini, Stefano Tempesti, Luca Tesconi and Paralympic competitor Mateo Betti. Luca
ACF Fiorentina may have failed to sign Dimitar Berbatov, but there are reasons for quiet optimism this season. In one of the quieter transfer periods of recent years, ACF Fiorentina bucked the trend by staging a major overhaul of the squad. Out went Riccardo Montolivo (free transfer to AC
As the sun lingers on the horizon during the long evenings of early summer, and the bats fly overhead, the courtyard of the Bargello museum, once Florence's seat of government and then prison, will be the setting for William McNulty's stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.
