WORDS: PETER BOURNE
Triumph and tragedy sit uneasily alongside each other as Peter Bourne looks at the moments, the men and the mindset that define one of Italy’s oldest clubs in the second part of his love letter to Torino…
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“I keep the ball close to my feet as I come to a defender and try to beat him with body swerve and a rapid change of pace. That I succeed so often baffles me as much as the experts – because I always beat the man on the right hand side!”
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Garrincha
Articles by Peter Bourne …
20 Years Of Hurt: Torino And Me
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY: PETER BOURNE
A chance sighting of the BBC’s UEFA Cup highlights in 1992 saw an impressionable English youngster nail his colours to the mast of Torino. Now old enough to know better, Peter Bourne talks us through two decades of abject anguish as a Toro devotee. Calcio, it appears, can be a cruel mistress…
