On the day Paolo Di Canio returns to English football as manager of Swindon Town, we look at the goals, glory and insanity of one of football’s cast-iron nutters.
Careful with that arm, Paolo…
On the day Paolo Di Canio returns to English football as manager of Swindon Town, we look at the goals, glory and insanity of one of football’s cast-iron nutters.
You’ve got to hand it Paolo Di Canio, he doesn’t do things by halves. Weeks after Swindon Town were relegated to the fourth tier of English football, Di Canio rocks up in shades and a sharp suit as the new manager of the club.
One of the most exciting players to have graced the Premier League, he is equally revered for his goals and commitment and reviled for his self-confessed fascism. Whatever happens next season at The County Ground, it certainly won’t be dull and, for Swindon Town fans, the least they can expect to see is effort. It was Di Canio, remember, who said that he ‘wanted to finish every game sweating and bleeding.’
Here’s a trip down mental memory lane…
On his political views…
“I am fascist, not racist. I do the Roman (fascist) salute to greet our supporters and those who share my ideas. This gesture is in no way an incitement to violence and even less about racial hatred.”
On Nigel Winterburn
One second, Winterburn is barking at me like a dog. The next he is wetting his pants. All I did was look at him.
On Fabio Capello
“F*** yourself. Who are you to talk to me like this.” I said. He took a step back and fell over a kit bag.
On doping
Doping in English football is restricted to lager and baked beans with sausages. After which the players take to the field belching and farting.
On Francesco Totti
Totti had said that he wouldn’t sit at the same table and have dinner with me. I said that was no great loss, because if you tell Totti that there are tensions in the Middle East, he’ll think that a fight has broken our on the right side of midfield.
On superstition
When I was warming up, someone told me that my shorts were on backwards. I hadn’t noticed. Before the game, the manager said: “Come on Paolo, put them right.” “No way!” I told him. “Are you crazy?” he said. But I knew it was a sign. We won 2-1 at Upton Park, I scored both and we beat Arsenal for the first time in 14 years.
Harry Redknapp tells Paolo Di Canio stories
Catching the ball
His top 5 goals
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