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Wow. What a once in a lifetime opportunity for their fans! Stadium looks damn impressive too!!

NickGull wrote:Wow. What a once in a lifetime opportunity for their fans! Stadium looks damn impressive too!!

They are inextricably linked. Notts County are the reason Juve wear black and white stripes.

Matt.

NickGull wrote:Wow. What a once in a lifetime opportunity for their fans! Stadium looks damn impressive too!!

I haven't seen the story but assume they are moving back to the refurbished Stadio delle Alpi. Juventus and Torino (who ground share) moved out in 2006 to play at the Stadio Olimpico (where the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2006 Winter olympics took place). I liked the old Stadio delle Alpi and I understand that in the refurbishment they were reducing the capacity to improve the atmosphere. The last game I saw there was just before they moved a 2-0 Champions League win against Real Madrid after extra time (at the time of our two English boys Beckham and Owen playing for Real Madrid plus Zidane, Figo, Raul, and Ronaldo). No problem with the atmosphere in that game as there were about 60,000 but I have watched Seria A games there previously with only about 15,000 which to put it in perspective looks like a League 2 play-off final at Wembley.

Matt of course was right with the Notts County connection, and a real Juventus legend is John Charles who captained Leeds United against us when we beat them 4-0 at Plainmoor in the FA Cup after a 2-2 draw at Elland Road. Amazing how you can become a legend in Italy after being taken apart at Plainmoor!

It's an entirely new stadium stefano. Not sure if it's in the same location though.

Looks fantastic for fans, the views from even the top look quite close to the pitch, the roof looks perfectly designed to keep the atmosphere in and the clip at the end of the video below would make any opposition player feel incredibly daunted when walking out onto the pitch.

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cambgull wrote:It's an entirely new stadium stefano. Not sure if it's in the same location though.

Looks fantastic for fans, the views from even the top look quite close to the pitch, the roof looks perfectly designed to keep the atmosphere in and the clip at the end of the video below would make any opposition player feel incredibly daunted when walking out onto the pitch.

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Thanks for that Cambgull have just had a look at the video and it is exactly the same location as the Stadio delle Alpi - still not sure if they totally demolished the old stadium and built again or used some of the old structure in constructing the new. Had a look at some of my old photos and there are definite similarities. Certainly looks impressive. I am going skiing in Sestriere (where I worked for 4 years) in January so hopefully I may get the chance to catch a Juventus game in the new stadium. Will check fixtures before I go out and pack my Juventus scarf if I fall lucky!

Its a shame Torquay don't have a European club who modelled their strip on ours many moons ago. If so who would it be? I can only think of Dynamo Kiev off the top of my head who play in a similar strip.

The Sri Lanka cricket team?

Matt.