October 6 – Serie A Kicks Off and Redemption Day for Beckham
Football kicks off in Italy and David Beckham puts in one hell of a shift for the Three Lions.
2001 – Redemption Day for Beckham
“Life is just a series of peaks and troughs. And you don’t know whether you’re in a trough until you’re climbing out, or on a peak until you’re coming down. And that’s it you know, you never know what’s round the corner. But it’s all good. ‘If you want the rainbow, you’ve gotta put up with the rain.’ Do you know which “philosopher” said that? Dolly Parton. And people say she’s just a big pair of tits.” D. Brent, 2003.
While today’s nugget of football history is not about working for a paper merchant in Slough, David Brent’s words are a perfect way to describe how England captain David Beckham was feeling today in 2001, when his injury time free kick hit the back of the Greek net, propelling the Three Lions into the World Cup finals and ridding him of his personal demons from the 1998 World Cup. Click here for the whole story.
It was on this day in 1929 that the first matches in the new Serie A national league were played. The pick of the results from the first day of the competition include a 3-2 win for Juventus over Napoli, a 3-0 win for Lazio over Bologna, and Internazionale beating Livorno 2-1 away. Read more here.
Get in there D-Beck!
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