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"A Tribute To The Legend That Is Gianfranco Zola"

A Legend. Gianfranco Zola isn't just a Chelsea star but a world class one. The little Italian arrived in November 1996 and made such a dramatic impact and turned in such a series of devastating displays that he eventually won the Player of the Year award after just 6 months in the English game. A striker, he won the Italian Championship in 1990 with Napoli where he became Maradona's successor. Born in Sardinia in 1966, he had won the Serie C2 Championship in 1987, moving to Serie A two years later. In 1991 he won the Italian Super Cup with Napoli and made his national debut in Arrigo Sacchi's first game in charge up front next to Vialli. After joining Parma in 1993 for £1.4m he won the European Super Cup and the UEFA Cup, was a runner-up in the European Cup Winners Cup, Italian Championship and Italian Cup, played in the 1994 World Cup and 1996 European Championships, and was second and third in consecutive years in the Serie A goalscoring list. He scored in nearly every other game for Parma, and had a phenomenal record from free-kicks. Like Maradona, he is small but immensely strong and can go past people with ease. He arrived at Chelsea in November 96 for £4.5m having played 26 times for Italy, scoring 7 goals. He seemed intent on running his own one man goal of the season competition with a series of spectacular strikes. The partnership he struck up with Mark Hughes propelled Chelsea to the FA Cup victory , and he topped the Chelsea assists stats despite only joing in Novemeber. He's already established as a Chelsea legend and has continued his sensational form with spectacular displays and goals. It seemed he could finally move back to Italy last summer as he wants to bring up his family there but after much persuasion decided to stay. Quite simply a wonderful person off the pitch as well as on it and one of the best players, and some would say THE best, ever to play for Chelsea. What more can you say.

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I was implying that it's alright to start off with a long one, but not constantly use long ones saying '... wrote:'.

Most people don't read long posts because it's time wasting

Please stop creating these long posts. just thought it up: The topic should be renamed 'A Tribute To The Living Legend That Is Gianfranco Zola'- he's not that old!

§pånkër wrote:
> ®õwÐ¥ M©ƒãgƒåg wrote:
> §pånkër wrote:
> ®õwÐ¥ M©ƒãgƒåg wrote:
> §pånkër wrote:
> A Legend. Gianfranco Zola isn't just a Chelsea star but a world
> class
> one. The little Italian arrived in November 1996 and made such a
> dramatic impact and turned in such a series of devastating displays
> that he eventually won the Player of the Year award after just 6
> months in the English game. A striker, he won the Italian
> Championship
> in 1990 with Napoli where he became Maradona's successor. Born in
> Sardinia in 1966, he had won the Serie C2 Championship in 1987,
> moving
> to Serie A two years later. In 1991 he won the Italian Super Cup
> with
> Napoli and made his national debut in Arrigo Sacchi's first game in
> charge up front next to Vialli. After joining Parma in 1993 for
> £1.4m he won the European Super Cup and the UEFA Cup, was a
> runner-up in the European Cup Winners Cup, Italian Championship and
> Italian Cup, played in the 1994 World Cup and 1996 European
> Championships, and was second and third in consecutive years in the
> Serie A goalscoring list. He scored in nearly every other game for
> Parma, and had a phenomenal record from free-kicks. Like Maradona,
> he
> is small but immensely strong and can go past people with ease. He
> arrived at Chelsea in November 96 for £4.5m having played 26
> times for Italy, scoring 7 goals. He seemed intent on running his
> own
> one man goal of the season competition with a series of spectacular
> strikes. The partnership he struck up with Mark Hughes propelled
> Chelsea to the FA Cup victory , and he topped the Chelsea assists
> stats despite only joing in Novemeber. He's already established as a
> Chelsea legend and has continued his sensational form with
> spectacular
> displays and goals. It seemed he could finally move back to Italy
> last
> summer as he wants to bring up his family there but after much
> persuasion decided to stay. Quite simply a wonderful person off the
> pitch as well as on it and one of the best players, and some would
> say
> THE best, ever to play for Chelsea. What more can you say.
>
> i love him oh so very much
>
>
> you did it again!! there's no need to do that twice, we get the
> message that he's the best player ever!
>
> and what was the point in quoting my post?! :D
>
> to show you and other people what you had done again!

oh, ok then if you say so

®õwÐ¥ M©ƒãgƒåg wrote:
> §pånkër wrote:
> ®õwÐ¥ M©ƒãgƒåg wrote:
> §pånkër wrote:
> A Legend. Gianfranco Zola isn't just a Chelsea star but a world
> class
> one. The little Italian arrived in November 1996 and made such a
> dramatic impact and turned in such a series of devastating displays
> that he eventually won the Player of the Year award after just 6
> months in the English game. A striker, he won the Italian
> Championship
> in 1990 with Napoli where he became Maradona's successor. Born in
> Sardinia in 1966, he had won the Serie C2 Championship in 1987,
> moving
> to Serie A two years later. In 1991 he won the Italian Super Cup
> with
> Napoli and made his national debut in Arrigo Sacchi's first game in
> charge up front next to Vialli. After joining Parma in 1993 for
> £1.4m he won the European Super Cup and the UEFA Cup, was a
> runner-up in the European Cup Winners Cup, Italian Championship and
> Italian Cup, played in the 1994 World Cup and 1996 European
> Championships, and was second and third in consecutive years in the
> Serie A goalscoring list. He scored in nearly every other game for
> Parma, and had a phenomenal record from free-kicks. Like Maradona,
> he
> is small but immensely strong and can go past people with ease. He
> arrived at Chelsea in November 96 for £4.5m having played 26
> times for Italy, scoring 7 goals. He seemed intent on running his
> own
> one man goal of the season competition with a series of spectacular
> strikes. The partnership he struck up with Mark Hughes propelled
> Chelsea to the FA Cup victory , and he topped the Chelsea assists
> stats despite only joing in Novemeber. He's already established as a
> Chelsea legend and has continued his sensational form with
> spectacular
> displays and goals. It seemed he could finally move back to Italy
> last
> summer as he wants to bring up his family there but after much
> persuasion decided to stay. Quite simply a wonderful person off the
> pitch as well as on it and one of the best players, and some would
> say
> THE best, ever to play for Chelsea. What more can you say.
>
> i love him oh so very much
>
>
> you did it again!! there's no need to do that twice, we get the
> message that he's the best player ever!
>
> and what was the point in quoting my post?! :D

to show you and other people what you had done again!

§pånkër wrote:
> ®õwÐ¥ M©ƒãgƒåg wrote:
> §pånkër wrote:
> A Legend. Gianfranco Zola isn't just a Chelsea star but a world
> class
> one. The little Italian arrived in November 1996 and made such a
> dramatic impact and turned in such a series of devastating displays
> that he eventually won the Player of the Year award after just 6
> months in the English game. A striker, he won the Italian
> Championship
> in 1990 with Napoli where he became Maradona's successor. Born in
> Sardinia in 1966, he had won the Serie C2 Championship in 1987,
> moving
> to Serie A two years later. In 1991 he won the Italian Super Cup
> with
> Napoli and made his national debut in Arrigo Sacchi's first game in
> charge up front next to Vialli. After joining Parma in 1993 for
> £1.4m he won the European Super Cup and the UEFA Cup, was a
> runner-up in the European Cup Winners Cup, Italian Championship and
> Italian Cup, played in the 1994 World Cup and 1996 European
> Championships, and was second and third in consecutive years in the
> Serie A goalscoring list. He scored in nearly every other game for
> Parma, and had a phenomenal record from free-kicks. Like Maradona,
> he
> is small but immensely strong and can go past people with ease. He
> arrived at Chelsea in November 96 for £4.5m having played 26
> times for Italy, scoring 7 goals. He seemed intent on running his
> own
> one man goal of the season competition with a series of spectacular
> strikes. The partnership he struck up with Mark Hughes propelled
> Chelsea to the FA Cup victory , and he topped the Chelsea assists
> stats despite only joing in Novemeber. He's already established as a
> Chelsea legend and has continued his sensational form with
> spectacular
> displays and goals. It seemed he could finally move back to Italy
> last
> summer as he wants to bring up his family there but after much
> persuasion decided to stay. Quite simply a wonderful person off the
> pitch as well as on it and one of the best players, and some would
> say
> THE best, ever to play for Chelsea. What more can you say.
>
> i love him oh so very much
>
>
> you did it again!! there's no need to do that twice, we get the
> message that he's the best player ever!

and what was the point in quoting my post?! :D

®õwÐ¥ M©ƒãgƒåg wrote:
> §pånkër wrote:
> A Legend. Gianfranco Zola isn't just a Chelsea star but a world
> class
> one. The little Italian arrived in November 1996 and made such a
> dramatic impact and turned in such a series of devastating displays
> that he eventually won the Player of the Year award after just 6
> months in the English game. A striker, he won the Italian
> Championship
> in 1990 with Napoli where he became Maradona's successor. Born in
> Sardinia in 1966, he had won the Serie C2 Championship in 1987,
> moving
> to Serie A two years later. In 1991 he won the Italian Super Cup
> with
> Napoli and made his national debut in Arrigo Sacchi's first game in
> charge up front next to Vialli. After joining Parma in 1993 for
> £1.4m he won the European Super Cup and the UEFA Cup, was a
> runner-up in the European Cup Winners Cup, Italian Championship and
> Italian Cup, played in the 1994 World Cup and 1996 European
> Championships, and was second and third in consecutive years in the
> Serie A goalscoring list. He scored in nearly every other game for
> Parma, and had a phenomenal record from free-kicks. Like Maradona,
> he
> is small but immensely strong and can go past people with ease. He
> arrived at Chelsea in November 96 for £4.5m having played 26
> times for Italy, scoring 7 goals. He seemed intent on running his
> own
> one man goal of the season competition with a series of spectacular
> strikes. The partnership he struck up with Mark Hughes propelled
> Chelsea to the FA Cup victory , and he topped the Chelsea assists
> stats despite only joing in Novemeber. He's already established as a
> Chelsea legend and has continued his sensational form with
> spectacular
> displays and goals. It seemed he could finally move back to Italy
> last
> summer as he wants to bring up his family there but after much
> persuasion decided to stay. Quite simply a wonderful person off the
> pitch as well as on it and one of the best players, and some would
> say
> THE best, ever to play for Chelsea. What more can you say.
>
> i love him oh so very much


you did it again!! there's no need to do that twice, we get the message that he's the best player ever!

§pånkër wrote:
> A Legend. Gianfranco Zola isn't just a Chelsea star but a world class
> one. The little Italian arrived in November 1996 and made such a
> dramatic impact and turned in such a series of devastating displays
> that he eventually won the Player of the Year award after just 6
> months in the English game. A striker, he won the Italian Championship
> in 1990 with Napoli where he became Maradona's successor. Born in
> Sardinia in 1966, he had won the Serie C2 Championship in 1987, moving
> to Serie A two years later. In 1991 he won the Italian Super Cup with
> Napoli and made his national debut in Arrigo Sacchi's first game in
> charge up front next to Vialli. After joining Parma in 1993 for
> £1.4m he won the European Super Cup and the UEFA Cup, was a
> runner-up in the European Cup Winners Cup, Italian Championship and
> Italian Cup, played in the 1994 World Cup and 1996 European
> Championships, and was second and third in consecutive years in the
> Serie A goalscoring list. He scored in nearly every other game for
> Parma, and had a phenomenal record from free-kicks. Like Maradona, he
> is small but immensely strong and can go past people with ease. He
> arrived at Chelsea in November 96 for £4.5m having played 26
> times for Italy, scoring 7 goals. He seemed intent on running his own
> one man goal of the season competition with a series of spectacular
> strikes. The partnership he struck up with Mark Hughes propelled
> Chelsea to the FA Cup victory , and he topped the Chelsea assists
> stats despite only joing in Novemeber. He's already established as a
> Chelsea legend and has continued his sensational form with spectacular
> displays and goals. It seemed he could finally move back to Italy last
> summer as he wants to bring up his family there but after much
> persuasion decided to stay. Quite simply a wonderful person off the
> pitch as well as on it and one of the best players, and some would say
> THE best, ever to play for Chelsea. What more can you say.

i love him oh so very much

i so badly want him to stay on next season, he cannot be replaced