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bilby commented on the word luther blissett
This, from an article about great football flops, is a lovely account of the luther blissett thing in Italian.
"Ninety-five league goals in just 246 appearances established Blissett as one of the most prolific strikers in Britain, thriving at Graham Taylor's no-nonsense Watford. Quite why Milan thought his robust talents would be similarly successful in Serie A remains one of football's enduring mysteries. He scored five goals in 30 games and, according to one Italian newspaper, was 'famous for missing open goals and for the inexorable precision with which he would find the goalpost'. His name lives on in Italy, however, but not for footballing reasons. 'Luther Blissett' has become a byword for anarchy. In 1997 four men went on trial in Rome for travelling on a train without tickets. When asked to identify themselves, all said they were Luther Blisset and argued that 'a collective identity does not need a ticket'. They explained that they chose Blissett because he was 'just a nice Afro-Caribbean guy who had problems with the Italian way of playing football.'"
- Oliver Irish, The 10 biggest wastes of money in football history, Sunday 2 September 2001
Observer Sport Monthly. https://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,6903,543912,00.html
April 19, 2018
bilby commented on the word luther blissett
Yes, Wikipedia has more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Blissett_%28nom_de_plume%29
April 19, 2018