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Thursday, December 3, 2009

THE BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF BASKETBALL IN LEGHORN - Part 1: "ONCE UPON A TIME THE DERBY ..."

Author: Andrea Ticciati and Bruno Damari - Publication Year: 1996
A book of great historical value. A journey through the story of a basketball move that has seen ups and downs but has given great satisfaction. The book starts from the first few games in the 30s and reaches up to 1996. Is told as the movement was born in Leghorn basketball derby on the very first public bathing facilities. The early successes of the leghorn's teams, the birth of historical societies, Pallacanestro and Libertas Leghorn, the memory of these two companies, the growth of one great passion town, the importance of women's basketball, the great champions and great champions, the absolute highlights of the 80s with the advent and growth of healthy rivalry town, the historic championship final, the merger between the two historical societies towns (Libertas and Pallacanestro Leghorn precisely), the debacle of a whole movement and its struggle rebirth. A book that brings the real lovers of this sport at moments with the hope of seeing them again and relive it in the very near future.

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