A look back (first published 23 December 2014): since this post was written Gonzalo Higuaín has deserted Napoli and gone to play for Juventus.
Napoli’s San Paolo Stadium – home of football passion
“Arsenal?”
Luigi’s eyes darkened.
“Arsenal?” we stared at our son.
Luigi’s eyes flashed.
“Arsenal,” the son repeated with a grin. What was he thinking? Panic seized me – this was Napoli.
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Image from a t-shirt design by ‘Officina Flegrea’ – off.flegrea@gmail.com
In the summer of 2014 we arrived in our new home on the outskirts of Naples. We left this autumn. Two years in total, two years in which we were privileged to see places many Neapolitans themselves never get the chance to visit. Some of the sights we saw were outside the city but many were squeezed into its narrow streets.
This post, mainly of photographs, is a glance at the context, at some of the neighbourhoods and corners, that frame a few of those places that were in Naples itself.
If you know about football this book is a short corner worth taking. If a ball isn’t the point at least try the link below.
(November 2012 Sweden played England – the score 4 -2 – all four goals were scored by Zlatan).
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a six foot five inch Swede whose parents are from the former Yugoslavia. He is one of football’s greatest strikers.
This book is about football from where he stands. The pace is agitated and powerful and page one starts with the two words that have caused the striker the greatest upset to date – Pep Guardiola.
The Phraser 