The Day Italian Football Died: Torino and the Tragedy of Superga Partick Thistle Neil Martin

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The Day Italian Football Died: Torino and the Tragedy of Superga Partick Thistle Neil MartinAT just after 5pm on 4 May 1949, a Fiat aircraft carrying 31 people, among them the Torino football squad, crashed into a 2,200ft high peak called Superga on the outskirts of Turin. In an instant the dominant force in Italian football was destroyed. It was a tragedy unparalleled in sporting history and still affecting the club today. Unlike Manchester United after Munich, the Torino club has never been able to recover from that awful moment. Fifty