Anyhow, my name is Reb Beatty, and I'm 19 years old; a resident of Annapolis, Maryland. I'd consider myself one of the veterans of the list these days, as I've been a member since the fall of 1995, when I was a mere 15. My favorite player is Gianluca Pagliuca (Bologna); my Parma favorite was Enrico Chiesa, before he was unfortunately dealt of to Fiorentina. I'm a fanatic when it comes to Italian football and used to post quite regularly to the list; however, as the years have progressed, I've found myself a little more busy and my posts these days are seldom if ever. I've been to Parma once, in the summer of 1998 (during the World Cup). I also attend Loyola College, where I play soccer as a goalkeeper myself, and if I might be a bit of a braggart, was rated as the top freshman goalkeeper in the entire nation this past season.

Hope that answers some of the inquiries; best wishes to all. Ciao.

REB

Ok, since I have nothing better to do before kick-off I will write something about myself.

I'm 23 years old. (excactly one month younger than Ronaldo.) Live in swedish town Gävle, 170km north of Stockholm. (I am planning on moving down to Stockholm next winter though.) I have a university degree in computer science and I work as a consultant. Unfortunately I'm doing a poor job on being the average computer geek... Not interested enough I guess. I'm currently not playing any football. I was growing too fast when I was around 14-15 so I became too slow and too weak and when I lost my regular place when I was 16 I simply quit. This made me uninterested in football for a few years. My interest came back when I was around 19. I try to stay in shape though and that's one of my present "hobbies". I'm not really interested in spanish, french, german or english football. Simply because I don't have a favourite team in those leagues.

The reason why I am a Parma fan is quite simple. The reason is spelled Tomas Brolin. But when he left for Leeds I stayed. And now I see it as an advantage that we have no swedish players in Parma. Because in the days of Brolin I wasn't completely happy if we didn't win AND Brolin had played well. Now all I care about is us winning, not having that particular favourite player to worry about. But if I have to name a few of my favourites it have to be Crespo and Buffon. I didn't like Crespo that much in previous years and always believed that we could find someone better. But now he have proven Ancelotti right and I wouldn't trade him for anyone. Both Crespo and Buffon mix truely great performance with true feelings for Parma. I find that particulary appeling. Thuram is a great player but I keep hearing rumours about him leaving and I don't like that.

That's all for now...

/Mĺrten

Well, since everyone else seems to be (re)introducing themselves to the list, who am I not to jump on the bandwagon. I live in Belfast, Ireland, and I'm 17yrs11months old. I'm currently in my last year of school and I hope to go to uni next year to do some computery-thing.
My fave player has gotta be Buffon, the man is undoubtedly the best in the world, I'm also a big fan of Cannavaro and Crespo, and Veron and Chiesa when they were still with us. I've been a Parma fan for about 4-5 yrs, and on this list for hmm, 1-2 yrs something like that.
I dont play much football seriously anymore, just a kick-about in school at lunchtime, and a few games with my friends, I used to play in goal, then left back, now kinda left-sided attacking midfielder.
So can we win the scudetto? my answer is yes, on our day we are as good as any team in the league, what we need is a little more luck with injuries, a settled defence, get Boghossian in the team for more than a few weeks at a time, and obviously the Crespo-Amoroso partnership looks mouth-watering, if it ever materializes, but Di Vaio has been doing an admirable job this season. You all know my opinion on Ortega, I'm not his biggest fan, he's ok I guess, but for me he lacks the strength needed to deal with the toughest defenders in Italy, and let's face he does dive,a ll over the place, I do hope he proves me wrong though.

That's about it
Mánus

my name is tame i'm 19 years old i study now computer science i'm in the third year in the university i'm from jordan (i don't think u know her) small country, parma became my team when ZOLA go to parma 1992-1993(i think)i was 12 years old and from that time and i crazy about parma even when zola left them to chelse i became mad from zola and i being a parma fan not zola fan then chiesa was my fav. player at parma and then in the world but when he left us to foirentena i still love but that much when i like him with parma now my fav.player at parma:CRESPO,SARTOR,CANNAVARO,STANIC in the world:ALMEYDA,CHIESA,AYALA,SORIN i'm like parma fan i'm argentenian fan i follow every team have an argentenian player i don't have any deep interset to any team unless parma &argentina international team BUT i like every team have an arg. player. BTW i playing football in the uniersity a lot i playing a definsive midfielder or behind the striker.
bye.

Well, although my email address is a German one, I'm actually from Hong Kong! :) I'm now 22 years old, single (haha), and I study something called European Studies at a university in Hong Kong. My third year is an internship year in Europe, that's the reason why I'm in Germany. Now I'm still studying at a tertiary institution in Constance (it's at the border of Germany and Switzerland) but in March I'll move to somewhere near Munich to start my internship. Hopefully I can finish my studies in Summer 2001.

The leagues I follow (in Hong Kong, I don't have a TV set in Germany) are Italian Serie A and English Premiership (which is very popular in Hong Kong). I watch most of the football programmes I have in Hong Kong, if I don't have too much homework at that time. I will follow most of the "major" leagues (e.g. Spanish) in Europe whenever it's possible. I don't like some of the football commentators in Hong Kong since they are too biased (when it's Parma-Juve, or Parma-Milan, Parma will probably become a crap team, according to what they say) and they personally like Manchester United (Man Utd-Leeds, then Man Utd must win etc.), AC Milan and Juventus too much, I think. My favourite team is (of course) Parma. I don't have any second teams but I find some teams like Roma, Aston Villa (so Gareth Southgate is fine to me, Frances!), Chelsea (too many foreign players though) etc good. I respect every team and footballer, so I don't particular hate any teams. My favourite footballers? I like Dino Baggio (as always), Mario Stanic (he's always good when I can see the live game in Hong Kong! :)), Paolo Vanoli, and of course, Alain Boghossian and Hernan Crespo. The ex-Parma players I like are Di Chiara, Pin, Gianfranco Zola and Enrico Chiesa. And the others... Le Saux (I never know how to spell and pronounce his name properly!), Tore Andre Flo (someone that Marten hates!), Gareth Southgate (!), Darren Huckerby, Marc Overmars, Bixente Lizarazu, and, Davor Suker! :)

Oh yeah, and do yu get to see games on TV?

"Yes" in Hong Kong and "no" in Germany... sigh... we can only have some in the Irish pub here but they never have Serie A games! :(

Ciao,
Shanie, the very long-winded person! :)

My name is Valerie Jamison and I am from upstate New York in the United States. I am 18 and graduating from high school this june. My favorite player on parma is Hernan Crespo i also like Claudio Renya the american player at Rangers in scotland. My other favorite player is Alessandro Del Piero at Juventus.

I'm 18 years old and I live in a nothern surburb of Copenhagen, about 20 km from the centre of Copenhagen.
I've lived 1 year in Italy, from May '95 till July '96. I lived in a little village called Moltrasio at the lake of Como, about 50 km north of Milano. That explains why I understand and speak Italian quite well and read la Gazzetta dello Sport almost every day.
At the moment, I go to high-school, but I'll graduate this summer and it's almost certain that I'll continue my education at an Italian university; either in Milan or (and why not?) in Parma!!!
I began my support in March '93 when Asprilla ended Milan's impressive record (58 games in a row unbeaten) with that splendid free-kick. From then on, my passion for these guys has increased from season to season, and I think I'm the one who yells the most of all of us when I see Parma score!!! My fave player....well, I don't like saying it any more as I've always preferred to follow young promising players who still have not become a star. So, Hernán it is, but I don't tell that to many people as I usually hate the ones who start supportning players just because they have succes. I've been on Hernán's side ever since he made his first steps in Parma, and it was really a tough period when nobody liked him and everybody wanted him to move away. But I think I'm happier than anyone else for the succes that Hernán has now. He has really deserved it...
Other faves of mine are Vanoli, Ortega, Fuser and Benarrivo.. In Italy, apart from Parma, I support Sampdoria, Como, Varese and Giulianova. These 3 last sides are all in Serie C in it's mainly because of personal reasons that I support them. Truely, I don't know much about them, but I find it funny to follow teams that noone knows..
I like the Spanish Primera Division as well, and my favourite team is Valencia (hi Frances!)! My favourite player of Valencia is Mendieta.Furthermore, I like Argentinian football and I have this soft spot for young Argentinian players like Cambiasso, Rivarola, Montenegro, Saviola, Riquelme etc.. My overall faves are, apart from the ones in Parma, Suker, Batistuta, Hadji, Mendieta, Almeyda and Claudio Lopez.

I guess that's it for now.

Christoffer

I am a 17 yr old girl from Porto Alegre, the capital of the most southern state of Brazil. The state is called Rio Grande do Sul, and I think it's a great place to live!

I am on vacations now but in feb. 21 I'll start my last year at school, and I hope to get a place at the Federal University for the year 2001, I intend to get to Languages School, cause I love languages, especially English and now Italian.

(you're gonna hate me for this but I'm gonna be honest with you all - hope you can forgive me!)

When I started following Serie A, around August, 1998, I first liked Juventus, and I still support them like crazy.

But there was something about Parma that made me like the team as much as Juve, probably the will to do their best, or the union that the players have, I really don't know. But I started to like them and now I say I support both Parma and Juve!!

Besides Serie A, I kind of follow the Spanish league, where I like Valencia. And I support also our local team, Internacional.

My fave Parma player is (DOH!) Crespo. He's the greatest, he's an amazing player who can decide a match in, like, one minute... he has a great personality, you don't ever read or hear his name together with the word 'trouble' like you often do with other players, he's probably almost perfect. I also like Buffon and Ortega a lot.

As for another players, I like some Juve ones (DEL PIERO, Davids, Kovacevic, Zambrotta), the Argentines in general (VERON, ALMEYDA, Simeone, Zanetti, Pablo Aimar, Javier Saviola, Juan Pablo Sorin...), and some others (Raul, Kluivert, Rivaldo, Jardel, Guardiola) and I must have forgotten some other names.

I do play football at school, but not in a team, we just have to play sometimes at Physical Education (we actually receive grades for PE - yuck). I really suck and I try to play as a defender.

Finally, yep, I get to see matches on tv because of Rai International, and now there's a Brazilian channel which started to broadcast one Serie A match live every weekend.

Alice

My name is Carolina, 19 years old, I live in Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil [well, you must have guessed by now that I am Alice's sister, ha!].

I am going to start the 3rd year of Business School. I'm just studying, having a good life and enjoying myself while I don't start working (which will be pretty soon anyway)... =(

Now, about football: I started following football very early, since here in Brazil it is almost impossible for you to get rid of it!!!! I support my local team, called Sport Club Internacional [the club that have Dunga as captain!!], but we're doing pretty bad this season, no signings, lousy coach, etc, etc, etc.

But I started to get more keen on football on last World Cup, cause there was a strike in my Uni so I had nothing better to do than watching ALL the WC matches, haha! Don't need to mention how disappointed I was watching our National Team!!!

After that I noticed ESPN broadcasted Serie A matches and I started following it. Despite being a fan of Brazilian Squad, I have to admit I also like Argentinian Squad, so I started following Parma cause I am a big, big fan of Juan Sebastian Veron.

I was very sad to see him leaving the team [as well as the other Argentinians like Sensini and Balbo] and going to Lazio, but what could I do? =P

Last year I had this amazing experience of facing some Argentinians Int'l players, when they came to Porto Alegre for the friendly against Brazil last September. It was so wondeful cause I had the opportunity to see my fave player, Veron, right in front of me!

Besides Parma I enjoy watching Juve matches [sister's influence] and Lazio matches [don't need to say why]. Also I try to follow the English Championship, but 'thanks' to ESPN I do not see the Premier League anymore. But I support Everton, and I am also a big fan of the Scottish midfielder John Collins. Ah! And I don't like watching the Spanish League!

My hobbies are browsing the Internet [DOH!], movies, reading, listening to my fave songs [all latin!!!], and going to night clubs with my friends.

See ya!
Carolina

I live in Pennsylvania on the shores of Lake Erie and I am an educator--a high school librarian and computer instructor. Love to travel esp. to Europe and am planning a 4th trip over, in March, my 2nd visit to Italy, this time to Milan and yes, for a game. Don't hate me please--AC Milan is my top team but I love Parma enough to be on this list! In other words, quite a bit! B/c of the way I backed into Italian soccer, b/c of the azzurri, I started out liking players from all over the league anyway, so I'm one of those rare birds who does admit to supporting a couple of teams. Plus, add to that the fact that I have no control over what games I get to see anyway. Last season I watched FOX Sports World, then they dropped Italian soccer so I switched to DISH TV and now I get RAI International. So even tho FOX has picked up some Italian soccer again, I get alot of extra games like the UEFA cup games and Coppa Italia.

Fave players..on Parma...Gigi caught my eye real early on. I love his style, I love to wtch exciting keepers, and he's one of the most exciting around--I rate him right behind Bayern's Oliver Kahn (and Bayern is another team I support). Of course Fabio...Hernan (guys don't read this part--but girls, don't you think Hernan is so cute?? I love his hair!)...and Bennarivo...I am such a sucker for Benny it's not funny! So if anyone knows stuff about him please post it to the list or email me privately. Like, I assume he's married--what's her name, how many kids, hobbies, etc.

Just fave players in general since several of you have mentioned more..Maldini is my top man...Rui Costa, Torricelli, Zamorano, Bati, Bierhoff, Shevchenko, Totti, Pagliuca, Olie Kahn and I guess that's about all I'll mention since I've already told you who my Parma boys are!

I still happen to think the scudetto race is wide open...tho I just read THE most disgusting thing at Yahoo Sports--World Soccer. That Juve is hoping to repeat history--almost every year they've been the top team at the halfway point they've gone on to win. BLECCCHHHHH!!!! Juve bores me about to tears, and I find their fans to be pretty obnoxious. I think Parma will definitely be in the top 4, and I'm going to tell you right now...If Milan can't pull it off, Parma's the team I'm going to push for. Boo to Juve...boo to Lazio....triple boo to Inter. Anyone else have any predictions they want to make as we sit at the halfway point of the season?

thanks for listening!
ciao....debs

I'am 22 years old and live in Aarhus (Denmark). I study HA (economy) at the business school of Aarhus and I will finish this summer - hurra, there is only three exams left one next monday and one thursday and finally one in the summer, ok I have to write my Bachelor-projekt. In Oktober or November me and a friend will go to USA for 6-8 months, where we will travel around and perhaps work, if we get short on money, then I will go back to Aarhus to study for Cand. Merc.

My passion for Italian football started in the early 90´s (or late 80´s). All of my friends started to support Juve or Milan, so I had to find my team to support. I didn´t have a doubt, that it should be Parma, when I saw them play Milan, at the tardini - I think it was in 92. My fav. players at Parma is Melli, Minotti, Chiesa, Buffon, Thuram and Fuser. Other fav. are Batistuta, Grönkjćr, Bergkamp, Rivaldo, Verón, Overmars and Nesta. Besides Parma I support (Parma is number 1) Sampdoria and Arsenal - one of the clubs in England without Norwegians.

Jacob

Hi everybody!
I`m in this mailing list for a long time but actually all the time I have been just reading it...
So, my name is Anna V. Yelisheva (Anya). I live in Moscow, Russia. Well, I`m a bit less than 19 years old. ;) Still learning... making desperate tries to learn Italian... One of my hobbies is web-design and, of course (who could doubt?) I love football, especially I like Parma and the most unlucky team in the World - Spartak Moscow... I also like English football, but far not all teams... My favourite players are... are... Crespo, Cannavaro (only for his playing skills - his appearance has nothing to do with it! :)), Thuram... well, in a word, almost all the cast of Parma and also Tikhonov, Fillimonov and some others... :) And for the moment my boyfriend Mattia and me are making a big new nice (don`t think that it is an advertising! :)) unofficial site about Parma... Hope that sooner or later we`ll open it and you`ll be the first invited persons! :)))

Hope I wasn`t too boring,

Anya

I am Mattia Bragadini, 25 years old, I live 10 km. away from Parma in Collecchio a 10,000 souls place where Parmalat seat and Parma training centre are. I study at Bologna University and I have 4 exams left to the degree in Science of Communications.

I support Parma because I was born there and even though when I was a kid I wasn't allowed to go the stadium (too dangerous, said mom... :-) ), I've always followed the yellow-blues also in their dark years of Serie B or Serie C. So when they reached Serie A I finally had the permit of going to the stadium and my first season ticket, it was 1990 and, believe me, looks like yesterday...

Beside Parma I also like Sampdoria (we are twinned with them) that was my favourite team in Serie A during our dark ages, Verona (also twinned) and Brescia in Serie B. Among foreign teams I like Spartak Moscow in Russia (and who could doubt? :-) ), Liverpool in England, Ajax in Holland, IFK Göteborg in Sweden, Brřndby in Denmark and Rosenborg (sorry, Danish mates, I like all Scandinavians including Norwegians). And also Bordeaux (the only foreign team with whom Parma supporters are twinned), I follow German and Spanish Leagues but with no favourite team: this season I have a weak for Barcelona and Hertha Berlin (most of all for what they did to Milan). :-)

Hard to find a favourite player among the current squad, almost like them all. It's easier to find my all-time favs: Alessandro Melli, Tomas Brolin, Georges Grun; if I had to choose one today, I guess it would be Crespo. But Thuram, Cannavaro, Buffon, Boghossian, Vanoli, Fuser, Amoroso and Walem are great too.

Just like someone else said I like to "discover" young players too and I'm happy if they have success no matter if with Parma or not. Other Italian players I like are Tacchinardi, Baronio, Pirlo, Brocchi, Binotto, Fiore (what a regret!), Zanchi, Cassano, Montella, Adani. Among international players... well, there is a lot... starting from Seedorf, Rui Costa, Alenichev, Josč Mari (but now I like him a little less... :-) ), Almeyda, Daniel Andersson in Serie A and then Overmars and Petit from Arsenal, McManaman and Morientes from Real Madrid, Giggs and Scholes from Man Utd., Tikhonov and Titov from Spartak Moscow, Micoud and Wiltord from Bordeaux, all Barcelona, Deisler and Wosz from Hertha Berlin, Julen Guerrero from Athl.Bilbao, Van Nisterlooy (PSV) and Tomasson (Feyenoord), Carew and Sřrensen (Rosenborg), Ilie e Claudio Lopez from Valencia and many many more that I don't even remember.

As you already know my girlfriend Anya and me are giving the final touch-up to our new Parma site and we hope to open it as soon as we can (though some sections will be opened later). Of course you will be the first ones to know when it's ready and all the suggestions will be welcome.

That's all.

Mattia

Here are Anya and Mattia!

Visit their excellent website!

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As for who I am, I'm 26 and working as a product development Chemist. I've been on this list since around '95, maybe just after. I got a DPhil (doctorate) from Sussex university and now spend most of my day surrounded by beer (a hard way to earn a living I know!). The first and so far only time I was able to see Parma live was when they first won the European Cup Winners Cup at Wembley, a magical night. I still play a bit of football with friends at work but was forever scared playing at school, I was a defender and we tended to concede ALOT of goals......

Rob.

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Hi everybody

My name is Michela Mele and I'm 22 (nearly 23) years old. I come from Belgium but My father come from Italy (Sardegna precisely). So, for me, I know soccer all my live. My father is huge fan of Juventus and, of course, Cagliari. I started to watch soccer site the World Cup in 94, in USA.My first favorite player was Dino Baggio. And when he vent to Parma, I started to support Parma. And now, six years after, I still support Parma.I still like Dino but I must admit that my favorites players in the all world are the Vieri's brothers: Christian and Massimiliano. Sorry...

I study Public Relations (it's my last year) and I can speak english, french, dutch, italian and spanish. I love music (especially latino music), television and movies. And of course, I love surfing on the net. See you.

Michela

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Hello, my name is Aurie (Aurora) Escobar, and I'm 15 years old. I live in Canada, but I've moved from Panama (my birthplace), Texas and Canada quite a number of times. I've never been to Italy much less a game so my fanatism was born in WC94 my favourite being ROBERTO BAGGIO, actually I liked Signori and Pagliuca. Anyhoo, my Parma big faves are Buffon, F.Cannavaro (the guy that in my opinion plays with more heart than ayone in the world), ex-Parma all-time cool-guy Capt. Minotti (I miss him so much, screw Torino management), VANOLI (Oh yeah, unbeatable)*

Others: Roby Baggio, Tacchinardi, Kovacevic, Del Piero, OK, I'll stop...

I'll say bye now
Ciao and Swing ON!
Aurie

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I love PaRMa more than the other, but ofcourse I have one team again that I love to, but PaRMa is my number one...

May I start now ?
My name is Vincentia, 18 years old, I live in Indonesia.gimme my flag...:) What else I should write here....ah...

Ok, I guess that's it...

Thanks and ciao...:)

(Webmistress comments: So that you may recognise who this is, Vincentia goes by the name of Cherry Cannavaro)

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THANKS EVERYBODY!

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