Yesterday I mentioned that former Sampdoria owner Massimo Ferrero has turned up at Ternana.

Well he'll be assisting the club's new president, Claudia Rizzo (centre). She's 23. @CalcioEngland - Rizzo's dad has just bought the club. He owns a clinic in Rome.

- Ternana are set for a new stadium. It will become the first stadium/health clinic in Italy.

- The stadium will be council-owned. Terni's mayor is Stefano Bandecchi. He was Ternana owner until 2023.

Nel senso che questo anno le deroghe saranno ammesse per le società ripescate? O meglio, anche le squadre riammesse non possono avvalersi delle deroghe infrastrutturali - prima sì.

Arena Civica (Stadio Brera) to host Serie C football?

Alcione Milano this week claimed that Serie C would welcome them with open arms if they play @ ex-Inter ground Arena Civica.

Alcione are the best-ranked Serie D playoff winners but are without a Serie C compliant stadium. Alcione currently play at the Kennedy Sports Centre (basically a pitch and nothing else) but have played at the Arena Civica in the recent past.

The stadium is in the heart of Milan & is recognised as a key part of the city's football heritage.

This weekend sees the start of the most pointless competition in football, where the prize is a place at the top of a potentially perpetual waiting list which you're probably ineligible for anyway.

Here's your introduction to the Serie D playoffs...

[Thread] The format is simple. Serie D has 9 sections. The winner of each gets promoted to Serie C.

The teams placed 2nd to 5th in each section play semi-finals & a final.

Do the maths and you'll see a vital flaw: 9-9=0. Ergo, there are no remaining promotion places.

Serie D Champions Thread:

From Catania to...?

In this thread, I'll give you the lowdown on the teams that clinch each of the 9 regional Serie D sections as & when they lift the title, granting them access to Serie C next season.

📸 US Fiorenzuola 1st Serie D Champions - Catania (Girone I)

With 6 games to spare, the Sicilian side have freed themselves from their non-league hell (deliverance?)

Here's the lowdown on the Elefanti...

📸 Catania SSD

Juventus & Plusvalenza-Gate

A couple of things of note coming out of the reasoning for Juve's 15 point deduction (published today):

1. Napoli & Chievo were excluded from these proceedings because their suspicious transactions were not directly with Juventus. 2. Some domestic deals were manifestly doctored. BUT no Italian club engaged in more than one doctored deal with Juve. So although found to have engaged in wrongdoing, Novara, Parma & Pescara did not "systematically" cheat the system.

99 Legends of Calcio:

Every day for the next 99 days, we'll highlight the most legendary figure from each of Italy's 99 professional clubs (from Albinoleffe to Viterbese).

Feel free to disagree with me in the comments (or nominate a player from your club). 1. Elio Gustinetti (Albinoleffe)

Infamously sacked before the end of the legendary 2007-08 season, Gustinetti began his coaching career at Leffe and then got Albinese promoted to Serie D.

He then took merged Albinoleffe to Serie B and narrowly missed out on promotion to Serie A

Serie C Playoffs 2021-22

Here's this year's playoff wallchart, summing up the situation at the top (playoffs) and the bottom (playouts).

Remember: only 1 out of 28 teams goes up to Serie B.

There are a few things to consider, which I'll summarise below... 1. I realise the Wallchart might be too small to read. So here's an abridged version.

Catania

It's been a couple of weeks since Catania's entire squad were released following their bankruptcy.

Let's look at where some of the youngsters who were plying their trade Sicily this season are ending up... Luca Moro (CF) -> Sassuolo
Freddi Greco (AM) -> Vicenza

OK...Moro and Greco were only on loan at Catania, and transferred to their new clubs back in January (from Padova & Pordenone respectively).

They have now joined up with their new sides, where they will start next season.