How good was Gianluca Festa?

[h_m_boro]

Steve Lomas was the player who had his nose bust by Festa

Remember that, Maine Road FA Cup 1997.

Bad tempered on the pitch, worse off it after the match......

Loved Festa, hard as, and his Italian "thou shall not pass" mentality was taken to the extreme.

Hugely under rated and I would have him in my top 10 Boro CBs.

Have to agree, if we had signed him at the start of the season (along with Schwarzer) we wouldn't have been relegated.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

If we had signed him 3 months earlier we would have stayed up

Ditto for Schwarzer. The defence improved when they both came in.

 

[Juninhoburger]

Loved Festa, as has been said if we'd signed him and Schwarzer in the summer we'd have stayed up.

 

[tonybiriyani]

Didn't he have part ownership of Sassari restaurant on Linthorpe Rd?

 

[DidsburySmog92]

When I played football as a kid I insisted on number 5 because of the Festa fever.

 

[Anton_Berg]

I remember Festa's disallowed goal vs Reading in the LC SF. After the game resumed, he was still running about in the rain with his shirt in his hand.