‘We lived a miraculous thing’: Castel di Sangro, 30 years on from their epic rise

Small town club’s Serie B adventure captivated football and inspired a famous book. That spirit remains and is being passed to their successorsThe WhatsApp group flickers into life at about 6am every day. It is the manager who goes first because, when you are 79, old habits die hard. “Good morning,” Osvaldo Jaconi hails his former players and staff before, little by little, the salutations roll in from across Italy. Maybe it is someone’s birthday or another special occasion; the conver...