LIGURIA CUP DRAW - Dunfermline v Rivar Plate

GENOVA - Dunfermline will take part in the Liguria Cup for the third time running, with the Pars yet to collect a single win from their previous participations.
In 2007/2008, Dunfermline crashed out at the hands of Virtusestri at the first round, as they were comprehensively beaten by 8 goals to 3, but that was before the massive turnaround that followed and took a re-shaped Pars side to promotion to the second tier of AICS football.
Last season, though, Dunfermline made it to the second round, as they recovered from 3-1 down to equalise and got past Mojito FC on penalties.
Win some lose some, they say, so the Pars weren't as lucky at the second round stage when, even though they did pull off their greatest comeback to date, from 0-4 down to 6-6, they were eventually eliminated on penalties by Compagnia delle Indie.

07/08: Virtusestri - Dunfermline 8-3 (Bovalino, Buccianti, Frassinelli)
08/09: Dunfermline (*) - Mojito FC 3-3 (Marletta, Buccianti, Gallo)
08/09: Compagnia Delle Indie (*) - Dunfermline 6-6 (Maneschi, Marletta 3, Buccianti 2)

(*) through on penalties
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This season, it's going to be an emotional fixture for a few Pars.
Dunfermline, in fact, have been drawn to play against Division C outfit Rivar Plate, a team featuring Luca Devescovi, who plays guitar in the newly established folk/rock band "Birth Of A Doll", whose other members are no less than Filippo Finotti (lead vocals, guitar) and Aldo Marletta (rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals).
Moreover, Devescovi is a childhood friend of a good number of players within the Pars' ranks, including Marco Cantelli and Fabio Frassinelli, most notably.

It shall be nice to see how the bandmates (opponents on the night) will fare, in a game scheduled to take place on October 11th, although no venue has been decided for the even just yet.
The two sides have never met prior to the forthcoming encounter.


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