Afterword

In the spring of 2019 Ciccio Bucci’s body was exhumed for further examinations. In 2017 the body of Donato Bergamini was exhumed and a new autopsy conducted. Results seem to suggest he had been suffocated and strangled. The investigation is on-going.

Pino Coldheart remains the undisputed leader of Juventus’ Drughi.

At the time of writing Diabolik is under house arrest.

Antonio Bongi and Grit still live and work in Rome.

Puffer and Scotto continue to lead, respectively, Genoa’s Gradinata Nord and the Genova Insieme cooperative.

Michele Spampinato is still chairing meetings between the petrol pumps in Catania’s Piazza dei Miracoli.

The Inter ultras responsible for the ambush of their Napoli counterparts in which ‘Dede’ – Daniele Belardinelli – lost his life were convicted of ‘aggravated assault’. Although given stadium bans of up to eight years, none of the ultras received a custodial sentence.

In February 2019 the Roma ultra who reduced the Liverpool fan Sean Cox to a coma received a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence.

Ciccio Conforti has become a Buddhist and runs a Bed & Breakfast in his 16th century family home, Palazzo Conforti, in the hills outside Cosenza.

Claudio teaches in a middle school and has written, and edited, many books about the ultra lifestyle.

Gianfranco manages his ‘peoples’ gym’ inside Cosenza’s San Vito stadium.

Paride is the director of the Lucana Film Commission.

Drainpipe still lives in Cosenza and frequently takes his charity, La Terra di Piero, to Africa.

The Curva Sud and Anni Ottanta are trying to get along.

Padre Fedele is still sitting in a car in the city, offering to listen to anyone who needs.