GIALLOROSSI YORKSHIRE BLOG
Today marks the second anniversary of the launch of Giallorossi Yorkshire.
From those humble beginnings back in April 2017 - realistically, the website had been planned for months before that - this site has grown a long way, as I have tried to increase the variety and quality of content. Today, the website is as healthy as ever, with traffic surpassing the 200-visitors-in-one-day mark for the second time earlier this week. It continues to astonish me how far this one-man passion project has reached. What's been my favourite piece from those two years? The starting point for me would be the exclusive interview I did at the start of the year with Roma Women defender Emma Lipman. Things had got a little busy for me over the Christmas period so I needed to take some time away from blogging, but once I was ready to return, I wanted to make sure it was something that would make it worth the wait. Thankfully, I was able to get in touch with Emma and arrange the interview, which is one of my proudest moments as a journalist to date. Another highlight of my time writing about the club was the remarkable 3-0 win over Barcelona last year, which I had the honour of being present at. When I came back to England after that trip, I wanted to try and recapture the magic of that incredible evening and paint a picture of how it was. Likewise, for the recent first anniversary of the game, I knew I had to write about it again. Back in September, to mark Francesco Totti's 42nd birthday, I ran the #10ForTotti series, creating 10 posts in one day all about Il Capitano. I've been obsessed with Totti from a young age, and, however tiring it was, it felt great to put all that passion into one series dedicated to my favourite footballer of all-time. Then there's the history pieces. I love delving deeper into the club's past, learning about the great players from before my time. For example, when Pedro Manfredini died in January, I decided to honour him by telling the story of the great striker's career. Even more recently, I created a lineup of Roma players from history who never received an international cap, which was really interesting to pull together. There's so much more I want to achieve with this website, things I imagined when I launched it that still haven't come true yet. One of my main goals for starting this site was to connect with fellow fans, and that plan is coming into fruition, but I think it can go even further. I want to find ways of making this site even more interactive. As part of that, today I am launching a Facebook page for Giallorossi Yorkshire. I marked the first anniversary of the website by setting up a separate Giallorossi Yorkshire Twitter account, so today decided to mark the occasion by expanding to Facebook as well. The page is available here, so please give it a like and share. Looking back at my favourite pieces has given me the hunger to pursue more of the same. After talking to Lipman, I'd love to get another exclusive interview with another player, past or present. In addition, it'd be great to combine several pieces of a similar format into another series, like I did with #10ForTotti. Two years on, my drive for this website is greater than it was at the start. I'm immensely grateful for everyone's support and I hope you'll join me as I continue to try and make this site better. Every single time you visit this site, it means a lot. Grazie and Forza Roma. Samuel Bannister
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samuel bannister
Founder and editor of Giallorossi Yorkshire, who is also a columnist for Roma's official website about the women's team. Categories
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