PALERMO PARTNERSHIP FOR NON-LEAGUE DAY

Corinthian-Casuals are partnering with Sicilian giants Palermo FC for Non-League Day this season, as part of an initiative from social media account Il Calcio Inglese.

Since moving to England, the team behind Calcio Inglese, which covers English football for an Italian audience, have fallen in love with the non-league scene here and have visited King George’s Field twice to tell our story.
With Non-League Day approaching on Saturday 28 March, the founder of the account, Andrea, contacted three Italian clubs with British roots – Juventus, Genoa and Palermo – asking them to partner with an English non-league side to mark the day.

Palermo, who play in pink shirts, chose to link up with clubs who share their primary colour: Corinthian-Casuals and Dulwich Hamlet.

In fact, the club – nicknamed the Rosanero – has dedicated a section of their museum at the cavernous Stadio Renzo Barbera to other teams who play in pink, displaying a Casuals shirt that was added to their collection by committee member John Forrest in 2022.

Palermo currently sit fourth in Serie B and have spent 29 seasons in Serie A throughout their history, dating back to 1900. In that time, they have also enjoyed five campaigns in European football and are currently coached by legendary former Italy, Juventus and AC Milan striker, Filippo Inzaghi.

Among the top players to have represented Palermo over the years are Pablo Dybala, Edinson Cavani, Andrea Belotti, Luca Toni, Fabrizio Miccoli and Javier Pastore.

The idea behind the collaboration is to boost awareness of the non-league scene in this country and to introduce our story to a new audience in Italy.

Palermo’s marketing team have sent us one of their home shirts with ‘CASUALS 83’ printed on the back in celebration of the founding year (1883) of the club whose colours we still wear to this day.

Our media man, Dom Bliss, will be wearing the shirt as we head to Fleet Town on Non-League Day and creating some content to celebrate the partnership between our two clubs. Meanwhile, Palermo will run a story on their website detailing the history of the Casuals in the build-up to the day and a video made by Palermo-supporting content creator Carlo Smitas (pictured above with Bliss in front of London’s South Bank) will document the shirt’s journey to London.

We will then raffle the commemorative shirt at a forthcoming home game, giving our fans a chance to win a unique piece of football memorabilia.
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Hopefully this collaboration will mark the beginning of a beautiful Anglo-Sicilian friendship.