There are a few characters in world football as maverick as the Italian legend Paolo di Canio. A genius on the pitch, he was capable of executing the most audacious of skills with panache, but at the same time equally volatile many a times to the detriment of his own team. Di Canio was born in an area of Rome ...

It was October 20 1984. The stage was Anfield. The match was in the third minute of second half. Gary Stevens, the Everton right back, sent a long, diagonal, aerial ball from well within his own half to the number 9 sandwiched between the opposition center backs. The number 9 plucked the ball out of thin air and took it ...