Astrea Roma story |
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In Serie D trova spazio anche una squadra che rappresenta la
Polizia Penitenziaria. Si tratta dell' Astrea, la cui storia ebbe
inizio nel lontano 1948. In quell'anno, infatti, un gruppetto di
appassionati, dipendenti del Ministero di Grazia e Giustizia, decisero
di formare una squadra di calcio formata da appartenenti dell'allora
Corpo degli Agenti di Custodia e di prendere parte al torneo
amatoriale "Orlandini". La squadra venne chiamata Unione
Sportiva Astrea. Quella partecipazione non nacque sotto grandi
aspettative: si trattò inizialmente di un "esperimento"
senza pretese, ma i risultati furono stupefacenti. Il divertimento e
le soddisfazioni dovute alla vittoria del torneo furono tali che,
grazie all'interessamento del Dr. Tommaso Jezzi e del Dr. Girolamo
Minervini (allora Capo e vice capo dell'Ufficio del Personale) si
decise di iscrivere la squadra al primo campionato ufficiale di
seconda divisione organizzato dalla F.I.G.C. (Anno 1949) della
provincia di Roma.
In Serie D also finds space a team that
represents the Penitentiary Police. We are speaking about Astrea,
whose history had beginning in the distant 1948. In that year, in fact,
a group of impassioned, dependent of the Department of Justice,
decided then to form a team of soccer formed from belonging of the
Corpo degli Agenti di Custodia and to take part to the tournament for
amateurs "Orlandini." The team was called Sporting Union
Astrea. That share was not born under great expectations: it initially
treated of a "experiment" without pretensions, but the
results were amazing. The fun and the satisfactions to the victory of
the tournament were such that, thanks to the interest of Dr. Tommaso
Jezzi and Dr. Girolamo Minervini (then Head and deputy head of the
Office of the Personnel) been decided to enroll the team in the first
official championship of second division organized by the F.I.G.C. (Year
1949) of the province in Rome.
Activity
went on for varied years without some interruption but the sacrifices to
maintain to the top the team were many. Executives and players had to
undouble them to develop the normal institutional service, and finished
that, daily they went to the field to take part to the trainings. The
organization and the tenacity of the group were the true first motors of
a society that among thousand problems succeeded in sustaining on
high-levels for a lot of seasons (1° Division-Promotion). The first
turn of the history of the Astrea came in 1970, when the "players
in uniform" won the Championship of Promotion and they participated
in the following competitive season in the Championship of Serie D (then
half-professionistic). A shake that left the sign among the police
officers. The team, in fact, could not be ready for such a jump and the
demotion, even though painful, it was inevitable and of teaching. |