How Great Were SS Lazio 1973–1974?
How did SS Lazio 1973–74 win the Scudetto amid chaos — and where does their greatness sit when the story is as wild as the football?
In this episode of By Far The Greatest Team, hosts Graham Dunn and Jamie Rooney are joined by returning guest Phil Craig to dive into the riveting, turbulent history of Lazio’s 1973/74 Scudetto winners — one of Italian football’s most notorious champions.
Led by coach Tommaso Maestrelli, Lazio had risen back to Serie A, finished third, and then surged to the title. At the centre of it all was Giorgio Chinaglia — the larger-than-life Welsh-Italian striker whose goals and personality embodied the club’s edge. But this wasn’t a harmonious squad. Lazio were infamous for internal divisions, fights, volatility — and a dressing room culture that became legend for all the wrong reasons.
We explore how Maestrelli managed to unite (or at least harness) a fiery, fractured group and maximise their potential — while Italian football itself was navigating an era of corruption, illegal betting, and scandal. The episode also traces what came next: European nights, controversy, tragedy, and the way the team’s peak quickly turned into decline.
Ultimately, we ask the ranking question: can a team be “great” when the story is laced with darkness and dysfunction — or is that precisely what makes Lazio 73–74 such a unique piece of football history?
Where does Lazio 1973–74 land on the Greatness Index — iconic champions, chaotic geniuses, or the ultimate “football can be mad” Scudetto story?
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