Third level – Seria C/1. Two groups of 18th teams each. The last 4 relegated to 4th division, the top 2 promoted to 2nd Division.
Girone A:
Forli – last with 22 points.
Pro Patria – 17th with 30 points.
Mestre – 16th with 30 points.
Piacenza – 15th with 32 points. Head-to-head record against 4 other clubs with the same points relegated them.
Rondinella Marzocco – lucky 14th with 32 points.
Modena – 13th with 32 points.
Sanremese – 12th with 32 points. This is the team of the city famous for its pop-music festival – San Remo. However, football is entirely different matter.
Brescia – 11th, but lucky to avoid relegation further down, for they also finished with 32 points. Perhaps one of the best known clubs now in Third Division – down on their luck, surely. And dressed in red, not on their usual blue – that is, a relatively rare picture of the team in their reserve kit.
Treviso – 10th with 33 points.
SPAL – 9th with 33 points.
Trento – 8th with 33 points.
Fano – 7th with 33 points.
Parma – 6th with 34 points. Parma was still unheard of club, for which second division was somewhat of a wild dream.
Rimini – 5th with 37 points. Stella Artois is a household name today, but back in 1980s the beer makers could push their add only in third division. Different times…
L.R. Vicenza – hard to believe that ‘only yesterday’ they were running for the Italian title. Once Paolo Rossi left, it was only downhill… to 4th place in third division so far. 37 points.
Carrarese – 3rd with 40 points. Like San Remo, Carrara is not famous for its football, but for something entirely different.
Padova, advertising the famous Bata shoes, finished 2nd with 43 points and was promoted. Happy boys.
Triestina – champions of Girone A of Serie C/1 with 47 points. Going to second division and rightly so.