Pennant

Italian and other Southern European migrant communities were instrumental in increasing the popularity of soccer in Australia. Antonio Giordano's involvement in the Italian community in Australia involved a range of activities, including the promotion of sports and social gatherings. He helped set up the Roma Amateur Sports Club in 1955, and edited its newspaper. This pennant is indicative of the role of sport in the formation and maintenance of cultural identity.
It is a yellow triangular canvas pennant representing Roma Soccer Club and features the words "A S ROMA" inside a red triangle on one side, and on the other side “A S ROMA" plus the club emblem. The emblem depicts the figures of Romulus and Remus with the wolf and the letters 'ASR'. The base has string looped through but is sewn unevenly.
The Roma Amateur Sports Club was formed by prominent Italian South Australian Antonio Giordano. Giordano arrived in Australia in 1924 at Western Australia, travelling around the country for a period of ten years to earn his keep. He is known for his pride of his motherland and as an advocate for minority groups, as well as his journalistic achievements.
The pennant was kindly donated by Antonio Giordano's wife Lucy after his death. Giordano was chairman (1960-62) of the Adelaide Juventus Sports and Social Club, a founding council-member (1962) of the South Australian Soccer Federation and an active member of the Good Neighbour Council. An advocate for newly arrived Italians, he promoted the establishment of an Italian cultural and social centre.