Como

Make The Case

Here is the argument for Como: Italy, Italy Serie A, and a ground called Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• Old enough to matter

  1907 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

• Nothing won, everything to play for

  No major honours on record, which means every cup run is uncharted territory and every promotion feels like a coronation.

• Close to the pitch

  Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia holds about 13,602. You can hear the defenders shouting at each other, which is the single best argument for lower-capacity football.

• You get a nickname

  Known as I Lariani (Those from Lake Como) I Biancoblù (The Blue and Whites) I Voltiani (T. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.