Parma ensured their demotion to the fourth tier of Italian football lasted just a solitary year by completing a triumphant unbeaten campaign to end the Serie D season as champions.
The 1999 UEFA Cup winners have had to adjust quickly to life at the top level of amateur competition having featured in Serie A until financial catastrophe struck.
A decrease in the standard of football is one thing but Parma have also got used to stadiums that do not quite resemble San Siro or the Stadio Olimpico.
There will be no better example of this than their final match of the season away to Sammaurese, which they won 2-0, after the groundstaff accidentally painted the centre circle out of shape.
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The wonky ring at Stadio Lentigione Levantini Campo A looks unlikely to meet the required 9.15-metre consistent diameter but the officials appearenced unconcerned by its irregularity.
After amassing 94 points from their 38 games, Parma have moved up the Italian football ladder and will ply their trade in the Lega Pro next term.
Hopefully for the former Serie A giants their rise will be met with a similar standard of pitch improvements.
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