Article content But now — three seasons after the last match was played there — the soccer pitch at the Marconi Club on Clarke Road, which was more than just a place to kick a ball around, is being plowed under before fading into the city’s past. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. A field of dreams for London's Italian community passes into history Back to video “It was nice to have a field of our own. It was nice to have a home,” said Rocco Cifaldi, who was instrumental in getting the field built and keeping it running. Cifaldi proudly notes it was he and another Marconi Club member who set up the first goalpost on the grounds in the early 1980s.