It was an unlikely association, a young, aspiring athlete and an aging official and administrator. Except that they shared a first name and a strong love for Italian food. However, in the case of the old school referee, he loved all kinds of food. But they were inseparable, the young kid named Angelo Guglielmello and the referee named Angelo Frannicola.

The relationship began when Guglielmello was just a toddler, but became tighter when Guglielmello was playing in the Nutley Recreation football league. “I was really young,” Guglielmello said. “His daughter (Antoinette Giglio) was my second grade teacher (at Spring Garden School). From an early age, he pointed me in all the right directions and which roads to take. I didn’t know anything when I started playing, but he helped me out a lot. We would go out to dinner a lot.”