N'afọ 1943, Paisley so ndị agha nke asatọ banye na Sicily.
ma mesịa banye Ịtali. Mgbe ọ nọ n'ọrụ na Ịtali, ọ natara ozi na nwanne ya nwoke nke obere Alan, dị afọ iri na ise, anwụọla n'ụlọ ya site n'ọrịa scarlet fever na diphtheria. Na June 1944, Paisley sonyere na ntọhapụ nke Rome ma banye n'obodo ahụ n'elu tank, ihe omume ọ chetara afọ 33 mgbe e mesịrị mgbe Liverpool meriri na 1977 European Cup Final na Rome's Stadio Olimpico. Ndị agha Paisley kwagara Florence ebe ha mara ụlọikwuu na ACF Fiorentina's Stadio Artemio Franchi. Na Florence, Paisley hụrụ ihe ngosi ịkụ ọkpọ nke Joe Louis na Sugar Ray Robinson mere nke mere ka ha nwee mmasị n'egwuregwu ọzọ na nke ya na Bill Shankly kesara agụụ mgbe ha na-arụkọ ọrụ ọnụ.