Between Match-fixing controversies and publicity stunts, football has rarely seen an owner as bizarre or brilliant as Perugia’s Luciano Gaucci
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In the summer of 2002, Asian football was thrust into the global spotlight thanks to a highly successful World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The entire planet sat back and revelled in…
In 1532, Niccolò Machiavelli published a now-famous treatise on leadership and governance. ‘Il Principe’ advised that, in an imperfect world, man must do whatever it takes to succeed and thrive. Machiavelli argued that…
The very mention of Paolo Rossi can conjure to mind just one image, and this is entirely understandable. It’s July 1982 in Barcelona at the Estadi de Sarrià. Wearing the Azzurri number…
Provincial sides rarely achieve glory in Serie A, and though Perugia fell agonisingly short of the title in 1979, their names are atched into history