On 16 January 2025, after months of behind the scenes wrangling, a Texas-based private equity firm, Presidio Investors, acquired 100% ownership of Hellas Verona Football Club. Richard Hough, author of Verona...
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Notes from Verona: Where are all the Italians?
With just one Italian in Hellas Verona's starting eleven, Richard Hough, author of Verona Campione, the Miracle of 1985, asks "Where are all the Italians?"...
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Notes from Verona: Humbled by Lazio
Richard Hough, author of Verona Campione, the Miracle of 1985, reflects on a humiliating defeat and meets a Lazio fan trying to follow in Tim Parks' footsteps by attending every...
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Notes from Verona: Another season with Verona
Richard Hough, author of Verona Campione, the Miracle of 1985, finds little cause for optimism as Hellas Verona get their 2025/26 season underway....
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Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a line-up for … Hellas Verona
The Gentleman Ultra is back with a new Series. This time its the nostalgic Serie A teams of Calcio. Richard Hough takes his pick from the Hellas Verona golden...
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Italy at the Euros (Part II)
With the knock-out phase of Euro 2024 about to commence the Gentleman Ultra reflects on the highs and lows, heroes and villains of past European campaigns....
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Italy at the Euros (Part I)
With the group stages of Euro 2024 reaching its climax the Gentleman Ultra reflects on the highs and lows of past European campaigns....
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The 10 greatest Italian players snubbed by the Azzuri
This is a collection of players whose talent, for one reason or another, was never fully recognised by the Italian national team. Careers cut short by injury, illness or...
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That Crazy Faith
From Verona in Italy, Richard Hough charts the highs and lows of following his local team, Hellas Verona. In this Notes from Verona column he reflects on the unlikely joy that...
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From Braveheart to the Bel Paese: Scottish football players in Italy (Part I)
From Verona in Italy, Richard Hough's “Notes from Verona”, charts the highs and lows of following his local team. In this second monthly column he remembers the handful...
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