England Managers
England Managers

Author: Brian Glanville

Publisher: Headline

Published: 2014-05-22

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1472220684

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The England national team has had 12 full-time managers and Brian Glanville has known them all. In this fascinating account of each man his strengths, weaknesses and impact on the game Brian Glanville provides an in-depth analysis of the team as well as the individuals under scrutiny. Funny, controversial, measured and thought-provoking, Glanvilles assessment of why England has underachieved is required reading for all football fans and for every member of the FA Committee if they are prepared to confront some unpalatable truths. On Revie: He was never cut out for the lonely exposed life of an international manager almost pathologically thin-skinned. On Robson: A mixture of good and bad luck characterised his years. He never seemed fully in control. On Venables: Highly competent but appointed a few years too late. On Hoddle: A curates egg of a regime.'

The Ultimate Football Managers Quiz Book
The Ultimate Football Managers Quiz Book

Author: Nigel Freestone

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2014-11-05

Total Pages: 19

ISBN-13: 1910295973

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If you are a football fan there is little doubt that you will be able to name many of the world's most famous managers and the teams they are associated with but how much do you really know about them? Now, there is an easy way to find out more about all those memorable football managers, past and present, by having a go at the 101 questions in this new quiz book. Who was the first foreign manager of an English top-flight club? What was the last senior club managed by former England manager Terry Venables? How many seasons was Alex Ferguson in charge of the Red Devils? These are just some of the brain-teasing questions you will find in The Ultimate Football Managers Quiz Book. Whether you can readily recall all those iconic managers and the teams they led to victory, and sometimes defeat, or need a little reminder, this book is sure to prove popular with anyone interested in the beautiful game. Entertaining and informative, this is a must-have book for football fans of all ages.

The Football Manager
The Football Manager

Author: Neil Carter

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-04-18

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1134186932

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This clear and accessible book is the first in-depth history of the role of the football manager in British football, tracing a path from Victorian-era amateurism to the highly paid motivational specialists and media personalities of the twenty-first century. Using original source materials, the book traces the changing character and function of the football manager, covering: the origins of football management – club secretaries and early pioneers the impact of post-war social change – the advent of the football business television and the new commercialism contemporary football – specialisation and the influence of foreign managers and management practices the future of football management. The Football Manager fully explores the historical context of these changes. It examines the influence of Britain's traditionally pragmatic and hierarchical business management culture on British football, and in doing so provides a new and broader perspective on a unique management role and a unique way of life.

Football and Management
Football and Management

Author: S. Soderman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-11-14

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 0230391184

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What happens off the football pitch? This volume mixes storytelling with theoretical and conceptual reasoning to analyse marketing, product, product development and management, as well as (in football terms), the atmosphere, match, training and club management.

Football Nation
Football Nation

Author: Andrew Ward

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2009-08-03

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 1408803526

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Football is at the heart of British national identity, intrinsically linked to our social history. Through more than forty fascinating stories Football Nation reveals the hidden and not-so-hidden history of the game since 1945. From the mass audiences of austerity Britain and the introduction of floodlights at Accrington Stanley in the 1950s, through the escalating hooliganism of the 1970s and the arrival of the first all-seater stadium at Coventry in the 1980s, to the Hillsborough disaster and the coming of the Premiership, Andrew Ward and John Williams reveal the truth about the national game as it was once and is today in the age of satellite TV, celebrity lifestyle and extreme wealth. Looking back at the days when footballers were amateurs who travelled to the match with the fans, right through to the present day where top-flight players command a higher weekly wage than the average spectator can earn in a year, Football Nation is informed, wryly amusing, often surprising and always vastly entertaining. It offers an entirely fresh perspective on the history of the beautiful game in Britain.

1966 And Not All That
1966 And Not All That

Author: Mark Perryman

Publisher: Watkins Media Limited

Published: 2016-06-21

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1910924091

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A unique 50th anniversary collection of superlative writing and new football thinking. A first-ever oral history of ’66 combined with match reports provided by writers from each of the countries England played, create a highly original view of the tournament - how the fans watched the games, the stadia, the newspaper and TV reporting are each revisited. The politics, music and fashion of ’66 are examined too, exploring the forces of fan resistance in England and Germany that have found common cause in opposition to the corporate take over of the game, as well as the entirely new ranking system that calculates England’s fall, and occasional rise, from 1966 to 2016, showing who has overtaken England and why.

The Book of Football Quotations
The Book of Football Quotations

Author: Phil Shaw

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-04-30

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 1446458903

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The greatest football quotations collection ever, now in its ninth edition. This compilation includes quotes from everyone – Shakespeare to Suarez, Camus to Cantona, Busby to Beckham – who has made an apt, pithy or comical comment about football. And not just footballers and managers either – fans, pundits, groundsmen, directors and wives all get to have their say too. Every subject is covered, from tactical debates to changing lifestyles, to produce a sometimes hilarious and always thought-provoking commentary on the game. ‘My players are always the best players in the world, even if they aren’t’ - José Mourinho ‘He was a quiet man, Eric Cantona, but he was a man of few words’ - David Beckham ‘Sometimes when you aim for the stars you hit the moon’ - Ian Holloway