The Football Manager : A History

ISBN-13: 9780415375382 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 204 str.

Neil Carter

Opis

Football managers are at the center of today's commercially-driven football world, scrutinized, celebrated and under pressure as never before. This book is the first in-depth history of the role of the 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 - specialization and the influence of foreign managers and management practices
- the future of football management

"The Football Manager" 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.
For those interested in the history of football and for those interested in management more generally, this book is a valuable new resource.

Spis treści

1. The Origins of Football Management  2. The Pioneers, 1880-1914  3. 'Organising Victory': Herbert Chapman and Football Management Modernity  4. The Emergence of the Football Manager, 1918-1939  5. The Modernisation of Football Management, 1945-1970  6. Managers in the Television Age, 1970-1992  7. The 'Postmodern' Football Manager?  8. What Difference Does a Football Manager Make?  Conclusion.  Appendix.  Index

O autorze

Carter, Neil