| The Football Manager: A History Contributor(s): Carter, Neil (Author) |
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ISBN: 041537538X ISBN-13: 9780415375382 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Soccer - Sports & Recreation | History |
| Dewey: 796.334 |
| LCCN: 2005022244 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.44" W x 9.52" (1.03 lbs) 216 pages |