Football Manager

<p>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. </p><p>Using original source materials the book traces the changing character and function of the football manager covering:</p><ul> <li>the origins of football management – club secretaries and early pioneers</li> <li>the impact of post-war social change – the advent of the football business</li> <li>television and the new commercialism</li> <li>contemporary football – specialisation and the influence of foreign managers and management practices</li> <li>the future of football management.</li> </ul><p><em>The Football Manager</em> 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. </p>