The football manager
Subtitle: a history
By: Neil Carter.
Series: Sport in the global society
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Soccer -- Great Britain -- Management -- History; Soccer managers -- Great Britain -- History; Soccer -- Great Britain -- History
Description: Neil Carter explores football management from the early amateur days to the high-profile, multi-faceted and demanding professional role that exists today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of football management; title: The pioneers, 1880-1914; title: 'Organising victory': Herbert Chapman and football management modernity; title: The emergence of the football manager, 1918-1939; title: The modernisation of football management, 1945-1970; title: Managers in the television age, 1970-1992; title: The 'postmodern' football manager?; title: What difference does a football manager make?.