Books for football managers

Dutchy80

I am looking for book(s) for and about football managers. How should a football manager manage his/her team... I would like to read about this.

Thanks for all your feedback.

mrsdewinter

Ooh... As a complete ignoramus of the game, can I make a recommendation? It's 'Provided You Don't Kiss Me' by Duncan Hamilton. It's an up-close look at how Brian Clough managed Notts Forest after his return from Leeds. Extremely interesting to see how Clough, in his own way, used psychology to get the best from his players. Very, very odd things, like bringing his men on the tear the night before a big match. Being a stickler for how his players dressed off the pitch. Instilling discipline. Drawing press flak away from his players... What is plain is that, at the height of his powers, Clough weighed every tiny action up before bellowing even the most minor command.
I'd recommend it to anybody. Really fascinating study of leadership

mikemac

Anything on Brian Clough
The two I've read are here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Clough-Autobiography-Brian/dp/0552140031/ref=pd_sim_b_1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cloughie-Walking-Water-Brian-Clough/dp/0755314301/ref=pd_sim_b_2


The Italian Job by Gianluca Vialli and well known journalist Gabriele Marcotti
Now here's a book on management. Discusses fitness, wage caps, transfer spending, psychology and many other topics

tHE vAGGABOND

every football manager or fan should read the miracle of castel di sangro by joe mcginniss

Up there with the best 2 or 3 sports books ever written imho!

Dont be at yourself

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Inverting-Pyramid-History-Football-Tactics/dp/0752889958

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Does what it says on the tin.