THE MANAGER: THE ABSURD ASCENT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN IN FOOTBALL

Book ID/图书代码： 07980008B29949

English Summary/英文概要： This is a book about the dramatic change in status and style of the football manager. It describes in detail the journey from man with sponge - and perhaps a medicine ball - through flamboyant medallion-wearing eccentric, to handsome celebrity millionaire fronting up a UN anti-landmine campaign. Football journalist Barney Ronay writes hilariously about this transition, examining the idiosyncrasies of some of our favourite gaffers along the way and unearthing a wealth of previously unknown anecdotes as well. THE MANAGER gives brilliant accounts on football’s personalities and how they have driven the game’s development, and its watershed moments. There are choice chapters on the big characters (Matt Busby, Alf Ramsey, Brian Clough, Bill Shankly, Jock Stein, Alex Ferguson), and a unique take on what they gave us. For example, Busby created the idea of the manager as your dad, Bill Shankly gave the manager his voice, Brian Clough his personality, Alf Ramsey believe it not his swearing.

There are stories on the showmen (Malcolm Allison, John Bond, Terry Venables), foreign managers in the English leagues (Mourinho, Eriksson, Wenger), plus a nice history of the game’s earliest characters. The book also is a witty, original record of the last century in British football and the big points along the way – like the England team’s defeat to the Hungarians in 1953, the 1966 World Cup, the coming of the Premier League.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這是一本關於足球教練的書，詳細的描述了從最初使用海綿---或者是一個空心球，華麗的獎章，衣著古怪，到百萬富翁的形成更使其成為一項聯合比等賽。足球新聞記者巴尼·羅內Barney Ronay輕鬆愉悅的描述了這一轉變，並講述了這些受歡迎教練的特質，以及許多不為人知的軼事。
本書是關於足球發展的一部傑出記錄，當中提及前曼聯教頭馬特‧貝斯比爵士Matt Busby, 1966年世界冠軍隊長Alf Ramsey, 里茲聯足球隊經理Brian Clough, 前利物浦領隊Bill Shankly, 前拉斯哥流浪者隊教練Jock Stein, 現任曼聯對教練Alex Ferguson精選的章節，加上獨一無二的視角呈現給讀者。
同時，書中還有一些著名風頭人物（如：Malcolm Allison, John Bond, Terry Venables），一些英聯盟的外籍經理人（如：Mourinho, Eriksson, Wenger）的故事，也為早期比賽的人物史增添絢爛的描述。本書更記錄了英國足球史大事記，如1953年英國擊敗匈牙利，1966年的世界盃，以及即將到來的英超聯賽。(ZH & VL)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Barney Ronay regularly writes for The Guardian’s Saturday sport section, G2, FourFourTwo magazine, the Observer Sports Monthly and When Saturday Comes magazine, as well as making appearances on national radio and on television.
巴尼·羅內（Barney Ronay），定期為《衛報週六運動欄》，《觀察者運動月刊》，《週六特刊》，並經常上廣播和電視節目。

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