The extraordinary story of British football coaches, unknown and unappreciated in their home environment, who, starting a century ago, set the foreign game on the road to superiority. A gallery of diverse and sometimes extravagant personalities - mavericks and loners - and a humbling tale of English insularity. Some of that insularity persists, the author argues, but it is the account of the pre-war era which is the vivid heart of the book.
(Tony Pratt - bwl 91 Winter 2019 ) |
