Synopsis
The legacy of the English coaches who taught the world how to play football is preserved in the informal word for manager used in Italy, Spain and South America: ‘Misterâ€. From pioneers such as Fred Pentland and William Garbutt, who helped shape the Italian and Spanish game in the 1920s, to more recent exports, such as Roy Hodgson, this volume traces the history of Englandâ€s football missionaries.
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Rory Smith joined The Times as one of its leading football writers in 2012, having previously written for the Daily Telegraph, and he now writes for the New York Times. He worked with Rafa Benitez on Champions League Dreams, but this is his first book under his own name.
Review
`Superbly researched story...An ideal read in front of a warm log fire' -- Rory Briggs * squawka.com * `[A] fine book... [it] casts a fresh long-term perspective on footballing insularity, showing how British coaches helped bring the game to the world but found themselves and their insights forgotten or ignored at home.' -- Huw Richards * Guardian * 'As well-travelled and erudite a journalist as you will find...the candour of Smith's writing is one of the book's most endearing traits.' -- Andy Brassell * When Saturday Comes * 'A gratifyingly timely book. It explains how English football managers...were pivotal in making foreigners better at football than we are... So there is a strong seam of irony running through Rory Smith's excellent book.' -- Brian Viner * Daily Mail * 'It is in the small details of how the destinies of this band of proselytisers were forged that the book delivers such delights.' -- Ian Herbert * i *
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