The life and times of Herbert Chapman
Barclay, Patrick, 1947-2015
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Herbert Chapman, the boss of the all-conquering Arsenal team of the 1930s, was the father of modern football managers, arguably the greatest of all time and certainly the most imaginative. Much of the game's scenery, including floodlights and numbered shirts, was pioneered by him, and the legacy of his tactical approach survives to this day: fast and lethal counter-attack was his invention. Patrick Barclay's perceptive and highly informed biography also weaves Chapman's story into the momentous times through which he lived: the profound tragedy of the First World War, into which several of his players were drawn, the subsequent Depression and the rise of fascism.
Main title:
The life and times of Herbert Chapman / Patrick Barclay.
Author:
Barclay, Patrick, 1947-, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2015.
Collation:
ix, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781474600798 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.334092796.33409B
LC class:
GV942.7
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
470933
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