Tony Waddington

Director of a Working Man's Ballet

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Av John Leonard

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Waddington, Director of a Working Man's Ballet is a biography of the former Stoke City manager, Tony Waddington, one of the most underrated figures in 60s and 70s football. It charts how a man with the appearance of an urbane bank manager belied the stereotype of the hard-nosed football manager as he turned around the fortunes of an ailing club on the brink of going out of business. Instead, Waddington led the Potters to promotion, secured the club's first major trophy and challenged for a league title in a season bedevilled by bad luck, before a financial calamity led to his departure. An advocate of free-flowing football, yet fielding some of the most uncompromising defensive players of his era, he reinvigorated old pros, inspired young players and won the adulation of a generation of fans. Tony Waddington, or 'Waddo' as he was affectionately known to fans and players alike, achieved all this as the director of what he fondly termed 'a working man's ballet'.

Produktinformation

  • Utgivningsdatum2018-07-30
  • Mått144 x 222 x 30 mm
  • Vikt480 g
  • FormatInbunden
  • SpråkEngelska
  • Antal sidor256
  • FörlagPitch Publishing Ltd
  • ISBN9781785314230