DoomMerchant wrote:great read. i love hearing about the back and forth with managers and officials and players on the pitch.
Sometimes here in the US we wire up coaches and people on the sidelines in NFL matches. i'd love to see a footy match with both managers wired up to hear their running commentary during the match. that would be fascinating to me.
cheers
Mate, there are two programmes you should watch about English football that feature wired up managers
One features Ian Holloway (not entirely football related but it is totally captivating viewing)
In June 2004, Holloway took part in the BBC series "Stress Test". The documentary addressed the fits of rage which were disrupting Holloway's home life, with the help of psychologists and an anger management expert. Holloway said afterwards: "If I hadn't done that programme, I wouldn't be sitting here now. Before I did it, I believed that I was a person who was kind, considerate, and believed in free speech. The anger management expert showed me I was a jumped-up, obnoxious little git who wouldn't listen at home because of what happened at work. If I'd carried on the way I was, I would have destructed everything I had." As a result he changed his attitude, and painted Promotion, an abstract canvas in the style of Jackson Pollock which hangs in the lounge of the family home.
The other features Graham Taylor when he was in charge of England's (failed) attempt to get to the 1994 World Cup. It too is utterly absorbing (and hilarious) for all the wrong reasons.
Don't know if you can get hold of the first one anywhere but here is part 1 of the latter
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:14 pm