It Shouldn’t Happen to a Manager

by Harry Redknapp

After 40 years in football management, there’s not a lot I haven’t seen. There’ve been big highs, but a fair share of lows too. When I have to make difficult decisions, I make a point of avoiding newspapers, phone-ins, Twitter – all of it. But there’s always a load of armchair-pundits waiting to start on me. Being a manager has never been easy, but between the fans and the media it often feels impossible to get it right.In It Shouldn’t Happen to a Manager, I talk about how different the job is now from what it was like when I used to play. For one, managers used to drive up and down motorways all day to scout for players – now there’s so much analysis and global scouting. It’s a different thing, completely. In this book, I share everything I’ve learnt from a lifetime of both wins and losses, and wisdom from greats like Cloughie and Ferguson. I’ll tell you about what actually happens in the dressing room, including when Clough smashed the door off its hinges; the bust-ups at full-time, like when I kicked a tray of sandwiches on Don Hutchinson’s head; and the times when I had to swap an arm round a player’s shoulder for a boot up the arse. It’s my guide to being a manager, the Harry way.

263 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 3, 2016

Reviews

[Margaret Ford]

Informative, funny and serious in equal measure.

An inside view of a managers career. Funny, serious and everything in between. An easy but imformative read for anyone interested in football.

[Rock Battye · Rating 3 out of 5]

Required reading for any billionaire thinking of buying a football club.

[AJRXII · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bit repetitive at times, not for anyone who doesn't like football but likes HR because of that naff show he won! It's readable though. I won't be reading any more of his books though 👍

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

An enjoyable read, some amusing and interesting anecdotes. Though if you have seen Harry as a pundit on tv chances are you have heard most of them before.


Enjoyable and a solid 3.5/5

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent football biography with some very amusing anecdotes although some stories are repeated, obviously missed by all concerned.

Ray Smillie

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of funny anecdotes and an entertaining read

[Lado Kilasonia · Rating 4 out of 5]

ეს მსუბუქად და საინტერესოდ დაწერილი წიგნი სხვანაირად ჩაახედებს მკითხველს ინგლისურ პრემიერლიგაში, მის ძველ ნახევრად სამოყვარულო და ახალ, სუპერ პროფესიულ სამყაროში!

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entire book read to me by Wanless Jr who gives it 4 stars for lots of funny short anecdotes.

[martin rogers · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing

[Graham Richards · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb book plenty of humour great interesting reading written by a great bloke

[Giles Guest · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amusing in places and an interesting view of football in places
Bit too much autobiography volume II rather than actual insight into being a manager though