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Always Managing: My Autobiography (2013)

by Harry Redknapp(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0091957575 (ISBN13: 9780091957575)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Ebury Press

review 1: One of my favourite books about a true character in the beautiful game. He is not the stereotypical wheeler-dealer Del-Boy that we all like to portray him as, though he does show a bit of that in the book, particularly with Bournemouth, there is a lot more to the manager and man than that.He has no qualms about showing that he is most comfortable with football in his life and shows that it doesn't take all the analysis and statistics the modern managers of today to become a great manager. His methods on treating players like Merson and Kanu while at his club and why three good players will always be better for a relegation-battling side than one true great with a bad attitude show why he has kept up with the times when other managers have fallen by the wayside (and shows w... morehy QPR could not be saved, that was a shambles of a club, if the documentary on them didn't show that already.)But it's the stories around the football rather than on it that make this book stand out as one of the best autobiographies on the sport. The antics of Paulo Di Canio, how Kanu still had a few years left in him, playing with Bobby Moore, there's more to this manager than most modern equivalents today. This is football from the 60's still working in the world of today and in the end you have to admire the more-rounded character that this book shows. A must-read in my opinion.
review 2: Harry in his own words comes across as a nice guy and family man. What I like about Harry is his modesty. He's not a man who goes around boasting about how good he is. Says things like anybody could have got this Tottenham team out of relegation. Not sure about his version of the Billy Bonds situation or his opinion about Hartson's nasty attack on his team-mate. I reserve judgement on both. Nevertheless, he appears to be a friend you could trust. There are some amusing comments about some of his players. There aren't many major revelations but the book is entertaining all the same. A football man through and through and despite the court cases and accusations, probably one of the more honest and genuine guys around. less

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