Download e-book for kindle: Quiet Genius: Bob Paisley, British football’s greatest by Ian Herbert

Bob Paisley used to be the quiet guy within the flat cap who swept all household and ecu competition apart and produced arguably the best membership staff that Britain has ever recognized. the fellow whose Liverpool staff gained trophies at a rate-per-season that dwarfs Sir Alex Ferguson's achievements at Manchester United and who continues to be the one Briton to steer a staff to 3 eu Cups.

From Wembley to Rome, Manchester to Madrid, Paisley's workforce used to be the single not anyone might contact. operating in a urban which was once on its knees, in deep post-industrial decline, nonetheless tainted by means of the 1981 Toxteth riots and in a country of open conflict with Margaret Thatcher, he added a golden period – by no means re-attained due to the fact – which made town of Liverpool synonymous with luck and received them supporters across the world. but, thirty years considering that Paisley died, the lifestyles and instances of this intelligent, clever, visionary, modest soccer guy have nonetheless by no means been absolutely explored and explained.

Based on in-depth interviews with Paisley's relations and plenty of of the avid gamers whom he ended in a rare haul of honours among 1974 and 1983, Quiet Genius is the 1st biography to check extensive the secrets and techniques of Paisley's luck. It inspects his man-management techniques, his amazing eye for a very good participant, his uncanny skill to diagnose accidents in his personal avid gamers and the competition, and the depraved feel of humour which endeared him to such a lot of. It explores the North-East mining group roots which he loved, and considers his visionary outlook at the manner the sport may advance.

Quiet Genius is the tale of the way one modest guy entire greater than the other soccer supervisor, came upon his attributes mostly unrecorded and undervalued and, according to the gentler methods of his new release, didn't appear to brain. It finds a person who appeared out of preserving with the brash, big name recreation soccer used to be turning into, and who succeeded on his personal phrases. 3 a long time on from his demise, it's a soccer tale that calls for to be told.