A Season in the Red: Managing Man UTD in the shadow of Sir Alex Ferguson

What does it feel like to follow in the footsteps of Britain's most successful manager? To have your every decision, move and word scrutinised worldwide? How do you capture the heart and soul of Manchester United?

With unrivalled access to Old Trafford, Jamie Jackson charts the disastrous ten-month reign of David 'The Chosen One' Moyes and the club's first season with the Iron Tulip, Louis Van Gaal: authoritarian, joker and self-proclaimed genius. Featuring revealing interviews and analysis of the key players and events - from the Glazers and their frontman Ed Woodward's vision, the captaincy of club stalwart Wayne Rooney, through to the testing times experienced by new arrivals Radamel Falcao and Luke Shaw - Jackson reveals why Moyes was always doomed to fail and how Van Gaal has reinvigorated United's chances of winning silverware again.

From boot room to boardroom, pitch side to press room, A Season in the Red is the insider's story of life in the Red seat at the biggest club in the world.

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A Season in the Red: Managing Man UTD in the shadow of Sir Alex Ferguson

What does it feel like to follow in the footsteps of Britain's most successful manager? To have your every decision, move and word scrutinised worldwide? How do you capture the heart and soul of Manchester United?

With unrivalled access to Old Trafford, Jamie Jackson charts the disastrous ten-month reign of David 'The Chosen One' Moyes and the club's first season with the Iron Tulip, Louis Van Gaal: authoritarian, joker and self-proclaimed genius. Featuring revealing interviews and analysis of the key players and events - from the Glazers and their frontman Ed Woodward's vision, the captaincy of club stalwart Wayne Rooney, through to the testing times experienced by new arrivals Radamel Falcao and Luke Shaw - Jackson reveals why Moyes was always doomed to fail and how Van Gaal has reinvigorated United's chances of winning silverware again.

From boot room to boardroom, pitch side to press room, A Season in the Red is the insider's story of life in the Red seat at the biggest club in the world.

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A Season in the Red: Managing Man UTD in the shadow of Sir Alex Ferguson

A Season in the Red: Managing Man UTD in the shadow of Sir Alex Ferguson

by Jamie Jackson
A Season in the Red: Managing Man UTD in the shadow of Sir Alex Ferguson

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by Jamie Jackson

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What does it feel like to follow in the footsteps of Britain's most successful manager? To have your every decision, move and word scrutinised worldwide? How do you capture the heart and soul of Manchester United?

With unrivalled access to Old Trafford, Jamie Jackson charts the disastrous ten-month reign of David 'The Chosen One' Moyes and the club's first season with the Iron Tulip, Louis Van Gaal: authoritarian, joker and self-proclaimed genius. Featuring revealing interviews and analysis of the key players and events - from the Glazers and their frontman Ed Woodward's vision, the captaincy of club stalwart Wayne Rooney, through to the testing times experienced by new arrivals Radamel Falcao and Luke Shaw - Jackson reveals why Moyes was always doomed to fail and how Van Gaal has reinvigorated United's chances of winning silverware again.

From boot room to boardroom, pitch side to press room, A Season in the Red is the insider's story of life in the Red seat at the biggest club in the world.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781781315415
Publisher: Aurum Press
Publication date: 08/20/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 9 MB

About the Author

JAMIE JACKSON is the Guardian and Observer's Manchester football correspondent, and has been reporting for the papers since 2002. Jamie has a BA in Film and Theatre and an MA in Journalism, he lives in Manchester.


JAMIE JACKSON is the Guardian and Observer's Manchester football correspondent, and has been reporting for the papers since 2002. Jamie has a BA in Film and Theatre and an MA in Journalism, he lives in Manchester.

Table of Contents

Prologue vii

Book 1 Sir Alex Ferguson 1

Chapter 1 Shadows Falling 5

Chapter 2 The Art of Being Ed Woodward 11

Book 2 David Moves 19

Chapter 3 The Best Day 23

Chapter 4 The Case for Hope 29

Chapter 5 Trouble in Sydney 33

Chapter 6 'Wow' 44

Chapter 7 Six Games That Kill 60

Chapter 8 Regrets: They've Already Had a Few 64

Chapter 9 The Skies are Wayne Rooney's 72

Chapter 10 Everybody Wants to Leave United Apart From Somebody 75

Chapter 11 20 April 2014, Goodison Park 95

Book 3 Louis van Gaal 99

Chapter 12 The Unveiling 103

Chapter 13 Late in Pasadena 113

Chapter 14 A Season in the Red 139

Chapter 15 Galacticos on Mancunian Way 158

Chapter 16 A Purple Patch 183

Chapter 17 The New Year Coming 219

Chapter 18 The Way Forward at Last 246

Chapter 19 A Season in Review 261

Chapter 20 Season of the Dead 277

Epilogue 291

Sources 298

Acknowledgements 299

Index 300

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