Alex Montgomery's acclaimed biography brings O'Neill's story right up to date with a look at what has kept him motivated at Celtic during the past twelve months and deals with every aspect of his life and remarkable career from the early days as a player in Northern Ireland to his joining the tyrannical Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest. From non-league Grantham Town via Shepshed Dynamo and Wycombe Wanderers, to Norwich City, Leicester City and Celtic, where he broke the Rangers monopoly of Scottish football and resurrected Celtic's ambitions in Europe, the book chronicles O'Neill's managerial triumphs. Montgomery offers a rare insight into the beliefs, the lifestyle, the ambitions, hopes and fears of a private and complex football man.
Alex Montgomery is a highly respected football journalist who has covered nine World Cup Finals and is a former chairman of the Football Writers' Association. He has worked as chief football writer for a number of the country's biggest newspapers and is now operating as a freelance principally for the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail.
Title: Martin O'Neill: The Biography
Author: Montgomery, Alex
ISBN: 9780753509586
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Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Publication Date: 2005-02-10
Number of Pages: 300
Weight: 0.2813 kg
""""""""""""'A good, detailed account of the man who comes across as a complex, eccentric and driven character' The Times; 'A brilliant new biography' Ireland on Sunday; 'An absorbing read, thoroughly researched, entertainingly written' Belfast Telegraph""""""""""""