Product Description

The Doc' is one of the most colourful characters in football. Always outspoken and honest, headlines have followed him throughout his career. He achieved success on the pitch with Preston and Scotland but it is as a manager that he secured his place in football history. The remark that he has had more clubs than Jack Nicklaus cannot be disputed: fourteen teams in four different countries. He resigned from Chelsea; he was sacked by Manchester United within two weeks of winning the 1977 FA Cup and at Derby he became embroiled in a bitter legal dispute. Now, for the first time, the Doc tells all about his life in football and those he has shared it with - Shankly, Busby, Clough, Ramsey, Stein. This is a story like no other, from one of the biggest personalities of the game.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #72778 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-09
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

About the Author
Tommy Docherty's playing career began at Celtic in 1947 before he joined Preston. He made over 300 league appearances for the club and played in the 1954 FA Cup final. He won 25 caps for Scotland and played in the 1954 World Cup. From Preston he moved to Arsenal where he played for three years. He was appointed Chelsea manager in 1962 and achieved promotion to Division One, won the League Cup and reached the FA Cup final. From there his managerial career encompassed 12 different clubs together with the Scotland post. Docherty managed Manchester United in the mid-70s and Derby County. He retired from football in 1988 and has made a successful career as a TV pundit and after-dinner speaker.

Customer Reviews

Football Autobiography Enthusiast
The first thing you notice about this book compared to other football based autobiographies, is that it has a lot of pages. You then worry that you are going to get lots of lists and boring data of when he played who he played against, padded out by the odd story or two!

This is not the case, this is a well written book allowing Tommy to clearly explain his passion for football. The chapters are well defined and lead you step by step through the events of his life. I particularly enjoyed the section of his time at Chelsea, and the logic he applied to his transfer dealings.

The chapters soon fly by and your knowledge of Tommy by the end, certainly in my case had changed my opinion of him. The Mary Brown saga that ended his time at Manchester United, was put into perspective when you realise that thirty years later they are still together.

I would certainly recommend this book if you are around 50 years old and have personal memories of the times.

Red Devils
Tommy was a hero to many united fans and his sense of humour and lust for life shone through.

Unfortunately there are 170 pages concentrating on his playing career at Preston, which was overcooked.

It starts to get interesting in the last 1/3rd, the quotes for which he is famed are not interwoven throughout the book, but are listed on 8 pages at the back.

The book suffers for that.

What does become apparent his how dedicated and professional he was in his career. He sufferred from having thje reputation of being the man to call in when things have gone wrong and the club needs a clear out.

I missed the real character coming through, a shame.