Neil Warnock: Made in Sheffield (Made in Sheffiled: My Story - Neil Warnock)

Member Name: edwardday

Product:	Made in Sheffiled: My Story - Neil Warnock
Date:	02/09/09 (15 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Well written and thorough

Disadvantages: Obvious bitterness

As anyone with a good knowledge of football would expect, Neil Warnock has led a colourful managerial life and this book is excellent at recounting his achievements and scrapes throughout his career.

As a Notts County fan, I am a huge fan of Neil Warnock for his extremely successful spell at Meadow Lane. I half expected that once I had read the chapter about his time in Nottingham, I would lose interest but this wasn't the case.

The book takes you right from the beginning during his childhood and finishes at his current club, Crystal Palace. He describes in detail his playing and managerial career and the various enemies he has encountered along the way - Arthur Cox and Stan Ternent to name a couple.

Whilst there is quite a lot of resentment and bitterness in this book from Warnock e.g. the Tevez saga whilst at Sheffield United, there is also unexpected praise for people you wouldn't expect - He devotes a whole chapter to referees and there are actually some that he has good things to say about!

Love or hate Warnock, this is a great read and is quite unique for current football autobiographies in that it tells the story of his whole life which is much more printworthy than a story about Wayne Rooney's life up to the age of 22!

Its clear from the book that Warnock has always been a grafter and even those who despise him may find themselves empathising with some of his gripes that he still holds today!

Summary: Well worth a read