The greatest football manager you’ve probably never heard of

About this episode

Mario Rosenstock discusses the life and impact of football manager Helenio Herrera with writer Richard Fitzpatrick.

I am a huge football fan, and I love the history of football too. I’m fascinated by the best players we’ve had the privilege of watching over the years, my all-time favourite being Diego Maradona , and also by the great managers like Alex Fergusson and Jose Mourinho – many of whom I’ve caricatured on Gift Grub over the years. And that’s why I was delighted when I received a copy of a new book about one of the most interesting and successful football managers of all time - and you’ve probably never heard of him! I certainly hadn’t anyway. His name was Helenio Herrera , also known as HH, and what a life story he has. Born into poverty, he went to become an ok football player but incredibly accomplished, wealthy and famous football manager - he’s also credited with inventing the modern style of football management. Barcelona-based Irish football writer Richard Fitzpatrick has just published a fascinating profile of this man – its called HH: Helenio Herrera – Football's Original Master of the Dark Arts , and he joins me on this episode of the Mario Rosenstock Podcast to tell me all about it. COMEDY - As this episode is all about great football management, we put a call in to…

People in this episode

Host: Mario Rosenstock

Guest: Richard Fitzpatrick

Topics covered

• football management
• Helenio Herrera
• football history
• famous footballers
• football managers
• comedy

Keywords

• football
• management
• Helenio Herrera
• Diego Maradona
• comedy
• football history
• Richard Fitzpatrick

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: HH: Helenio Herrera – Football's Original Master of the Dark Arts

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