Cullis, Stan 136, 171, 172
Curbishley, Alan 6, 7
Curle, Keith 365, 366
Czech Republic 13, 15, 16, 259, 274
Daily Telegraph 171
Daish, Liam 205
Dalglish, Kenny 20, 24–6, 37, 95, 163, 171, 207, 230, 231, 237, 243, 373
Darlington 256
Dartford 136, 146, 309, 318
Davey, Carl 228
Davis, Liam 167–8
Dede 17
Defoe, Jermaine 228
Dejagah, Ashkan 255
Dembele, Mousa 250, 259
Dempsey, Clint 250
Den Haag 329
Denswil, Stefano 81
Derby County 139, 165, 227
Devaney, Martin 190, 191–2
development circuit 365
development contract 237
development cycles 60, 293
development team/matches 149, 158, 197, 226–7, 258, 262, 277
Di Matteo, Roberto 126
Diarra, Mahamadou 255
Dickinson, Liam 139, 140
Dobie, Luke 192
Dodd, Jack 184
Dodds, David 220
Donachie, Willie 244
Doncaster 335
Doughty, Nigel 306–7
Dowling, Luke 364
Downing, Stewart 26, 340
drugs, performance-enhancing 174
drugs, recreational 140–1
Dulwich Hamlet 146, 261
Dundee United 243
Dunfermline 217
Dunk, Lewis 151–2
Dunne, Charles 374
DVDs, watching players on 43, 144, 162, 246, 258, 262, 275, 318, 328, 350
Dyer, Paul 155–7, 158, 159, 160, 351–2
Eastham, George 137
Eastick, Brian 2, 114
Eastman, Tom 118–19, 120
Eastwood, Freddy 148–9
Ebbsfleet United 205, 207
Edwards, Cameron 223
Edwards, Duncan 97
Edwards, Michael 25, 27, 28, 238, 374
Ellington, Nathan 45
Elite Player Performance Plan (EP3) 7–9, 71, 73–4, 75–6, 132, 226, 234
Emenalo, Michael 175
Emirates Stadium 272
Endean, Barry 266, 267
England:
under-19s 13–18, 150–1, 308
under-20s 2, 114
under-21s 134, 137, 201, 217
v Hungary, 1953 171–2
England, Mike 275
Eriksson, Sven-Goran 102–3, 186, 241,
319
Eskisehirspor 240
Essex 284
Essien, Michael 247
ethnicity of youth teams, change in 61, 63, 65, 66
Europa League 115, 240
European Super League 79
Evans, Chris 107
Evans, Maurice 203–4
Everton 22, 27, 161
academy 41
performance analysis, use of 38–56, 257, 360
reserves 147
satellite feeds, use of 257
scouting and recruitment operation 38–56, 166, 175, 182, 192, 267–8, 269, 360
secret room 38–56
youth teams 226, 228
see also under individual manager, scout and player name
Evesham United 217
Exeter 194, 217, 355
exit trials 210–26
FA Cup 285
1969/70 266–7
1974/75 2
2001/02 161, 164
FA Trophy 207
FA Youth Cup 131
2010/11 113
2011/12 4–6, 9–12, 110
2012/13 373
Fadhel, Hussain 307
Fallows, Dave 237–8, 373, 374
Farnborough 206, 305
Fazackerley, Derek 240–1
FC Twente 321
feeder clubs 64, 190, 325
Fenway Sports Group 161
Ferdinand, Kane 157, 307
Ferdinand, Rio 83, 91, 134, 363
Ferguson, Sir Alex 55, 243, 287, 288
Ferguson, Duncan 39
Fernandes, Tony 345, 349
Fernandez, David 238
Feruz, Islam 11–12
FIFA: third-party ownership and 325, 326, 327
Fiorentina 255
Fischer, Viktor 81
fixture co-ordinators 71–2
Fleig, Gavin 186–8
Fonte, José 144
football:
analytics and see analytics
as a people’s game 56
conservatism of 170
feudalism 102
follows trends 246
introspection in 87
movement of time in 49
recession in 190
short-termism in 88, 142, 253, 287, 347, 354, 364, 368
social change and 66, 236
Football & Science conference, Docklands 181
Football Association (FA) 57, 172, 327, 362
coaching syllabus/courses/badges 58, 60, 260, 298, 299
headquarters 57
national school, Lilleshall 279–80
Pro Licence 298
Football League 5, 6, 8, 67, 90, 96, 101, 216, 240, 245
Football Scouts Association 362–3
Forest Green Rovers 311–12, 369
1461 Trabzon Karadenizspor 190
Frampton, Andy 166, 168–9
France 34, 94, 128, 142, 213, 247, 259, 320–1, 325, 346, 355
Freedman, Dougie 365
Frei, Kerim 90
Fry, Barry 212
Fuccillo, Lil 16, 206
Fulham 27, 126, 244, 247, 353
academy 236
scouting/player recruitment 32, 85, 90, 152, 176, 194, 198, 200–1, 202,
249–59, 260, 262, 269, 284, 306
youth team/policy 132, 200, 236, 260, 262
Furzefield Centre, Potters Bar 68
Futsal 73
Gardner, Gary 10, 83
Garlick, Richard 327
Garrido, Javier 245
Gazidis, Ivan 305
Gazzaniga, Paulo 163, 164, 166, 168, 169, 228, 295–6, 314, 315
Gemmell, Allan 125, 126, 127, 129, 131, 132, 133–4, 135, 136–7, 138–9, 141,
142–3, 144–7, 306, 307–8, 309–10
Genoa 17
George, Charlie 275
German, Antonio 206
Gerrard, Steven 161, 364
ghost games 189–209
Giggs, Ryan 287, 288, 350
Gillespie, Steven 115, 118, 121, 123
Gillhaus, Hans 351
Gilligan, Jimmy 217, 218, 219, 220–6
Gillingham 102, 163, 166, 167, 168, 296, 314, 355
Gilzean, Alan 243
‘glue guy’ 331
Gnabry, Serge 308
Gol Football Luxembourg SARL 52–3
Goldsmith, David 218–19
Goldstein, Harold 344
Goodlad, Mark 218
Goodman, Jon 181, 218
Goodwin, Dave 83
Gounet, Antoine 205–6
Gradi, Chris 89
Granada 265, 268
Granero, Esteban 351
Grant, Jorge 220–1, 223
Grant, Russell 4–5
Greaves, Jimmy 127
Green, Bill 103
Greenhalgh, Brian 265, 267–8, 355
Griffin, Gary 358–9
Griffin, Gloria 353–4
Griffin, John 164, 197–8, 199–209, 261–2, 263–5, 318, 353–5, 357–61, 374
Grimaldo, Alex 82–3
Grimsby Town 192
Gritt, Steve 6–7, 80, 354, 369
Guardian 187
Gudjohnsen, Eidur 247
Gunn, Angus 90–1
Gunn, Bryan 90–1
Guppy, Steve 111
Gutierrez, Teo 328, 329
Guzan, Brad 49
Hall, Asa 166
Hall, Ryan 157
Halsey, Jason 107–8, 110, 116, 235, 306
Halsey, Mark 107
Hamilton, David 287
Hancocks, Johnny 277
Harper, Alan 22, 151, 238, 373
Harper, Jack 91
Harris, Kadeem 198
Hart, Joe 150, 152
Hartford, Asa 242
Harvey, Tyler 374
Hause, Kortney 374
Hayes, Anthony 73
Hayes, Steve 198–9, 263
Hazard, Eden 323
Head, Steve 253
Hearn, Barry 140
Helsingborg 217
Henderson, Jordan 26, 33, 340
Hengen, Thomas 43
Henry, Thierry 142
Henry, Tony 43
Heskey, Emile 331
Hessenthaler, Andy 314
Hibernian 106, 245, 369
Hills, Lee 157, 158, 160
Hitchen, Steve 22, 163, 231
Hodgson, Roy 259
Hoffenheim 320
Holden, Dave 15
Holland 14, 37, 52, 251, 258–9, 362, 363, 369
Holland, Pat 125–8, 129–31, 133, 134, 135–6, 137, 138, 139, 140–2, 143, 144, 308–9
Holloway School 273, 275, 276
Holloway, Ian 312
‘Hot Hands’ in basketball 334
Houllier, Gerard 23, 338
Howe, Don 277, 278–9
Howell, David 212–13
Hreidarsson, Hermann 71
Huddersfield Town 139, 152, 267, 354
Hughes, Charles 172
Hughes, Mark 231, 344, 345, 346, 349,
351
Hughton, Chris 150–1, 154–5, 240, 242, 245, 246, 297
Hull City 105, 136, 165
Hungary 138, 171–2
Hunter, Alan 156
Hunter, Barry 238, 348
Hurst, Geoff 127
Huston Astros 174
Hoofball 171
Ibe, Jordon 29, 198, 373
Ince, Rohan 237
Independiente 328
Iniesta 333
internal metrics 173–4
Internazionale Milano 78, 89, 90, 94
Ipswich 12, 156, 287, 306, 365
Ivory Coast 133
Jaaskelainen, Jussi 247
Jack, David 257
Jackett, Kenny 14, 93, 149–50, 152, 164
James, Bill 36, 172–3, 187
James, David 32
Japan 34, 51, 54, 251
Jelavic, Nikita 51
Jennings, Billy 2
Jewell, Paul 139, 287
John, Elton 265
Johnsen, Ronnie 246
Johnson, Gary 206, 262
Johnson, Jamie 5–6, 10, 92, 149–50, 239–40, 370
Johnson, Mel 62, 93, 148, 149, 167, 198, 228, 242, 294, 312, 355, 370
agents, on 9–10
Brendan Rodgers and 237–9, 295, 296, 371–2, 374
career path 12–13
Damien Comolli and 12, 24, 33, 91, 161–3, 170, 207–8, 231, 237–40, 371–2
Gareth Bale, scouting of 12, 152
insecurity of job 161–4, 207–8, 231, 257, 363
Jack Butland, interest in 150–3, 157–8, 159, 160, 351, 373
James Ward Prowse, interest in 296
Joe Hart, misses out on 152–3, 198
Jordon Ibe and 29, 198
Liverpool and 12, 20–1, 22, 24, 33, 91, 161–3, 170, 207–8, 231, 237–40, 295, 296, 371–2, 374
Luke Shaw, interest in 294, 295–6
match reports 17–18
newspapers, use of 13, 153
NextGen Series, watches 81, 89, 90, 306
Oxford United and 165–6
Paulo Gazzaniga, watches 166, 295–6
poaching of young players, on 81
prioritising of football in life, on 372
promotes scouts he respects 208, 355
secretive world of scout, on 9
study the man not the game, advises author to 15, 62
Tottenham, career at 12–13, 14, 242
Johnson, Robbie 281
Johnson, Steve 262
Jol, Martin 21, 251
Jones, Dave 107, 111, 286
Jones, Julie 102
Jones, Mick 136, 137, 138, 157
Jones, Murray 236
Jones, Steve 100–5, 106, 108, 109, 110, 115–24, 125–6, 208, 240, 241–2, 367–9
Joorabchian, Kia 325, 326
Journal of Sports Science 171
Juventus 255
Kane, Harry 14, 15–16
Kane, Todd 10, 17, 110
Kay, Michael 189
Keane, Roy 165
Kedwell, Danny 167, 168
Keegan, Kevin 186
Kember, Paul 261
Kember, Steve 261
Kemp, Andy 212
Kendall, Howard 268
Kenwright, Bill 45, 55
Keown, Martin 275, 281–3
Keown, Niall 282
Kerrison 327
Kettering 318
King, Bryan 43
Kirkland, Chris 49
Kiwomya, Chris 365, 366–7
Klaassen, Davy 81
Knapper, Ben 179–82
Knebworth Youth 68
Koscielny, Laurent 322
Krul, Tim 364
Kysela, Marek 89
L’Equipe 320
L’Orient 322
LA Lakers 332
La Liga 53, 265, 313, 369
Labyad, Zakaria 329
Lambert, Paul 155, 240, 244–5
Lampard, Frank 296
Lampton School, Hounslow 63–4
Landsdown, Jon 354
Landsdown, Steve 367
Langford, Bobby 80
Lanus 328
Las Palmas 369
Lascelles, Jamaal 133–4, 308
Laudrup, Michael 324
Law, Jack 193
Lawlor, Jim 269
Lazio 245
League Managers’ Association 362
League One 10, 50, 56, 80, 96, 100, 104, 108, 109, 110, 194, 199, 206, 208, 209, 284, 367
League Two 149, 152, 167, 198, 263, 357
Lee, Elliot 10
Lee, Rob 10
Leeds United 139, 140, 185, 245, 373
Legge, Leon 205
Leicester City 103–4, 137, 241, 267, 313
Leilei, Gao 256
Lens 323
Leonard, Steve 68, 69
Lescott, Joleon 41
Letchworth Garden City Eagles 68
Levy, Daniel 133
Leyton Orient 13, 68, 126, 128, 140, 141, 203, 240
Ligue 1 313, 319
Lille 320, 323
Livermore, Jake 130
Liverpool 1, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19–20, 134, 226, 250, 266–7, 275, 364
Academy 22, 29, 31, 94, 95, 340–1
analytics and 12, 13, 20–8, 33–7, 55, 91, 95, 151, 161–4, 170–1, 205, 231, 237–8, 257, 340–2, 371–2
Comolli and see Comolli, Damien
Melwood training ground 19, 20, 37, 373
NextGen Series and 81, 82, 85, 89–90, 94, 130–1
recruitment/scouting 21, 22, 26–37, 55, 77, 81, 94, 95–6, 149, 150–3, 159,
160, 227, 228, 230, 231, 232, 237–40, 295, 296, 340–1, 348, 351, 355, 373–4
see also under individual manager, scout and player name
Livingstone 244, 245
Llandudno Junction 194
Llorente, Fernando 322
Lloyd, Barry 124, 125, 126, 128–9, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 139–40, 141, 142, 143–4, 145, 146, 236
Loesch, Jochen 326–7
Lomas, Steve 106–7, 109, 115–16
Loughborough University 216
Luhnow, Jeff 174
Luiz, David 323, 325
Lumsden, Jimmy 47
Luton 16, 22, 67, 68–9, 206, 212, 231
Lyall, John 129
M’bia, Stéphane 351
MacDonald, Angus 205
Mackay, Malky 286–7, 297
Mackintosh, Alistair 176–7, 255–6
Maidstone United 128, 31
8
managers:
as scouts 7, 245–6
average lifespan of 142
delegation and 138–9
great clubs shaped in image of 55
match reports and see match reports
missing out on player because of scout 149–50
networking 80, 153, 264
passes on scout recommendations 259, 322
performance analysis and 39
sacking of 12–13, 48, 103–4, 207–8, 237–42
scout, relationship with 20, 21, 25, 28, 39, 40, 44, 47, 48, 93, 95, 116, 138–9, 140, 142, 149–50, 153, 204, 225, 235, 240–2, 245–6, 247, 259, 265, 269, 287, 288, 316, 321, 322, 358, 361, 370
shape scouting operation 38–40, 43, 44–52, 55–6
short-termism and 88, 142, 347, 354, 364, 368
sign players with whom they have worked 237
signs players scouts don’t agree with 246
stop going to games 44, 245–6
technology and 97, 183
see also under individual manager and scout name
Manchester City 43, 91, 231, 319, 326
data analysis and 185–8
feeder clubs 52
scouting/recruitment 11, 28, 31, 40, 52, 82, 83, 95, 149, 151, 153, 185–8, 228, 229, 238, 256, 280, 308, 346, 347, 348, 360
waste of money 40
Manchester United 178, 201, 254–5
EP3 and 8
Prozone and 184
scouting/recruitment 13, 17, 29, 41, 81, 98, 146, 147, 161, 245, 246, 269, 317
Mandaric, Milan 104
Mangotsfield United 316, 317
Mannone, Vito 49
Marcina, Alen 256
Marshall, John 201
Martinez, Javier 322
Martyn, Nigel 206–7
Marwood, Brian 82
Mascherano, Javier 325
match reports 133, 140, 143, 151, 160, 165, 227, 241, 258, 279, 288, 298, 346
Everton and 40, 43, 46, 53, 54–5
intellectual property rights and 54–5
key questions in 121–4
length of 124, 143
Mel Johnson and 13–14, 17–18, 151, 207–8
opposition reports 25, 46, 47, 74, 90, 101, 102, 117–24, 165, 253
outline of 117–24
pay for 117
ranking of players in 119–21
standardisation of 43
storage of 40, 258
technology and 40, 97, 117
time consuming nature of 108
McAnuff, Jobi 224
McCaffrey, Daniel 356–7
McCall, Steve 12, 306
McCarthy, Mick 287
McClaren, Steve 178, 321
McCoist, Ally 244
McDermott, John 87–8
McDermott, Terry 240
McInnes, Derek 368
McLachlan, Scott 175, 176–7
McNally, David 247
McParland, Frank 22, 31, 32, 33, 94–5, 96, 230, 340–1
Mee, Bertie 276
Megson, Gary 107
Memphis Grizzlies 330
Mendes, Jorge 326
Merson, Paul 275
Messi 333
Metz 321
Miami Heat 330–1
Michu 324
Middlesborough 145, 178, 192, 362
mileage men 2, 100–24, 268, 287, 354, 369
Miles, Taylor 9
Milk Cup 228
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