Slaying the Football Giants: How Small Teams Can Succeed

Are you a fan of a minnow team, or a proud, historical team that has seen better days, a team that now has no money, or not enough money? Are the glory days of your team in the far distant past? Does your team lack the resources to compete with the big boys? You must have wondered if there is some magic formula to give your team a fighting chance, to at last put things on an even playing field. Is glory for your team possible again?

This book provides a comprehensive list of ideas, some practical, some visionary, that might make all the difference. Why don't you sit down with your mates in a pub and go through them over a few beers? As you know, the more you drink, the more your own ideas will flow, and the more sensible and realistic everything will seem.

Let's turn this whole shit show around. Let's give the little teams the best chance of taking down the arrogant big bullies. You must be sick of them by now, the same old teams winning everything, dominating the scene year after year. Yawn. If you don't support one of these giant teams, you're screwed. Your team will win nothing. You will never enjoy the sweet smell of success, the joy of winning, the ecstasy of seeing that big trophy lifted up and shown to you, the loyal fans (and you are of course the best fans in the world).

It can't go on like this. Let's all work together to make football competitive again. Right now, money is all that counts. The big teams simply buy the best managers, coaches and players. What does that have to do with sport? It's business. You might as well get accountants to face off against each other and wave their corporate gold cards, share portfolios, financial forecast spreadsheets, and five-year business cycle projections at each other.

We're all sick of it, and we all have to change it. C'mon, guys and gals, let's sort this out. No one else is going to do it. It's up to us. Let's save football.