Who is REALLY the special one?

This month's FourFourTwo came with a pull-out debating the 20 greatest managers in British football.
I figured it was pretty interesting so... here's the Top 10! (Because I'm a lazy arse and can't be bothered to type out all the stuff...)

 

There are two pages on each of them so I'm not going to type it all up but they're being judged on:
Success. Man Management. Strategy. Tactics. Team Building. Genius.
If you want to read it all - go buy FourFourTwo because Barry Fuller is in it and if you live somewhere cruel who doesn't understand footballing needs... you can have mine when I'm done! :p

10. Bill Nicholson
Tottenham Hotspur 1 League Title, 3 FA Cups, 2 League Cups, 1 UEFA Cup, 1 European Cup Winners' Cup.

"If you don't have to drag yourself off the field exhausted after 90 minutes, you can't claim to have done your best."


9. Arsene Wenger
Arsenal 3 League Titles, 4 FA Cups



"I think in England you eat too much sugar and meat and not enough vegetables."
(I have no idea why they picked that particular quote either...)

8. Herbert Chapman
Arsenal 2 League Titles, 1 FA Cup



"The most opportune time for scoring is immediately after repelling an attack."


7. Bill Shankly
Liverpool 3 League Titles, 1 Division Two Title, 2 FA Cups, 1 UEFA Cup



"A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are."


6. Brian Clough
Nottingham Forest 1 League Title, 4 League Cups, 2 European Cups



"Rome wasn't built in a day. But I wasn't on that particular job."

5. Sir Alf Ramsey
Ipswich Town 1 Division Three (south) Title, 1 Division Two Title, 1 League Title
England 1 World Cup



"Never change a winning team."

4. Sir Matt Busby
Manchester United 5 League Titles, 2 FA Cups, 1 European Cup



"If you don't put them in, you can't know what you've got."

3. Jock Stein
Celtic 10 Scottish League Titles, 8 Scottish Cups, 6 Scottish League Cups, 1 European Cup



"I think it is important to win a match, but I think what is even more important is the manner in which you win."


2. Bob Paisley
Liverpool 6 League Titles, 3 League Cups, 1 UEFA Cup, 3 European Cups



"I keep reminding players that when you're in a fog, you must stick together. Then you don't get lost."

1. Sir Alex Ferguson
Manchester United 11 League Titles, 3 League Cups, 5 FA Cups, 1 Cup Winners' Cup, 1 FIFA World Club Cup, 2 Champions League Titles



"My greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their fucking perch. And you can print that."

I think the quotes are pretty revealing about their characters, no?

Ok, feel free to argue about this amongst yourselves. I'm going to give FourFourTwo a call and ask where Mark Stimson is.

 

Sort-of-sauce as the article isn't actually on the website...