On Days Like These: The Incredible Autobiography of a Football Legend

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However, at times it felt a little rushed - for example, both his early professional career and how he felt when he won the league with Nottingham Forest seem to be covered very briefly.

Billy Bingham made O’Neill the first Catholic captain of Northern Ireland, which represented a seriously bold move in the early 1980s. He gives a decent and open view of his sporting life that sheds light on a truly remarkable career at the very top of the game.O'Neill represented Northern Ireland over sixty times, playing alongside George Best and captaining the side at the 1982 World Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals. Nottingham Forest made history at home and abroad without those involved ever knowing how fabled their run was. Not surprisingly for a man of Martin O'Neill's intelligence, this one was written by the man himself.

A key part of Brian Clough’s legendary Nottingham Forest team in the ‘70s and early ‘80s, he represented Northern Ireland more than 60 times and led them to the 1982 World Cup. As a player O’Neill represented Northern Ireland over sixty times, playing alongside George Best and captaining the side at the 1982 World Cup.O’Neill sees the irony, then, in feeling he was an “outsider” or a “northerner” when taking charge of the Republic. Sometimes it was overpowering and you looked for relief but there was something brutally brilliant about it. I also liked how he talked about his relationship with various chairman at clubs he worked at which provides insight we don't hear much about in other manager autobiographies. For the first time, Martin O'Neill reflects on one of the most varied and successful football careers in the British Isles.