JOHN LYONS looks at Graham Morse’s book on the career of the pioneering Sir Walter Winterbottom

IF YOU are wondering why England have had so little success on the international stage – one World Cup aside – then the biography of Sir Walter Winterbottom sheds some light.
Graham Morse’s fascinating book on his late father-in-law is an incredibly detailed account of Winterbottom’s life and his emphasis on the importance of coaching.
As the founders of football, the feeling back in the day was that we were the best. Yet while other countries took the game on, ...