Steve Leach Livres

Focusing on a client-centered approach to job development, this workbook offers practical strategies and real-life examples to guide individuals in their career choices. It emphasizes the significance of self-determination, encouraging individuals to take control of their future by making their own informed decisions. Through various exercises, readers can actively engage with the material to enhance their job development skills.

Disillusioned with the corporate ownership, mega-bucks culture, and overpaid prima donnas, of the Premiership, Steve Leach embarked on a journey to rediscover the soul of professional football. His journey, over the 2012/13 season, took him to twenty-four different Football Conference towns and fixtures, visiting venues as diverse as the Impact Arena in Alfreton, Stonebridge Road in Ebbsfleet, and Luton's Kenilworth Road. Encountering dancing bears at Nuneaton, demented screamers at Barrow, and 'badger pasties' at rural Forest Green - Steve unearthed the stories behind the places and people - it was a journey that showed just how football and communities intertwine, and mean something. As the season progressed Steve relished how unfancied teams of part-timers, such as Braintree Town and Dartford, could defeat higher status opponents, and watched 'big name' clubs such as Luton Town and Lincoln City struggle to make an impact. Throughout all this, his anguish grew at the prospect of his beloved Stockport County getting relegated. Conference Season is a warm and discerning celebration of the diversity of towns and clubs which feature in the Conference, and of the supporters who turn up week-after-week to cheer their teams on.

Meat-and-potato pies, quirky club mascots, standing room paddocks and hyperlocal sponsors... at every local club, there is much more about 'going to the match' than the match itself.

The narrative explores the tumultuous journey of Blackpool and Wigan Athletic during the 2015 season, highlighting their dramatic fall from Premiership status. The clubs faced numerous challenges, including pitch invasions, abandoned matches, and a series of disappointing defeats. Amidst this chaos, their Chairmen faced F.A. bans for inappropriate conduct, and managerial instability plagued both teams. The story captures the inevitability of their decline from the Championship to Division One, reflecting a poignant moment in football history.

The book explores the effects of the English government's prolonged decline due to decades of increasing centralization on local government institutions. It highlights the significance of local governance in maintaining the democratic integrity of a unitary state, providing a critical analysis of how these dynamics shape political and administrative landscapes.