He talks about his pride in captaining his country and the elation he felt when Northern Ireland qualified for the 1982 World Cup.

Written with his trademark honesty and humour, this autobiography is from one of the most compelling and well-respected players and managers in football, Martin O'Neill. Go behind-the-scenes on his international career for Northern Ireland, playing alongside and getting to know the Belfast Boy himself, George Best. Imagine having three life-coaches who had been through the toughest mental and physical challenges; a crack team of problem-solvers who knew in their day job that one mistake could be the difference between life - and death.

Martin tells of his exhilarating highs and painful lows; from the joys of winning trophies and promotion to making the difficult decision to retire as a player, boardroom drama, relegation scraps and being fired. But, for some reason his managerial time became almost just a list of dates and scores and ended up being like so many other average football biographies. This grossly oversimplified understanding has created many complexities in our lives and taken away from us the very fundamentals of the joy of living.

It gets too similarly paced toward the managerial side of life and a brief, short sentence structure soon follows in what becomes a highlights reel. As Celtic manager he led the club to seven trophies, including three Scottish Premier League titles, and to the 2003 UEFA Cup final.

There are not enough examples of situations that occur with individuals and he barely references many big games with Celtic or the last two seasons he was there. Martin O’Neill has had one of the most incredible careers in football – winning European Cups, captaining his country at a world cup, and decades as a hugely successful manager. No previous biographer has experienced even a tiny taste of the polar hell on earth endured by Shackleton and his men.