STAN Ternent's sensational autobiography went on sale at Turf Moor this afternoon, providing fans with a remarkable look into his life both in and out of football.
And the Burnley boss admitted: "Perhaps this will give the supporters an insight into how low you can get as a manager sometimes.
"There are some very personal things in the book but I felt if I was going to do it, I had to do it totally honestly."
In one of the most moving and honest accounts he reveals how he even used Holy water from Lourdes to try and help stop the rot at Turf Moor in his first season as manager, with a traumatic relegation to the third division looking a distinct possibility.
Ternent certainly pulls no punches and he talks openly about how a conversation with his wife Kath, after a depressing home defeat by Preston, was the final straw that saw him pushed to try something drastic.
In the book he reveals how on one Tuesday afternoon the couple made the short trip from their home in Burnley and sprinkled the water in the centre circle, in both goal mouths and also where he stands by the home dug-out, in an attempt to turn the tide that had been against him almost from the moment he took over as manager the previous summer.
The next game saw his side collect a point from a trip to Wrexham, the start of an unbeaten run of 11 games that not only ensured survival but was to prove the launch-pad for the promotion success the following season.
He actually admits in the book that he wondered if people would think him daft for doing it but his desire to make it a true record of his life ensured he included it.
"The book is about my trials and tribulations, it is about family stuff and the people I have met in football," he said. "But it is also about the good times, the funny times."
The Burnley boss explained that the explosive book, co-written with Clarets fan and journalist Tony Livesey, is a "warts and all account" that covers more than 40 years in the game as a player, coach and manager at clubs across the country.
The book lifts the lid on his relationships, good and bad, with everyone from Vinnie Jones and Ian Wright to his well known dislike of Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock.
It is a tale of punch-ups and promotions, passion and pain with many hilarious highlights that illustrate life in professional football.
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