In spite of the ICWQC’s ban on ‘managerial trash talk’ - a ban that many believe to have been created with Gwenog in mind - Jones has missed no opportunity to belittle and insult the Brazilians ever since learning that her team would face them in the quarter-finals
-- Ginny Weasley's report on the Brazil v Wales match in the Daily Prophet, 4 June 2014 (Pm)
For a professional Quidditch team, the person with overall responsibility for organisation and management of the team.
Team managers develop strategies and tactics, coach the players and generally organise and manage the players, their training and game schedules. They also hire and fire players (Pm, DP2, DP3)
Some teams may also additionally have a team coach or trainer for specific aspects of the game.
This role is covered by the Captain of Quidditch on a school team.
Known Quidditch team managers:
- José Barboza, Brazil National Team 2014 (Pm)
- Charlie Baverstock, New Zealand National Team 2014 (Pm)
- Hector Bolobolo, Fiji National Team 2014 - he is referred to as their "manager and trainer" (Pm)
- Philbert Deverill, Puddlemere United (DP1, DP2)
- Ragmar Dorkins, Chudley Cannons (DP1, DP2, DP3, DP4)
- Franziska Faust, German National Team 2014 (Pm)
- Ferdinand Jägendorf, Liechtenstein National Team 2014 - he is referred to as their "coach and manager" (Pm)
- Gwenog Jones, Welsh National Team 2014 (Pm)
- Cormack McLeod, Montrose Magpies (DP2, DP3)
- Arnulf Moe, Norwegian National Team 2014; this team also had a named coach, Oddvar Spillum (Pm)
- The ambitious Romanian National Team manager, whose error in judgement led to the "Attack of the Killer Forest" disaster during the 1809 Quidditch World Cup final (Pm).
Commentary
Notes
Although the dates printed on the Daily Prophet Newsletters are DP1: 31 July 1998, DP2: 8 February 1999, DP3: 1 June 1999 and DP4: 1 October 1999, the timeframe for those events is 1992-1993.
From the Web
Writing by J.K. Rowling on Pottermore: History of the Quidditch World Cup
Screenshots of the Daily Prophet's coverage of the 2014 Quidditch World Cup: http://imgur.com/a/AXutv
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