English bosses are an endagered breed according to their own association - no fewer than 47 of 98 football managers who took a health check were revealed to have heart conditions.

The League Managers Associations chief executive John Barwell condemned the practice of targeting managers for the sack, and therefore placing extra stress on an already highly pressured job.

Stressed out football managers will be wired up this season to check for early signs of heart attacks.

Monitors have been sent to every premiership club and mangers in odays big Football League kick-off will have the first chance to try them out, with Premiership bosses joining in the scheme in a fortnight.

Healthcare systems throughout Europe are feeling the strain due to the ever increasing demands made upon them to provide treatments and solutions and many cardiovascular related diseases (CV).

The corporate setting provides an ideal location for delivering both cardiac rehabilitation and preventative strategies that can help combat the ever increasing burden that cardiovascular illness is placing upon society.

John Barnwell's coaching career was truncated by a serious car crash when he was on his way home from a charity dinner arranged with a view to raising funds for cancer research. He was lucky to survive an impact which left the rear view mirror embedded in his skull. Trying to analyse the underlying causes of the accident, he put much of it down to the sheer intensity of the managerial role at football clubs.