Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You ' Martin O'Neill had a point. Jonathan Wilson, in this first full, critical biography draws an intimate and powerful portrait of one of England's greatest football managers, and his right-hand man, Pe
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| Title | : | Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.71 (420 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1409123170 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2011-11-20 |
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'I was asked in an interview to sum up Brian in three words. I think he would be insulted to be summed up in three volumes.' Martin O'Neill had a point. Brian Howard Clough was never less than a complex man; the sum of a contradictory bunch of impulses, desires and drives. Jonathan Wilson, in this first full, critical biography draws an intimate and powerful portrait of one of England's greatest football managers, and his right-hand man, Peter Taylor, and reveals how their identities were forged in the unforgiving world of post-war football, a world where, as Clough and Taylor's mentor Harry Storer once said, 'Nobody ever says thank you.' Clough's playing career was famously and brutally cut short in the sleet and mud at Roker Park on Boxing Day, 1962. It was at that point that Peter Taylor remarked the iron first entered into his pal's soul. But as the likes of Inter Milan became a familiar sight in the mud of the Baseball Ground, and the residents of Nottingham were soon accustomed t
Editorial : A comprehensive new biography SPORT MAGAZINE (This) is the most comprehensive account we have had of this remarkable man so far. -- Rod Liddle SUNDAY TIMES There's no question, Wilson's done a hell of a job. Look no further for this year's must-have Christmas book. SEATPITCH The most researched BC book ever penned Shortlist 20111123 The definitive tome, a massive undertaking that charts his entire life rather than snippets of his career -- Ben East METRO 20111130 This is the first work to document properly Clough's early life, and indeed the complete life, from childhood in Middlesbrough to the booze-sodden befuddlement of early old age. As such, it is the first complete biography and Wilson, whose father watched Clough play for Sunderland at Roker Park in the early 60s, is a natural choice to write it. -- Barney Ronay THE OBSERVER Painstakingly researched, it's a hugely intimate portrait, with the mental impact of his ruined carer providing most intrigue. FOUR FOUR TWO Wilson's book c
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