Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography - Rilegato

Wilson, Jonathan

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ISBN 10: 1409123170 ISBN 13: 9781409123170

Casa editrice: Orion, 2011

Riassunto

'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 to floodlit nights of European glory by the misty banks of the Trent, Clough, incredibly, brought the gleam of silverware to the depressed East Midlands of the 1970s.

Initial triumph at Derby was followed swiftly by the high drama of sudden departure and a traumatic 44 days at Leeds. By the end of a frazzled 1974, Clough, always mindful of his austere roots in a Middlesbrough council estate, was set up for life financially, but also hardened to the realities of football. By the time he was at Forest, Clough's mask was almost permanently donned: a persona based around an exaggerated brashness and seemingly unquenchable thirst for conflict. The mask, though, doubled as a shield behind which lurked a more insecure, less confident being, a man who while craving company was frequently alone . . . Drink fuelled the controversies and the colourful character; it heightened the razor-sharp wit and was a salve for the highs of football that never lasted quite long enough, and for the lows, wh

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Recensione:

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)

The definitive tome, a massive undertaking that charts his entire life rather than snippets of his career (Ben East METRO)

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 covers 30 years of Cloughie's grandest deeds, and yet perhaps the most interesting thing about Clough is how his legend endures to this day. (Tristan Freeman SUNDAY EXPRESS)

Wilson tracked down a wealth of witnesses and has marshalled a his material with a sure, skilful hand. (Simon Redfern THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY)

Wilson has made his reputation as a highly original football writer with a series of books displaying a healthy, and rare, obsession with tactics. His Clough book benefits from this unusual approach. (Mark Perryman MORNING STAR)

Descrizione del libro:

The final word on Brian Clough.

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• Editore: Orion
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1409123170
• ISBN 13: 9781409123170
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 576