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• I was tipped off about this book by the only man I know who is obsessive about the game as I and he sold it as the "best book he'd ever read". With such high praise from one so well read I had to get it and certainly wasnt disappointed. A superb account of Clough at his best and presumably worse. This book could be the real thing along the lines of the Turin shroud, I believe it is close enough to the man himself to have been written by him (im sure his family would best answer that claim) Peaces attention to detail with regard to the eras football is outstanding and god only knows who long his research took him, to keep the book as accurate as it was. If there is a criticism I wonder how someone without knowledge of the era of the game it describes would follow the story. The charachters are real and those with knowledge dont need a mental picture, because we know who they are how they played etc. Whether a football inactive would find this quite so enjoyable is debatable but as this doesnt apply to me, stuff em I absolutely loved it. It is particularly ironic to me that two iconic managers despised each other so much. For those unaware of the geography they were practically brought up in the same street in middlesbrough (near as damn it) which again is very strange but good if like me you are from the same place.

  5.00 out of 5

  jigwagigiggs

• This is the best book I have ever read about football, and up there with one of the best books I have ever read. Although you (may) already know what is going to happen the narrative keeps you turning the page to see what will happen next. This book presents a superb insight into the obsessive, backstabbing and corrupt world of 1970's English football with nasty players, self important chairmen and at the centre of it all Brian Clough.

  5.00 out of 5

  oszymandias

• Read about Brian Clough's journey into hell. my book of the year.

  5.00 out of 5

  seoman

• I found this book entirely engrossing. i was just eleven years old when Clough took on the job of managing Leeds United and though I was obsessed with football I was naturally unaware of the undercurrents.This fictional account from Clough's viewpoint intermingles reflections on each of the 44 days that he passed as manager of Leeds with reminiscences of his previous career, starting with the horrific injury to his cruciate ligament that, effectively ended his playing career. (Incidentally this was the same injury that Paul Gascoigne suffered, delaying his move from Spurs to Lazio).It was also enthralling to read accounts of Clough's relationship with Peter Taylor, and also with a raft of players whom i remember so vividly from ATV's Star Soccer which was essential viewing every Sunday afternoon (whatever happened to Hugh Johns?), and, of course, Don Revie, whom he despised beyond measure.The unanswered question, though, is why he ever took the job on in the first place. Still, having read this I am desperate now to see the film

  4.50 out of 5

  Eyejaybee

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