Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #451 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Customer Reviews

Greatest Sports Book Ever
This IS the greatest book about sport ever.The story is so amazing you couldnt make it up.It tells the story of Brian Cloughs 44 days at Leeda as well as the end of his playing career through injury to his turbulent time at Derby.Clough hated everything about Don Revie and Leeds yet somehow Leeds offered him the managers job when Revie left to manage England and Clough excepted.The Leeds players hated Clough and he hated them.34 years later you have to ask the question why did Leeds offer him the job.
There are no winners in this amazing story.Clough,the Leeds players and the Leeds board all dont come out with any credit.It was a match made in hell that was always going to end in disaster.

Th amazing thing is Clough went on to manage Nottingham Forest to the title and the trophy Revie and Leeds so much wanted to win the European cup.You could not make it up

I have no interest in football, but this is an astonishing read
An astounding book. A riveting portrait of fraility and self-doubt full of drama and pace and tragedy. I have little idea who most of these people are but was utterly gripped by the sheer power of the prose. Just amazing.

It's like your really there.
What can I say other than as I said in the review title you feel as if you are there when the events take place,however you have an advantage if you actually lived through those years,if you can visualise the faces of the people involved; Clough,Taylor,Bremner,Giles..........who are really the 4 main central characters.It is brilliantly descriptive writing,I cannot recommend it highly enough.