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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 )
Wilson superbly gets tp the heart of what made the former Nottingham Forest boss tick and gives a real insight into how he proved to be so successful...this book chronicles the life of a truly extraordinary character with a style that keeps you engrossed for every single page. (Gareth Maher IRISH DAILY MAIL )
(This) meaty one-volume biography of Clough will be probably as close to definitive as anyone ever gets. ...in this compelling book/ (Liam Mackey IRISH EXAMINER )
Jonathan Wilson's book on 'old big 'ead' is the most complete and in depth to date...Wilson's book is beyond compare. (CHOICE MAGAZINE )
Jonathan Wilson's mighty new biography...is a 565-page opus. (Harry Pearson WHEN SATURDAY COMES )
(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 )
Wilson superbly gets tp the heart of what made the former Nottingham Forest boss tick and gives a real insight into how he proved to be so successful...this book chronicles the life of a truly extraordinary character with a style that keeps you engrossed for every single page. (Gareth Maher IRISH DAILY MAIL )
(This) meaty one-volume biography of Clough will be probably as close to definitive as anyone ever gets. ...in this compelling book/ (Liam Mackey IRISH EXAMINER )
Jonathan Wilson's book on 'old big 'ead' is the most complete and in depth to date...Wilson's book is beyond compare. (CHOICE MAGAZINE )
Jonathan Wilson's mighty new biography...is a 565-page opus. (Harry Pearson WHEN SATURDAY COMES )
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The final word on Brian Clough. (20120101)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I would like to say thank you....,
This review is from: Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography (Hardcover)
Having devoured everything written about Clough for the past 15 years, I purchased this book more from a completeness perspective rather than hoping to discover anything new. When this weighty tome arrived my fears were compounded, because at over 500 pages it wasn't to be tackled by the light hearted either. Easy holiday read it wasn't going to be. However, after managing to fit this into the luggage, I was pleasantly surprised. Whilst it is detailed, it does in my opinion, provide a definitive biography of one of the most celebrated managers of all time. Yes, it does make many references of the other published work (all of which I have read) but in a conextual way and with the ultimate objective of providing a balanced view of the great man. The other biographies (Hamilton's in particular)are doubtless more amusing, but paint Clough in the usual misty eyed way. This presents him with all of the idiosyncracies and complexities he clearly had, some of which will make even the most committed wince. The drinking issue was clearly prevalent at various points in his career and whilst it seemingly lurched out of control during those last few years at Forest, it was by no means exclusive to that final ill fated season.Ultimately though balance comes to the fore. Peter Taylor's contribution in their most productive phase starts to get the recognition that hasn't really been seen in other works. Equally, the lack of recognition he received (not just from other writers and career stakeholders, but from Clough himself) is redressed somewhat. Everything the pair touched ultimately did not turn to gold and on several occasions both their personal and professional judgements are called into question. Clough's final phase at Forest, without Taylor, although destined to end in the ignominy of relegation in 1993 is covered with critical acclaim. Whilst many suggest that Clough achieved little without Taylor by his side, Wilson profers that actually this was Clough's third great phase. Trophies may have been largely lacking, (League Cup and other assorted meaningless pieces of silverware nothwithstanding) but the quality of football and a couple of genuine Championship near misses on meagre resources, place it into a much more positive light than perhaps only the most ardent of supporters have previously suggested. This is a labour of love, both from the author and the prospective reader. It is neither boring nor a re-hash of previously published work. If you want the most detailed and perhaps most balanced Biography of Brian Clough this is it. I completed it the same committed fan that I was at the start, albeit better informed and with a more balanced view.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Most certainly not in the top one....,
This review is from: Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography (Hardcover)
Having devoured Wilson's Inverting The Pyramid, and Anatomy of England I was expecting a similarly stimulating read on the man who somehow delivered two European Cups to a provincial outfit in the East Midlands. I have to say that I was really disappointed.The book is laboured, draws heavily on sections from other Clough books (Hamilton's for instance), absurdly long, and often turns into a fairly turgid trot through of game after after game. I always enjoy Wilson's tactical analysis in the Guardian, and that was made Inverting the Pyramid such a success, but this time, he's analysing a human being, not formations on a pitch. Hence the book comes across as cold, distant, and humourless. It should have been pruned in length, and minus the rather pretentious quotes at the start of each section. They really grate. If you really want to know about Clough, buy his autobiography, Duncan Hamilton's book Provided You Don't Kiss Me, Tony Francis's biog (going back a few years) and even further back, Peter Taylor's biog of life with the man he ultimately fell out with. Maybe too Don Shaw's book about Clough leaving Derby. Wilson is a great writer, and doubtless he'll write great books again (and I'll buy them), but this time, his approach hasn't worked.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You: The Biography (Hardcover)
This is the ultimate Cloughie biography. Yes, its detailed accounts of seasons past might bore some readers. And yes, there is plenty of material culled from existing works. But that's what makes this biography such a powerful overview of Brian Clough's life. Where other books are written by former players, coaches or fans - with their own self-serving agendas or weaknesses - or by Old Big 'Ead himself, this is the closest I have read yet to an impartial analysis of what made the great man tick.As a result, it describes the hold of alcohol over Clough more fully than I have read elsewhere. It shoots down the Clough-built myth that he never discussed tactics. And it provides the best analysis yet of the post-Taylor 1980s, when cash constraints changed the way Forest sides played. Some of it makes for difficult reading. But this is the most revealing portrait yet.
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