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Brian Clough was appointed as the manager of Derby County before the start of the 1967/1968 season. At the time the Rams had been anchored in the second division for a decade and were a very mediocre side playing in front of plummeting attendances. In a remarkable turnaround in fortunes, Clough's new look team were promoted back to the top flight of the English game within two seasons, and won the Championship just three years later. Marvellous nights of European Cup football followed, but when an increasingly strained relationship with the Directors came to a head, Clough along with assistant Peter Taylor resigned - prompting threats of a players revolt and legal action. Michael Cockayne's first book recalls each of the six seasons Clough ruled the Baseball Ground. There are extensive match reports for the key games of each campaign alongside the background to the crucial signings Clough made in his quest to return the club to its former glories. In an extended appendices section, every competitive game the club played between August 1967 and October 1973 is reviewed with the use of detailed statistical information. The Clough Era is not just essential reading for the followers of Derby County, it will be of interest to football fans everywhere - a chance to relive all the excitement of English Football in the 1960s and 70s.
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Michael Cockayne was born in September 1958 and spent the first twenty one years of his life living in Belper, Derbyshire. He was educated at the Herbert Strutt Grammer School and Belper High School and represented both at football, rugby and athletics. As a County triple jump champion he also represented Derbyshire and Derby and County Athletics Club for several seasons. Over the Autumn and Winter months he watched Derby County and witnessed many of the games recalled in this book with his late father and other family members. Michael studied accountancy at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Polytechnic and has worked in America, Canada and the Far East. He has been involved in sports administration and reporting for many years and is a member of the Society of Sports Historians. In 1987 Michael suffered chronic renal failure and, after an unsucessful kidney transplant, requires dialysis three times a week. Now a resident of South Manchester, this is his first book, all royalties from which are being donated in full to the North West Kidney Patients Association.
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