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          Alchemy: Brian Clough & Peter Taylor at Hartlepools United

          Alchemy: Brian Clough & Peter Taylor at Hartlepools United

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          The bittersweet story of Brian Clough & Peter Taylor’s first steps towards football immortality at struggling Hartlepools United

          Boxing Day 1962: Sunderland’s star striker Brian Clough suffers a career-ending knee injury when he collides with an outrushing goalkee...

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          Product ID:9780750999595
          Product Form:Hardback
          Country of Manufacture:GB
          Title:Alchemy
          Subtitle:Brian Clough & Peter Taylor at Hartlepools United
          Authors:Author: Christopher Hull
          Subjects:Biography: sport, Biography: sport, European history, History, Association football (Soccer), British & Irish history, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Football (Soccer, Association football), Durham
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          The bittersweet story of Brian Clough & Peter Taylor’s first steps towards football immortality at struggling Hartlepools United

          Boxing Day 1962: Sunderland’s star striker Brian Clough suffers a career-ending knee injury when he collides with an outrushing goalkeeper. After a forlorn battle to regain fitness, he retires early and sinks into deep despair.

          October 1965: Clough persuades ex-’Boro teammate Peter Taylor to join him in managing perennial North-East strugglers Hartlepools United, lying next to bottom of the Fourth Division.

          A magical football odyssey has begun.

          Alchemy reveals the bittersweet reality of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor’s first management job together. Lower-league Hartlepools United are penniless, with a meddling chairman, a ramshackle ground and want-away players. Yet the management pair tackle every challenge head-on, forging a winning blueprint that later transforms unfashionable Derby County and Nottingham Forest into League and European Cup champions.

          Exploiting a wealth of archive newspapers, plus interviews with those present at the creation, Alchemy exposes the humble origins of Clough & Taylor’s meteoric rise to the top of the football tree.


          Imprint Name:The History Press Ltd
          Publisher Name:The History Press Ltd
          Country of Publication:GB
          Publishing Date:2022-09-15

          Additional information

          Weight534 g
          Dimensions165 × 240 × 28 mm