Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You

<p>'<b>COMPREHENSIVE</b>' <i>The Sunday Times</i><br><b>'BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED' </b><i>The Guardian</i><br><b>'UTTERLY COMPELLING'</b> Nottingham Forest News<br><b>'WONDERFUL'</b><i> Forbes</i><br><b>'INTIMATE'</b><i> FourFourTwo</i><br><br><b>20th Anniversary Edition - Fully revised and updated.</b><br><br>In this authoritative, critical biography, Jonathan Wilson draws an intimate and powerful portrait of one of England's greatest football managers, Brian Clough. It was in the unforgiving world of post-war football where his identity and reputation was made - a world where, as Clough's mentor Harry Storer once said, 'Nobody ever says thank you.'<br><br>Nonetheless, Clough brought the gleam of silverware to the depressed East Midlands of the 1970s. Initial triumph at Derby was followed by a sudden departure and a traumatic 44 days at Leeds. By the end of a frazzled 1974, Clough was set up for life financially, but also hardened to the realities of football. By the time he was at Forest, Clough's mask was almost permanently donned: a persona based on brashness and conflict. Drink fuelled the controversies and the colourful character; it heightened the razor-sharp wit and was a salve for the highs of football that never lasted long enough, and for the lows that inevitably followed. <br><br><b>Wilson's account is the definitive portrait of this complex and enduring man, whose legacy in football remains untouched to the present day.</b></p>