Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough - Duncan Hamilton

Duncan Hamilton was a journalist at the Nottingham Evening Post for over twenty years. He was to gain access to Brian Clough's Nottingham office on his very first day at the newspaper as a nervous sixteen year-old journalist. Brian Clough was one of the self-proclaimed giants of the English game who brought unlikely success to two of the most unfashionable English football clubs: Derby County and Nottingham Forest. Hamilton would become an integral ...
...journalists who would gain his trust. As such Hamilton was fortunate to have access to every aspect of the club, and he does a good job of painting a vivid portrait of Clough's eccentric personality and draws some light on his seemingly innate capacity as a manager who was always ready to put down his critics in the media and the boardroom. Hamilton was able to record all the successes, the misfortunes, the arguments and the drink that eventually ...

Zmugzy 22.04.2008 (30.11.2008) · Read full review
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Eventhough Brian Clough retired from football management in 1993 and belonged to an era before the razmattaz of the current Premier League, I still consider him to be one of the most fascinating characters in football and sport over the last thirty years. Therefore, I found the book by Duncan Hamilton who worked with Brian Clough for sixteen years an excellent read. Like any good film or book, what Hamilton does best is take the reader through a ...
...have actually been there in person during the trophy filled years, the sad ending to his relationship with Peter Taylor, the rebuilding of the side after the European cup wins and the last season which ended in relegation. Reading the book myself, I could imagine the scene of the first ever interview Hamilton had with Clough or the time Clough banned him for an article he wrote. Hamilton also captures Clough's regret over his failure to heal the ...

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As an admirer of Brian Clough, I read this book with some trepidation. I shouldn't have worried. The good times are recounted well and memories of the pre Sky Sports days come flooding back. However, it is the bad times that are captured particularly well. The final chapter is particularly moving. The author obviously became close with Cloughie and the book is written with affection. This doesn't stop the book from looking at Clough 'warts and all'. ...

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