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

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780007247110
ISBN: 0007247117
Label: HarperPerennial
Manufacturer: HarperPerennial
Publication Date: May 06, 2008
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Studio: HarperPerennial
Sales Rank: 623

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Editorial Review:

Guardian:
`A Refreshing biography...a book that celebrates the north.'

Scotland on Sunday:
`An intensely personal memoir...fascinating.'

FT:
'This memoir superbly captures the force of Clough's defiance and the weakness that made him, ultimately, a tragic figure.'

Times:
'Hamilton has unusual gifts of empathy, and he brings us the real, visceral Clough, a driven and driving man.'

Independent:
'He deftly recalls the beautiful game...a tender depiction of Clough.'

Zoo Magazine:
`An affectionate portrait of the eccentric-some would say mental-manager who led Nottingham Forrest and Derby County to unexpected glory'.

New Statesman:
`a book that progresses subtly from humour to poignancy'

Derby Evening Telegraph:
'A vivid, often painful memoir of Brian Clough's triumphs and
subsequent decline into the dark pit of alcoholism.'

Yorkshire Post:
'...will make you laugh out loud, wince with embarrassment, shake
your head in disbelief...make you cry.'

RTE Guide:
'Hamilton captures the bombast and the brilliance of a man who
took two `backwater' clubs to the top.'

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A Big Story...
Excellent, straightforward sports biography, distinguished by Hamilton's closeness to his subject and the resulting intimacy of the portrait. No tricks, no fiction or imagined scenes, just sensitive writing and informed analysis of the Clough career and of a very different time in British football - a big enough story in its own right to require very little embroidery.

Duncan Hamilton makes no bones about how fortunate he was to be allowed unparalleled access to the force of nature that was Brian Clough. The portrait that emerges seems to come from something for which 'love' is maybe the only appropriate word; it's to Hamilton's credit that it never seems like obsession as, throughout, he is remarkably clear-eyed about Clough's ... Read More:

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- His favourite word was`s*ithouse`!
This is one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read. I am old enough to remember Clough at his managerial peak in the seventies. What he managed to achieve at two relatively small clubs will never be repeated. Also, I had often wondered why he and his friend/assistant Peter Taylor fell out and Duncan Hamilton explains the whole sorry tale. Do yourself a favour and buy this book.

Rating:

- A Big Story
Excellent, straightforward sports biography, distinguished by Hamilton's closeness to his subject and the resuting intimacy of the portrait. No tricks, no fiction or imagined scenes, just sensitive writing and informed analysis of the Clough career and of a very different time in British football - a big enough story in its own right to require very little embroidery.

Duncan Hamilton makes no bones about how fortunate he was to be allowed unparalleled access to the force of nature that was Brian Clough. The portrait that emerges seems to come from something for which 'love' is maybe the only appropriate word; its to Hamilton's credit that it never seems like obsession as, throughout, he is remarkably clear-eyed about Clough's ... Read More:

Rating:

- Honest and typical of a genius
Having read a number of books on Clough there was was nothing to surprise me.I found the book an excellent and entertaining read - in keeping with my perception of the man - arrogant, brutish, money orientated and unpredictable. In his day he was unique, an enigma, a leader who commanded and received respect.A person who challenged authority, be it at his own peril.There are very few managers today who could wield such a comparable influence. He achieved,with Peter Taylor,remarkable success from the resources laid available.But his fallibility is evident in the book. I greatly enjoyed the book, although it jumped around on occasion as to his footballing career. Well recommended.

Rating:

- Not Fair, Not all True & a new Spin Doctor that is Duncan Hamiltion
I'm afraid I'm going to have to go against the grain on this one.

When I first picked this book up, & read John Motson's quote on the front cover "One of the best football books I've ever read", I thought I was onto something.

What I found was that Duncan Hamilton has 'pillaged' Brian Clough's character here. For example. Whenever something positive came up in a subject, Duncan Hamilton found it in himself to point to the negative & not dig deep into how Brian Clough reached his successes & share that with us. He spun things in such a way that reality was changed to suit Duncan Hamilton's small mindedness. Duncan Hamilton does not share with you that Brian Clough recognised Duncan Hamilton as an ambitious ... Read More:

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