{"product_id":"alchemy-brian-clough-peter-taylor-at-hartlepools-united-9780750999595","title":"Alchemy: Brian Clough \u0026 Peter Taylor at Hartlepools United","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAlchemy is a book that explores the reality of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor's first management job together at Hartlepools United, despite the club's financial struggles and other challenges. It reveals the humble origins of their meteoric rise to the top of the football tree. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 15 September 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: The History Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoxing Day 1962: Sunderlands 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOctober 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlchemy reveals the bittersweet reality of Brian Clough and Peter Taylors 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploiting a wealth of archive newspapers, plus interviews with those present at the creation, Alchemy exposes the humble origins of Clough \u0026amp; Taylors meteoric rise to the top of the football tree. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 534g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 165 x 240 x 28 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780750999595\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christopher Hull","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44098478539002,"sku":"9780750999595","price":14.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1663342492450_book.jpg?v=1663444350","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/alchemy-brian-clough-peter-taylor-at-hartlepools-united-9780750999595","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}