{"product_id":"alchemy-brian-clough-peter-taylor-at-hartlepools-united-9780750999595","title":"Alchemy: Brian Clough \u0026 Peter Taylor at Hartlepools United","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher Hull\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: History Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: History Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoxing Day 1962: Sunderland star striker Brian Clough suffers a career-threatening knee injury. After a futile battle for fitness, he retires early and sinks into deep despair. He's then thrown a lifeline, and persuades ex-teammate Peter Taylor to join him in managing the Cinderella club of north-east football. Penniless Hartlepools United are next to bottom of the Fourth Division, with a meddling chairman, a ramshackle ground, and want-away players. Yet the pair's intuitive chemistry steadily transforms the threadbare team and improves results. Shrewd assistant manager Taylor talent-spots bargain players, while his brash but charismatic partner man-manages them. Clough also spearheads a 'Save the Club' fundraising campaign, in a town where coal trade is dwindling and the last shipyard has closed. Together, the pair develop a blueprint that later wins them league championships and European Cup glory at unfashionable Derby County and Nottingham Forest. Exploiting a wealth of archive newspapers and interviews with surviving players, \u003ci\u003e Alchemy\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the humble origins of Clough \u0026amp; Taylor's meteoric rise to the top of the football tree.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45030041518231,"sku":"9780750999595","price":1592.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780750999595.webp?v=1769205068","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/alchemy-brian-clough-peter-taylor-at-hartlepools-united-9780750999595","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}