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Product details
- ISBN 9780091928643
- Weight: 177g
- Dimensions: 126 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jun 2010
- Publisher: Ebury Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Clough's War is the story of his epic ascent and decline at Derby County, a club he took in a few short years from nowhere to the top English football and teetering on greatness in Europe, before the whole dream came tumbling down in the national spotlight with his acrimonious resignation in 1973. It is the story of his rise to national fame, his almost messianic adoration at Derby and his jealous political tussle with the chairman Sam Longson and the ultimate fall of Clough's unchecked power. Award-winning script writer and lifelong Rams fan Don Shaw, was the man who, at Clough's behest, ran the campaign to keep Clough at Derby and who found himself almost in the spotlight as much as the great man himself. It is a tale dramatised with all the power of Greek tragedy and the Machiavellian intrigue of All The President's Men, while shedding new light on the Clough legend like no other book before it.
Before writing Don was a teacher, a manager of a grand prix racing team and a cadet at Sandhurst. He began writing full-time in 1968 and soon became one of Britain's top television writers, with credits including Z-Cars, Dangerfield and Van der Valk. His Wingate trilogy of plays and Bomber Harris both won BAFTAs. Don is the author of The Hike and he has also written a number of film screenplays.
Don led the 'Keep Brian Clough at Derby' campaign in 1973 and is still a regular guest on BBC Radio Derby. He divides his time between London and Derby.
