Alchemy : Brian Clough & Peter Taylor at Hartlepools United

Author: Hull, Christopher

Durham

Published on 15 August 2024 by The History Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 20 Illustrations, black and white
197 x 131 x 21 | 250g

Alchemy reveals the bittersweet reality of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor’s first management job together. The 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.

Exploiting a wealth of archive newspapers, plus interviews with those present at the creation, Alchemy exposes the humble origins of Clough & Taylor’s meteoric rise to the top of the football tree.