Retiring early through injury and cutting his management teeth with the Sunderland youth team, it was during his first senior appointment at Hartlepools United that Brian Clough began to make his mark. He did so alongside an old Middlesbrough teammate, Peter Taylor, and the foundation of this unique partnership, later to conquer Europe with Nottingham Forest, is explored in this account.
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.
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