Football autobiographies...

[zimbo]

I read that on several recommendations from people on this forum and didn't enjoy it at all but then I'm not a massive fan of football books.

It's a bit of an acquired taste, given the writer's style and method (half in flashback and written from the perspective of an increasingly isolated, unhinged and alcohol-ridden Clough), but I see it as more of a trawl through the teetering psyche of a power-stripped egotist than a straight-ahead memoir of 'boy done good' anecdotes. And it's meant to be a fictitious tale, after all.

It wouldn't be to everyone's liking though, granted.

[andyinswinton]

Although not an autobiography, and dealing with events that took place in 1974, David Peace's 'The Damned United' (a fictional account of Brian Clough's 44 day reign as Leeds manager) is probably the best football-related book I've come across.

I agree about this book. I struggled getting into it but it is an excellent read.