false <![CDATA[The Damned Utd]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180006225m/984021.jpg 984021 6 Overachieving and eccentric football manager Brian Clough was on his way to take over at the country's most successful, and most reviled, football club: Leeds United, home to a generation of fiercely competitive but ageing players. The battle he'd face there would make or break the club - or him. David Peace's extraordinarily inventive novel tells the story of a world characterised by fear of failure and hunger for success set in the bleak heart of the 1970s. 2045314 2006 The Damned Utd total:217|5:71|4:98|3:34|2:12|1:2| 217 875 293 50 4 1 false false Thu Apr 03 01:47:50 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 04:14:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 21 14:36:42 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 14:53:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 05:15:07 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 04:38:59 -0800 2009
To the book: I was already a fan of David Peace's Red Riding Quartet, so I was hoping for more of the sam...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 26 03:18:31 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 02:28:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 22 08:41:33 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 08:51:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 13:56:15 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 14:02:16 -0700 2009
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If you are a fan of Brian Clough or just football in general you won't be able to put this book down.

It takes you so far into the world of Seventies footba...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 21 01:42:18 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 01:51:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:08:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 10:10:49 -0700 2009
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but i also learned today that, if you do a correlation between amount spent on football players against success in the league, there is a direct correlation,90% of a teams outcome is related to their spending, unless your manager is brian clou...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 12 08:29:52 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 11:01:51 -0700 2007
Brian Clough's forty odd days as Leeds Utd manager is the main narrative,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 06:02:59 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 06:06:47 -0700 2009
I enjoyed the inner monologue showing Brian's frustration and slow mental decline into the drink. It was especially cool how both the narratives intersected at the end. Fantastic!

Recommended for any Football fan!
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That is the beginning. It is also a chilling cross section of the fear and money in football in the 1970s set against a backdrop of the wider economy including the econo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 21:50:22 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 21:53:33 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=984021