{"product_id":"alchemy-7","title":"Alchemy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBoxing Day 1962: Sunderland’s star striker Brian Clough suffers a career-ending knee injury when he collides with an outrushing goalkeeper. \u003c\/b\u003eAfter a forlorn battle to regain fitness, he retires early and sinks into deep despair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctober 1965: Clough persuades ex-’Boro teammate Peter Taylor to join him in managing perennial North-East strugglers Hartlepools United, lying next to bottom of the Fourth Division.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA magical football odyssey has begun.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlchemy\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the bittersweet reality of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor’s first management job together. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploiting a wealth of archive newspapers, plus interviews with those present at the creation, \u003ci\u003eAlchemy\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the humble origins of Clough \u0026amp; Taylor’s meteoric rise to the top of the football tree.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57400188371326,"sku":"NW9781803996905","price":13.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781803996905.jpg?v=1778614549","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/alchemy-7","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}