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About the Author
Roger Hermiston was assistant editor of BBC Radio 4s flagship Today programme from 1998 to 2010. Before joining the BBC in 1990, his career as a print journalist included the Yorkshire Post (reporter and feature writer) and the Sunderland Echo (crime reporter). He graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in politics.
CLOUGH & REVIEThe Rivals Who Changedthe Face of English FootballRoger Hermiston This eBook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licenced or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the tems and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the authors and publishers rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly.
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For Mum and Dad
Acknowledgements
Three people in particular offered me generous and invaluable help in the course of researching and writing this book. Brian Leng, lifelong Sunderland supporter and now editor of the excellent website theRokerEnd.com, gave me his insight into North-East soccer in the 50s and 60s and put me in touch with many characters who came into Cloughs and Revies orbit in that period.
Philip Tallentire, sports editor of the Evening Gazette, has taken a great interest in the subject matter of the book and regularly provided me with much vital information on Middlesbrough FC during those years.
Crucial assistance came also from Garry Richardson, my old colleague on BBC Radio 4s Today programme; his unrivalled contacts book opened many doors.
I must also thank John Helm, expert football commentator and analyst, for his recollections of Leeds United, Don Revie and Brian Clough in the early 1970s.
Alan Peacock, Cloughs striking partner at Boro in the 1950s (and later a Leeds and England centre-forward), is an absolute gentleman. He freely shared his experiences of that time and put me in touch with many of his playing colleagues.
Others I must also thank are Robert Nichols, devoted Middlesbrough supporter and editor of the splendid fanzine Fly Me to the Moon ; Christine Talbot of the present Calendar team at Yorkshire TV, and all those members of the programme in 1974 who helped me recreate the events of 12 September that year; and Jonathan Harvey, another of my old Today colleagues, who delved into the BBC archives on my behalf.
I spent a good deal of time in the British Library at Colindale, and the staff there were extremely helpful; equally so were those at the Royal Society in London and Teesside Archives in Middlesbrough.
Andrew Gordon has been the ideal agent, always calm and thoughtful. He gave me the confidence to pursue the project and always had imaginative suggestions about how best to shape the book. Claire Rose has been a most assiduous and constructive editor.
Finally, I must thank my lovely Eileen for her unstinting encouragement and support along every step of the way.
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Preface
I was the reporter working the night shift for the Yorkshire Post in Leeds on Friday, 26 May 1989, when the news came through that Don Revie had died of the crippling, incurable motor neurone disease with which he had been diagnosed two years earlier.
I had about an hour to make some calls, piece together the salient facts of his life and then file my story, which was obviously destined for the following mornings front page. Whatever the wider world may have thought about him by then, Revie remained a hero in the eyes of the city to which he had brought so much football fame and success.
It was obvious where to start. Billy Bremner ten stone of barbed wire, as one writer once memorably described him had made his debut for Leeds alongside him at the age of 17, and then, when Revie became manager, had made sure his writ ran large on the pitch as his inspirational captain.
Bremner spoke passionately to me that night about the man who became like a father to him. The Guvnor was a master tactician, a superb manager. But more important than that, he was a good guy. He was totally honest and fair, and never badmouthed anyone.
Bobby Collins, Revies midfield enforcer in the 1960s, whom Bremner had succeeded as captain, alluded to his empathy with his players, telling me, He got the very best out of them and whats more he looked after them.
Then there was Allan Clarke, his goalscorer supreme, a man who tended to let his boots do the talking. His tribute was characteristically concise: Don made Leeds United. Its as simple as that. I have played for quite a number of managers and he was the best.
Armed with those quotes and having worked in the obvious biographical details of his career as player and manager, I sent the story off to the subeditors. It was a remarkable night on the sporting front: Arsenal were winning the Football League championship in sensational fashion on the last day of the season, defeating Liverpool at Anfield with a last-minute goal from Michael Thomas.
One line in my piece intrigued me: Don Revie was brought up in Middlesbrough. At that time, I was unaware of his connection with the town. Such was the power of his association with Leeds that it seemed to put every other aspect of his life in the shade. As my fathers family came from Middlesbrough, it interested me even more.
Years later, when I turned away briefly from making news programmes for the BBC and delved into the world of football in the 1960s and 1970s, I discovered that another complex, controversial football character had been born only a few streets away from Revie. Whats more, it was none other than Revies managerial arch-rival and most outspoken critic Brian Clough. A story of these two Middlesbrough boys seemed rich in potential.
In Tom Hoopers compelling film The Damned United (from the book of the same name by David Peace, a fictional account of Brian Cloughs 44-day tenure at Leeds United), theres a scene in which Clough played by Michael Sheen is looking forward to the FA Cup encounter between his own side, lower Second Division Derby County, and Leeds, managed by Don Revie and riding high at the top of the First Division.
Clough muses about the similarities between himself and the more experienced Revie, by way of both their personal lives and their footballing careers. He tells his faithful sidekick Peter Taylor:
We grew up just a few streets apart, you know, in Middlesbrough, close to Ayresome Park. Hell have known my street, Valley Road. Probably bought sweets from Garnetts factory, where me dad worked... Best manager in the country, Don Revie. Played for Sunderland, like me, a centre-forward, like me, and England, like me. Peas in a pod, me and Don. Two peas in a bloody pod.
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