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Roy Mac: Clough's Champion My Autobiography
Roy McFarland was the outstanding England international centre-half of his generation, developing rapidly under Brian Clough and Peter Taylor at Derby County. In his compelling autobiography "Roy Clough's Champion" he reveals secrets of life at the top of his profession with Cloughie - and gives a fascinating insight into over 40 years as a player and manager. From the glory of twice winning the First Division championship, the agony of England's failure to qualify for the 1974 World Cup, and despair at being cheated out of the European Cup...to life as a boss on the breadline, battling against non-league status.
416 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 2, 2014
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February 11, 2021
If you support Derby County or have a love for English football during the 60's-80's then this is a must read.
July 20, 2014
An enjoyable book from a footballer intimately associated with Derby County.
The period of Roy McFarland’s time with Derby from 1967-1995 with a brief interval at Bradford City covers my early and growing years and a time I developed my love for the club.
It is interesting, therefore, to read the account of one who played such a pivotal role in the club.
The style of the book is light with events covered in a descriptive rather than in depth way.
Roy Mc obviously held and holds Brian Clough in great affection and perhaps a little too much of the book is taken up with direct quotes from the former manager of the Rams but there is an interesting chapter towards the end of the book where the author does describe a gathering at Clough’s house of ten close friends both former players and journalists that tried to intervene and convince Clough to change his behavior with regards to his drinking but to no avail.
Some of Roy Mc’s experiences as a manager seemed to be glossed over somewhat and there is a feeling of not wanting to divulge too much intimate detail at times, but for a fan of the Rams this is easy and engaging reading and brought back many memories of good and turbulent times both.
The period of Roy McFarland’s time with Derby from 1967-1995 with a brief interval at Bradford City covers my early and growing years and a time I developed my love for the club.
It is interesting, therefore, to read the account of one who played such a pivotal role in the club.
The style of the book is light with events covered in a descriptive rather than in depth way.
Roy Mc obviously held and holds Brian Clough in great affection and perhaps a little too much of the book is taken up with direct quotes from the former manager of the Rams but there is an interesting chapter towards the end of the book where the author does describe a gathering at Clough’s house of ten close friends both former players and journalists that tried to intervene and convince Clough to change his behavior with regards to his drinking but to no avail.
Some of Roy Mc’s experiences as a manager seemed to be glossed over somewhat and there is a feeling of not wanting to divulge too much intimate detail at times, but for a fan of the Rams this is easy and engaging reading and brought back many memories of good and turbulent times both.
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