BOOK EVENTS: NOTTINGHAM, SOUTHAMPTON AND IPSWICH
BOOK EVENTS: NOTTINGHAM, SOUTHAMPTON AND IPSWICH
Ben Dobson, author of Too Good to be Forgotten: Three Wise Men from Football’s Golden Era will be in conversation with Nottingham Forest legends, Viv Anderson and Tony Woodcock at Waterstones in Nottingham on Friday 26th April, with further signings at Waterstones at Southampton's West Quay and in Ipswich, where Ben will be joined by Russell Osman and Bryan Hamilton.
Waterstones Nottingham, Friday 26th April, 5.00pm to 6.30pm
with Tony Woodcock and Viv Anderson
Waterstones Southampton, Saturday 27th April, 11.30am to 1.00pm
Waterstones Ipswich, Tuesday 7th May, 6.00pm - 7.30pm
with Russell Osman and Bryan Hamilton
Too Good to Be Forgotten is a footballing story viewed through the prism of three remarkable men: Brian Clough, Bobby Robson and Lawrie McMenemy.
The ten years from 1975 to 1985 was the last sustained period in which the hegemony of the major big-city football clubs in England was challenged and, at times, usurped, not least by Clough's Forest, and Viv and Tony flourished in that great Forest side of that era, which went onto win two European Cups.
They were days when fans could follow their dreams, a time when your local side might - just might - become a contender on the global stage.
The book revisits that golden ten-year span and examines the idiosyncrasies and striking similarities in these three wise men of the North East - three of the greatest-ever English football managers - and how, in the form of three unfashionable, provincial clubs, they made the ordinary become extraordinary.
Not only did they deliver success on the pitch but a sense of pride in the communities of the towns and cities they put on the map. In doing so, they offered lessons in management and leadership that still resonate today.
