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The other (factual) book on Clough - Duncan Hamilton's 'Provided You Don't Kiss Me' - is similarly fascinating. Written by Forest's equivalent of Bascombe, it's sometimes weirdly weak on acknowledging LFC's success during Forest's heyday, but some of the stories about Clough's descent into alcoholism are amazing. I knew the man was often struggling in the latter seasons, but Hamilton recalls days when Clough would sit in his office and discuss with his dog when the first whisky should be drunk! He seems to have been out of it when Forest was in the FA Cup Final, and then the directors - who knew how pissed he was - let him carry on for a crazy length of time before one of them finally snapped. Maybe more pertinently, the account of Clough's change in attitude once his assistent Peter Taylor had gone is very intriguing.