Duncan Hamilton (journalist)
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Duncan Hamilton is a British author and newspaper
journalist
and two-time winner of the prestigious William Hill Sports Book of the Year
award.
Hamilton won the first award with his 2007 memoir Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough., an account of his time at the Nottingham Evening Post
where he worked for more than 20 years.
He was the paper's Nottingham Forest
reporter during the club's glory years and covered both of Forest's historic victorious European Cup
campaigns (1979 and 1980) for the newspaper. During his time covering Forest, Hamilton developed a close, if at times testy, relationship with the club's famously outspoken manager, Brian Clough
. Some accounts even claim that Clough hated Hamilton.
In Provided You Don't Kiss Me, Hamilton claims he bonded with Clough after the manager learned he, like Clough, was from the north-east of England. He provides an eyewitness account of the relationship between Clough and his assistant, Peter Taylor, and charts Clough's demise and descent into alcoholism.
FHM
called the book a "superb portrait of the conflicted, contradictory man [that] doesn't duck his uglier aspects." It quickly became a bestseller and won the William Hill award against very strong competition.
After winning the £18,000 first prize, Hamilton wrote a column for the Yorkshire Post
, where he currently works as a deputy editor, expressing his surprise and delight at the book's success.
Hamilton won a second William Hill Sports Book of the Year
award in 2009 for Harold Larwood, his biography of the fast bowler Harold Larwood
, made famous by the Bodyline controversy of 1932-33.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and two-time winner of the prestigious William Hill Sports Book of the Year
William Hill Sports Book of the Year
The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an annual British literary award sponsored by bookmakers William Hill. It claims to be "the world's richest sports book prize" at £22,000...
award.
Hamilton won the first award with his 2007 memoir Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough., an account of his time at the Nottingham Evening Post
Nottingham Evening Post
The Nottingham Post is an English tabloid newspaper which serves Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and parts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire....
where he worked for more than 20 years.
He was the paper's Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
reporter during the club's glory years and covered both of Forest's historic victorious European Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
campaigns (1979 and 1980) for the newspaper. During his time covering Forest, Hamilton developed a close, if at times testy, relationship with the club's famously outspoken manager, Brian Clough
Brian Clough
Brian Howard Clough, OBE was an English footballer and football manager. He is most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. His achievement of winning back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest, a traditionally moderate provincial English club, is considered to be...
. Some accounts even claim that Clough hated Hamilton.
In Provided You Don't Kiss Me, Hamilton claims he bonded with Clough after the manager learned he, like Clough, was from the north-east of England. He provides an eyewitness account of the relationship between Clough and his assistant, Peter Taylor, and charts Clough's demise and descent into alcoholism.
FHM
FHM
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...
called the book a "superb portrait of the conflicted, contradictory man [that] doesn't duck his uglier aspects." It quickly became a bestseller and won the William Hill award against very strong competition.
After winning the £18,000 first prize, Hamilton wrote a column for the Yorkshire Post
Yorkshire Post
The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by Yorkshire Post Newspapers, a company owned by Johnston Press...
, where he currently works as a deputy editor, expressing his surprise and delight at the book's success.
Hamilton won a second William Hill Sports Book of the Year
William Hill Sports Book of the Year
The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an annual British literary award sponsored by bookmakers William Hill. It claims to be "the world's richest sports book prize" at £22,000...
award in 2009 for Harold Larwood, his biography of the fast bowler Harold Larwood
Harold Larwood
Harold Larwood was an English cricket player, an extremely accurate fast bowler best known for his key role as the implementer of fast leg theory in the infamous "bodyline" Ashes Test series of 1932–33....
, made famous by the Bodyline controversy of 1932-33.
External links
- http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/id/1860
- Interview with Duncan Hamilton (Dec 14 2010)