Book description
The unprecedented success of Nottingham Forest under master manager
Brian Clough is one of the greatest stories in football folklore.
Winning the European Cup in 1979 and 1980 were the remarkable
highlights of that era in the club's history. And the player at the
heart of those Forest glories was winger John Robertson, who fashioned
the goal that conquered Europe a first time and then scored the
match-winner as Clough's side retained the trophy.
His unkempt and unshaven appearance made him the most unlikely of
footballers but his artistry and vision made him the creative
on-the-field force behind a Forest side that swept all before them.
After retiring from playing, Robertson went on to strike up a
wonderfully successful managerial partnership with Martin O'Neill at
Leicester, Celtic and Aston Villa. Yet, amid his years of football
fame, Robertson has known moments of deep personal tragedy, with the
death of his daughter, who had cerebral palsy, at the age of 13 and
the loss of his elder brother in a car crash.
In John Robertson: Super Tramp, the footballing legend
reveals all in a humorous and touching memoir that switches engagingly
between footballing glory and personal heartache.
John Robertson's football journey took him from the Glasgow
suburbs to European heights with Forest. On the international front he
won 28 Scotland caps and experienced the ecstasy of scoring the
winning goal against England at Wembley.
John Lawson is a journalist of more than 40 years' standing and has
specialised for the most part of his career in football and cricket writing.
