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''The Damned United'' is a book written by David Peace, later adapted into a movie by Tom Hooper and starring [[Michael Sheen]]. The main character is the famous British [[The Beautiful Game|football manager]], Brian Clough. The account is largely fictional and tells two different stories, so to speak, at the same time: Clough's tenure as manager of Leeds United, interlaced with the story of his career as a manager up to that point, mainly his time at Derby County.
One interesting aspect of both the book and the movie is that it's a rare sport story that subverts/averts/ignores pretty much all the traditional [[Sports Story Tropes]] we're so used to: there is no [[Big Game]] and the games don't come [[Down to
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