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Duncan Hamilton's 'Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough' was named William Hill Sports Book of the Year on Monday.

"The judges were as close to unanimous in their decision as any panel is ever likely to be," said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe.

BBC Sport's Jonathan Stevenson interviewed the winning author when the book was published in May.

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"Just picture it: Brian Clough, deep into a forest in Sweden, is punching the bark of a tree. Punching it hard, too."

Clough was a controversial character

It conjures up a strange mental image, but perhaps not so odd when you are talking about one of the most colourful characters in English football history.

In this first full, critical biography, Jonathan Wilson draws an intimate and powerful portrait of one of England's greatest football managers, Brian Clough.

In this strikingly intimate biography – William Hill Sports Book of the Year – Hamilton paints a vivid portrait of one of football's greatest from.

Jonathan Wilson, in this first full, critical biography draws an intimate and powerful portrait of one of England's greatest football managers.

Bromfield's moving and tender memoir recounts how Brian Clough rescued the author and his brother from an abusive home life.

Duncan Hamilton, initiated as a young journalist into the Brian Clough empire, was there to see it all.

Since Clough's death in September 2004, a smattering of books have been published covering various aspects of his illustrious career.

Duncan Hamilton's 'Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough' is the latest and almost certainly not the last.

Hamilton was in a privileged p