Goalkeeper Ian McGraw was unable to play due to a broken finger, while Don Revie had suffered a nose injury.
Arsenal managed to outdistance Leeds United, managed by Don Revie to win the championship with a victory over Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.
The system was named after Manchester City player Don Revie, who had the most important role in it.
Told from Clough's point of view, the novel is written as his stream of consciousness as he tries and fails to impose his will on a team he inherited from his bitter rival, Don Revie, and whose players are still loyal to their old manager.
Don Quixote | Don Giovanni | Don Cherry | Don | Don (honorific) | Don Cheadle | Rostov-on-Don | Don Williams | Don Juan | Don Knotts | Don Imus | Don Carlos | Don Rickles | Don Omar | Don Henley | Salesians of Don Bosco | Don Johnson | Don Drysdale | Don Pasquale | Don Messick | Don Bluth | Don King (boxing promoter) | Don King | Don Shula | Don LaFontaine | Don Cherry (jazz) | Don Burrows | Don't Look Now | Don Siegel | Don McLean |
Don Revie marked his last season as Leeds United's manager by guiding them to league championship glory, before taking over from Sir Alf Ramsey as the England national football team manager, with England having failed to qualify for the 1974 World Cup.
He did gain his one and only England cap in 1954, however, when Walter Winterbottom selected him to play in a British Home Championship match against Northern Ireland at Windsor Park, Belfast, goals from Johnny Haynes and Don Revie where enough the gain England a 2–0 win.