Can we believe in another miracle of the English midlands?

In the publicity for the recent film and book I Believe in Miracles, the author Daniel Taylor regularly opted for a certain comparison to help people grasp the scale of Brian Clough’s magnificent achievement with Nottingham Forest in the late ‘70s.

Can we believe in another miracle of the English midlands?

Taylor likened it to Huddersfield Town, a side who began 2015 13th in the Championship — the same position Forest were when Brian Clough took over the reins at the City Ground 40 years earlier — going on over the next five years to win the Premier League and back-to-back European Champions Leagues and Capital One Cups.

The current Premier League season was only a month old when Taylor was giving those interviews. Now there is a much simpler and more vivid example he could make. Imagine Leicester City winning the Premier League?

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