Clough The Autobiography

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He has been to Nottingham to get to know more about the city and the footage on his phone makes Mourinho laugh when, goodness knows, there hasn’t been a great deal of laughter at Chelsea recently. “The interviewer doesn’t stand a chance,” he says. “He [Clough] is enjoying himself. Ping! Ping! Ping!”

The men who made Brian Clough". Fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012 . Retrieved 14 June 2012. a b Stewart, Rob (27 March 2009). "Brian Clough: a man not afraid to make enemies". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 15 April 2019. It is easy to see why Clough would feel empathy with the waifs who turned up that day in Seaburn but it does not explain everything that followed. Why did he do it? In simple terms, it seems that Clough, a North East native, just enjoyed their company. On 5 August 1973, Clough put his name to an article in the Sunday Express headlined "I Would Put Leeds in Division Two – Brian Clough lashes Soccer's bosses for letting off Don Revie's 'bad boys,'" [29] which savaged Leeds United's disciplinary record, stating that Revie should be fined for encouraging his players in their unsporting behaviour and Leeds relegated to the Second Division. Clough also said that "The men who run football have missed the most marvellous chance of cleaning up the game in one swoop" and went on to say "The trouble with football's disciplinary system is that those who sat in judgement being officials of other clubs might well have a vested interest."

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When discovered by the Clough family, it was handled delicately. The authorities were not involved, there was even severance pay. My new novel There’s Only One Danny Garvey is set in 1996. It is a book set in a footballing context, but it isn’t a book about football. Just as The Damned United (listed below) is a book that examines, through a stream-of-consciousness narrative, the obsessions of a man being played out in an often-illogical, unforgiving, alpha male-dominated environment. There’s a lot more than a simple game at stake. Derby County – Leeds United 2:2 (Premier League 1977/1978, 6. Round)". worldfootball.net . Retrieved 3 April 2018.

Photograph of Brian Clough Receiving the Freedom of the City of Derby Scroll". Alamy . Retrieved 25 May 2022. Brian Clough Statue Unveiled". brianclough.com. 6 November 2008. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009 . Retrieved 6 November 2008. Hartlepools, Derby, Brighton and Forest, retired from football in 1982, bringing to an end their partnership. Several events had strained their friendship in the past: while at Derby, Taylor was riled when he learned that Clough had accepted a pay rise from Sam Longson without telling him; Taylor did not get one. Then, in 1980, Taylor released a book, With Clough, By Taylor, which detailed their partnership, but he had not told Clough that he was writing the book. [90] Six months after retiring, Taylor was appointed Derby County manager. When their teams met in the FA Cup third round on 8 January 1983 at the Baseball Ground, the two managers ignored each other and did not speak. Derby County won the match 2–0. Forest defeated Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the Football League Centenary Tournament final in April 1988 after drawing 0–0. [78] Forest finished third in the league in the 1987–88 season and reached the FA Cup semi-finals. Stuart Pearce won the first of his five successive selections for the PFA Team of the Year. For this one, Owen brought them together for a private showing that was emotional for everyone. “The beauty of this story is that it’s told by the people who were there,” Nigel says. “They know what Forest were in 1975 and they know what they were five years later, and they were part of that story.”Archie GEMMILL – League appearances for Forest. – Nottingham Forest FC". Sporting Heroes . Retrieved 3 April 2018. I broke down in the office and could not stop crying for 10 to 15 minutes. I was angry with myself for not fixing it. It left me with such a hole. I have had a fantastic life since meeting Brian but nothing can follow that. It is heart-breaking that he has gone. I was crushed." Clough was still a popular choice to be given the job of England manager before Graham Taylor's appointment in 1990. [84] Clough himself quipped: "I'm sure the England selectors thought, if they took me on and gave me the job, I'd want to run the show. They were shrewd because that's exactly what I would have done." [85] He has been called the "greatest manager England never had." [7] In 1977, Clough was reportedly interested in the Everton manager's job, but Gordon Lee was appointed instead. [86] He saw Clough twice after leaving. The first time, a few months later, Clough had just rewritten his will and Craig had got a mention. “He told me, ‘I said under no circumstances whatsoever is that thieving little shit to receive a penny.’” The last time he saw him, in late 1994, Clough said he, Simon and Nigel had considered getting the police involved. In the book, Craig quotes Clough as saying: “The three of us decided that we’d brought you down to give you a better life, and if the police had been involved, that would have been your life over. So we cut you loose.” Clough told him they still loved him. “Be good, and don’t be a stranger” were Clough’s last words to him. Craig never saw him again. The story of Clough's turbulent 44-day spell in charge of Leeds United was the subject of a novel by David Peace titled The Damned Utd, published in 2006, which focuses on the rivalry between Clough and Don Revie. Despite critical acclaim, the novel was also the subject of controversy for its perceived negative portrayal of Clough as an obsessive, and for some historical inaccuracies. The publishers of the novel were successfully sued by Irish midfielder and former Leeds player Johnny Giles. He wrote: "Many of the things Peace talks about in the book never happened and, for that reason, I felt it necessary to go to the courts to establish that this was fiction based on fact and nothing more". [130] [131]

Even now, he follows Nigel's teams with a passion, having switched his support from Burton Albion to Mansfield when he moved clubs. He goes to games home and away. "It is my weak way of showing I am loyal when I was not loyal as a kid," he explains. While Aaron joined the army at 16, Craig moved in on a more permanent basis. He was close to Nigel and would go on to work for the eldest brother Simon. He speaks fondly of Clough's wife Barbara - always Mrs Clough to Craig even now. Collins, Roy (18 March 2000). "Rune Hauge, international man of mystery". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 27 June 2006. What happened at that point is that I flipped. I realised the gift that he had given me. I changed as a person. I went from this scruffy little kid who was bullied by everybody to a managing director of three companies over in Warsaw earning six-figure salaries." Taylor, Matthew (22 September 2004). "What they said about". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 14 June 2012.

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lost that loving feeling – Brian Clough, 1935–2004". Ltlf.co.uk. 21 March 1935. Archived from the original on 4 May 2006 . Retrieved 11 July 2009. It was the catalyst for this book. "I started writing it as a thank-you letter to Mrs Clough and it just transformed." He asked permission to write it, but knows they are a private family. "A lot of people have said things that did not need to be said. I hope that I haven't. Charismatic, outspoken and often controversial, Clough is considered one of the greatest managers of the English game. His achievements with Derby and Forest, two clubs with little prior history of success, are rated among the greatest in football history. [5] His teams were also noted for playing attractive football and for their good sportsmanship. [6] Despite applying several times and being a popular choice for the job, he was never appointed England manager and has been dubbed the "greatest manager England never had". [7] Childhood [ edit ] 11 Valley Road, Grove Hill Clough's manager at Sunderland was Alan Brown, a disciplinarian credited as a big influence on Clough. Brown inspired fear, imposed a strict code of conduct and would fine players for minor transgressions. He once upbraided Clough for talking to a friend during a training session. Such traits would later be adopted by Clough himself when he became a manager. [21] Clough replaced Allan Brown as manager of Nottingham Forest on 6 January 1975, just over sixteen weeks after the end of his 44-day tenure as manager of Leeds United. [40] Clough brought Jimmy Gordon to be his club trainer, as Gordon had been for him at Derby and Leeds. [41] Forest won Clough's first game in charge, an FA Cup third round replay against Tottenham Hotspur, with Scottish centre-forward Neil Martin scoring the only goal. [42]

Brian Clough in pictures: Re-live his 44 days at Leeds United". Daily Mirror. UK . Retrieved 11 July 2009. Derby County and Nottingham Forest competed for the inaugural Brian Clough Trophy at Pride Park on 31 July 2007. [125] In future, any league, cup or friendly game played between Derby and Forest will automatically become a Brian Clough Trophy game. Proceeds from the games will go to charities in the East Midlands. [126] [127]

Nottingham Forest 1979/80" uefa.com". Archived from the original on 5 December 2017 . Retrieved 3 April 2018. a b "Brian Clough's career information from brianclough.com". Archived from the original on 6 April 2008.