brian clough

I do remember the 0-4, they battered us


I also remember to the tune of knees up Mother Brown

Whos up Cloughies arse
Whos up Cloughies arse
Peter Peter Taylor is
Peter Peter Taylor is


repeat

Originally Posted by HarkNowHear

I do remember the 0-4, they battered us


I also remember to the tune of knees up Mother Brown

Whos up Cloughies arse
Whos up Cloughies arse
Peter Peter Taylor is
Peter Peter Taylor is


repeat

d'you remember Happy Xmas to the @#%&! the year after

Thought he was great when I was a kid, would have loved him at United. Felt sorry for him towards the end of his career. The book Provided You Don't Kiss Me gives a good insight into Clough. Written by a Nottingham based journo who started work there around the time Clough took over.

Absolute @#%&! but a great manager.

At Forest especially, he always had more money & resources then many seem to appreciate. Still, what he achieved at Nottingham Forest, Derby and Leeds was fantastic.

Felt really gutted for him when Forest went down - he was a shell of his former self, a broken man.

Regarding Busby, in his autobiography he has nothing but praise and admiration for Sir Matt. Same can't be said about Fergie and he snipes at him throughout.

Dead

the damned united

is there anything this scouse @#%&! isn't in? he must be the hardest working scouser there's ever been.

Originally Posted by wonky no

the damned united

is there anything this scouse @#%&! isn't in? he must be the hardest working scouser there's ever been.

i take it tonight matthew......hes being billy bumner

Originally Posted by denis lawless

i take it tonight matthew......hes being billy bumner

not a bad effort either

http://timesonline.typepad.com/block...mned-unit.html

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2ddzieGoLMg&feature=related

had the privelige to have spent the day when i was a kid with brian clough and he was a total gentleman i was 10 at the time and he sent me to the bar to get him a pint and said if they refuse to serve you tell em your uncle brian sent you
got him a pint and one for my old man and a coke for myself and told me to keep the change out of a £20 note
he asked me who i supported and told him united he just laughed and ruffled my hair
i think he played upto the media cos he was just a very humble bloke who talked about life with my old man and didn't give it the big i am
still got his autograph from that day which i have framed
here it is

Originally Posted by les vagas

had the privelige to have spent the day when i was a kid with brian clough and he was a total gentleman i was 10 at the time and he sent me to the bar to get him a pint and said if they refuse to serve you tell em your uncle brian sent you
got him a pint and one for my old man and a coke for myself and told me to keep the change out of a £20 note
he asked me who i supported and told him united he just laughed and ruffled my hair
i think he played upto the media cos he was just a very humble bloke who talked about life with my old man and didn't give it the big i am
still got his autograph from that day which i have framed
here it is

nice one, love stories like that

bit of a spanner but football is poorer for the lack of such characters

"I hope she doesn't sing in the bath" ...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0y7W3jjdybY

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0y7W3jjdybY

I

bit of a spanner but football is poorer for the lack of such characters

"I hope she doesn't sing in the bath" ...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0y7W3jjdybY

I wanted the clip where he attacked his own fans but couldn't find it.

EDIT: eh? I only posted this once!

what a great video

i must watch that again sometime

according to this the film of the book is very much 'carry on cloughie'
you could tell as much from the trailer. mistake imo

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/mar/07/2/print

Damned: Clough family boycott film of legendary manager's life

Wife and children snub screening of new movie based on acclaimed novel
Owen Gibson, sports news correspondent
The Guardian, Saturday 7 March 2009

Brian Clough's widow and family will snub a new big-screen dramatisation of his ill-fated 44 days as manager of Leeds United, despite being offered a preview by film-makers hoping to overcome their vehement opposition to the book on which it is based.

The Damned United, adapted from a novel by David Peace, is released later this month and stars Michael Sheen, who has specialised in recent years in well-received portrayals of famous names, including Tony Blair, Kenneth Williams and David Frost.

Director Tom Hooper invited Clough's widow Barbara, daughter Elizabeth and sons Simon and Nigel - who is now manager at Derby County - to see a preview, insisting that it is different in tone from Peace's book. Where that is a dark, intense psychological study, the film is a more light-hearted nostalgia piece - more Carry on Cloughie than Peace's Yorkshire Heart of Darkness.

But Don Shaw, a TV producer and friend of the family who spoke out at their behest against the book in 2007, said they would not be taking up the offer. "They absolutely loathe the idea. Nigel tried to read The Damned Utd but gave up because he was so shocked by it. Barbara read one page before she had to stop," said Shaw, whose own book Clough's War comes out in May. "They were horrified by the book and won't be seeing the film."

The film's producer, Andy Harries, said: "It's a shame Mrs Clough doesn't want to see the film and it's particular shame that the children haven't responded to our overtures." He said that they were sent scripts, invited to production meetings and given the option of a private screening.

"I find it a bit surprising. He was a public figure all his life and no one exploited the media more than Clough."

He said the film-makers had taken a conscious decision to lighten the book's tone. "We didn't dwell on his alcoholism or his decline. That wasn't the story we wanted to tell. In quite tough times, we wanted to make a film with an upbeat ending - you come out of the cinema thinking it was an enjoyable experience and that Clough was a good guy."

The book was adapted by screenwriter Peter Morgan, who has been laden with awards in recent years for his portrayals of real-life events in Frost/Nixon, The Deal and The Queen.

The dark, claustrophobic novel takes place inside Clough's head as he slowly unravels while trying to take charge of a Leeds team loyal to their former boss, Clough's nemesis Don Revie.

It is largely set during a turbulent period in 1974 that saw him quit the Derby County team that he had taken from division two to the league championship, split with his longstanding right-hand man Peter Taylor and try to stamp his authority on "dirty Leeds".

It was rapturously received by critics and became a word-of-mouth hit, but, through Shaw, the family heavily criticised its portrayal of Clough. They particularly objected to the idea that he peppered his speech with swearwords and was portrayed as "chain-smoking, obscenity-shouting and selfishly driven".

If anything, interest in Clough has grown since his death from stomach cancer in 2004. Revered as much for his wit as his achievements in winning the league title with unfashionable Derby and two European Cups with the equally unheralded Nottingham Forest, Clough famously quipped of his abilities: "I wouldn't say I'm the best manager in the business, but I'm in the top one."

The Damned Utd also failed to find favour with others featured. Leeds midfielder Johnny Giles received an out of court settlement and an apology from Peace and publisher Faber & Faber, which also promised to remove certain passages from future editions.

In his disclaimer at the end of the book Peace, who also wrote the Red Riding quartet of books that have been turned into a big-budget drama trilogy by Channel 4, said: "This novel is another fiction, based on another fact."

But Shaw said that while the Clough family understood Brian was a public figure, Peace's novel showed the dangers of mixing fact with fiction. His own book, which focuses on Clough's career at Derby between 1967 and 1973, was an attempt "to put the record straight".

It will become the third significant Clough book to be published in the last three years, alongside The Damned Utd and Provided You Don't Kiss Me, by Duncan Hamilton, the 2007 William Hill sports book of the year .
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2009

Years Club App (Gls)*
1955–1961 Middlesbrough 213 (197)
1961–1964 Sunderland 61 (54)
Total 274 (251)

Goal machine

tremendous manager. like fergie, a true one-off.

a lot funnier than fergie.

he thought so too.