Brian Clough
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brian Howard Clough | ||
Date of birth | 21 March 1935 | ||
Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
Date of death | 20 September 2004 | (aged 69)||
Place of death | Derby, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1951–1953 | Middlesbrough | ||
1953–1955 | Billingham Synthonia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955–1961 | Middlesbrough | 213 | (197) |
1961–1964 | Sunderland | 61 | (54) |
Total | 274 | (251) | |
International career | |||
1957–1958 |
England U23 | 3 | (1) |
1957 |
England B | 1 | (1) |
1959 | England | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1965–1967 | Hartlepools United | ||
1967–1973 | Derby County | ||
1973–1974 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
1974 | Leeds United | ||
1975–1993 | Nottingham Forest | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Brian Howard Clough
Clough played as a
An eight-month spell in charge of
Childhood
Clough was born on 21 March 1935 at 11 Valley Road, an inter-war council house in
Clough failed his Eleven-plus examination and attended Marton Grove Secondary Modern School.[12] He later admitted in his autobiography, Walking on Water, that he had neglected his lessons in favour of sport, although at school he became Head Boy. He also said that cricket, rather than football, was his first love as a youngster, and that he would have rather scored a test century at Lord's than a hat-trick at Wembley. He left school in 1950 without any qualifications, to work at ICI[13] and did his national service in the RAF Regiment between 1953 and 1955.[14]
Playing career
"I played with some great players and I think Cloughie was a great finisher. He was a powerful lad and both his timing and positional play were excellent. You placed him in that bracket as Roger Hunt, but in more modern terms he was very similar to Mark Hughes when it came to volleying. The one thing, right or wrong, that he insisted on was that he played down the middle because, he reasoned, that was where he scored, not out wide so why should I run wide. That was his only failing. When he played for England he wanted people to play like Boro did but when you've got people around like Bobby Charlton and Jimmy Greaves, you can't tell those guys I will just stop in the middle."
— Clough's Middlesbrough teammate Alan Peacock.[15]
Clough played for Great Broughton Juniors and, while working for ICI,
Middlesbrough
Following this, he became a prolific striker for his home town club
Sunderland
In July 1961, one of Clough's transfer requests was finally accepted and he moved to Boro's local rivals Sunderland for £55,000 scoring 34 goals in the 1961–62 season. With Sunderland, Clough scored a total of 63 goals in 74 matches.[18] In the 1962–63 season, Clough had scored 24 league goals by December as Sunderland pushed for promotion. In a match against Bury at Roker Park on 26 December 1962, in icy conditions and torrential rain, Clough was put through on goal and collided with goalkeeper, Chris Harker. Clough tore the medial and cruciate ligaments in his knee, an injury which in that era usually ended a player's career. He returned two years later, but could manage only three games and then retired from playing at the age of 29.[20]
Clough's manager at Sunderland was
Of the players who have scored over 200 goals in the English leagues, Clough has the highest goals-per-game ratio of 0.916,
Management career
Hartlepools United
After a short spell coaching the Sunderland youth team, in October 1965, Clough was offered the manager's job at Hartlepools United (from 1977 the club became known as Hartlepool United). He accepted and immediately asked Peter Taylor (then managing non-league Burton Albion) to join him as his assistant. At the age of 30, Clough was then the youngest manager in the league. Hartlepools were perennial strugglers and had repeatedly had to apply for re-election to the Football League, having finished in the bottom two of the Fourth Division five times in the past six seasons. Such was the club's perilous financial state in the 1965–66 season, Clough had to tour local pubs raising money to keep the club afloat and even applied for a coach driver's licence to drive the team to away matches.
On 15 November 1966, the then chairman, Ernest Ord, who was known for playing mind games with managers, sacked Clough's assistant Peter Taylor, claiming he could not afford to pay him anymore. Clough refused to accept it so Ord sacked him as well. However, there was a boardroom coup where the other board members refused to ratify the two sackings and which instead saw Ord ousted as chairman. Both Clough and Taylor were reinstated. Hartlepools' fortunes gradually improved and the club finished in a creditable eighth place in 1966–67. Their Hartlepools team featured three players who would play for Clough and Taylor at other clubs in the future: Les Green, who would be goalkeeper in Derby's promotion-winning side of 1969, Tony Parry who Clough signed for Derby in 1972 in what is seen as a helpful gesture to his former club who needed funds from transfers and a 16-year-old John McGovern, who would later be signed by Clough at Derby County, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest, winning several major trophies in the process. On 14 May 1967, the two men then joined Second Division side Derby County as manager and assistant manager. They took charge on 1 June 1967. In the following season, Hartlepools were promoted for the first time in their history.
Derby County
Derby County had been rooted in the Second Division for a decade before Clough's arrival, and had been outside the top flight for a further five years, their only major trophy being the FA Cup in 1946.
In Clough's
Clough was universally seen as a hard but fair manager, who insisted on clean play from his players and brooked no stupid questions from the press. He insisted on being called "Boss" and earned great respect from his peers for his ability to turn a game to his and his team's advantage. Derby's first season back in the First Division saw them finish fourth, their best league finish for over twenty years, but, due to financial irregularities, the club was banned from Europe the following season and fined £10,000.[citation needed]
In
Feud with the Derby County board of directors
In August 1972, Clough refused to go on an arranged pre-season tour of the Netherlands and West Germany unless he could take his family with him. Derby chairman Sam Longson told him that it was a working trip and not a holiday, so Clough put Taylor in charge of the tour instead and refused to go. The club did not contest the FA Charity Shield that year.
On 24 August 1972, Clough and Taylor signed David Nish from Leicester City for a then-record transfer fee of £225,000, without consulting the Derby board.[24] Afterwards, Jack Kirkland, a director, warned Clough and Taylor there would be no more expensive buys like Nish. Then, in early September 1972, after the team had defeated Liverpool 2–1 at the Baseball Ground, Clough criticised the Derby County fans, stating that "They started chanting only near the end when we were a goal in front. I want to hear them when we are losing. They are a disgraceful lot". In the same interview, Clough also verbally attacked the club's board of directors for their policies. The following day, board chairman Sam Longson apologised to the fans and dissociated himself from Clough's remarks.
That
It was these sorts of frequent, outspoken comments – particularly against football's establishment, such as the FA and club directors, and figures in the game such as Matt Busby, Alan Hardaker, Alf Ramsey, Don Revie and Len Shipman, along with players such as Billy Bremner, Norman Hunter and Peter Lorimer – combined with Clough's increased media profile, that eventually led to his falling out with the Rams' chairman, Sam Longson, and the Derby County board of directors.
On 5 August 1973, Clough put his name to an article in the
Days afterwards, Clough was charged with bringing the game into disrepute, but he was cleared on 14 November after he had later resigned from Derby. In September 1973, Clough travelled to West Ham United's Upton Park and personally made a £400,000 bid for Bobby Moore, a player he long admired, and Trevor Brooking. West Ham manager Ron Greenwood informed Clough that neither was available but that he would pass his offer onto the West Ham board of directors anyway. Clough never told Derby's chairman, secretary or any other board members at Derby about the bid. Longson found out four months later during a chance conversation with Eddie Chapman, West Ham's secretary at the time, but by then Clough was no longer the Derby County manager.
Resignation from Derby County
On 27 April 1972, less than two weeks before taking Derby to the league title, Clough and Taylor had briefly resigned for a few hours to manage Coventry City before changing their minds after Longson offered them more money.
During the
Clough and Taylor hoped to oust Longson as chairman, as they had done with Ord seven years earlier, but failed. Both Clough and Taylor resigned on the evening of 15 October 1973, and the resignation was accepted by Sam Longson the following morning, to widespread uproar from Rams fans, who demanded the board's resignation along with Clough and Taylor's reinstatement at the following home game against Leicester City four days later. That evening, Clough appeared on Parkinson and attacked football directors for their apparent "lack of knowledge" of football.
That week, Clough, as a television football pundit, memorably called
The six years at Derby County had brought Clough to the attention of the wider football world. According to James Lawton, "Derby was the wild making of Brian Clough. He went there a young and urgent manager who had done impressive work deep in his own little corner of the world at Hartlepools. He left surrounded by fascination and great celebrity: abrasive, infuriating, but plugged, immovably, into a vein of the nation."[31]
Brighton & Hove Albion
Such was the loyalty to Clough that, along with himself and Taylor, scouts and backroom staff completed the walk out, following the pair for their brief spell with Brighton & Hove Albion.[32] He proved less successful on the south coast than with his previous club, winning only 12 of his 32 games in charge of the Third Division side. Whereas nineteen months earlier he led Derby County to the league title and eight months earlier Clough was managing a team playing Juventus in the European Cup, he was now managing a club who, just after his appointment as manager, lost to non-league Walton & Hersham 4–0 at home in an FA Cup replay. On 1 December 1973, his side lost 8–2 at home to Bristol Rovers. Brighton eventually finished in 19th place that 1973–74 season.
Leeds United
Clough left Brighton less than a year after his appointment, in July 1974, to become manager of Leeds United, following Don Revie's departure to become manager of England, though this time Taylor did not join him. Clough's move was very surprising given his previous outspoken criticism of both Revie, for whom Clough made no secret of his deep disdain, and the successful Leeds team's playing style, which Clough had publicly branded "dirty" and "cheating".[33] Furthermore, he had called for Leeds to be demoted to the Second Division as a punishment for their poor disciplinary record.
He lasted in the job only 44 days before he was sacked by the Leeds directors on 12 September 1974, after alienating many of Leeds' star players.
On the evening of his dismissal, Clough discussed his short reign at
Nottingham Forest
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.[41] Clough brought Jimmy Gordon to be his club trainer, as Gordon had been for him at Derby and Leeds.[42] 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.[43]
Ian Bowyer was already at Forest and had won domestic and European trophies with Manchester City. Clough signed Scottish duo John McGovern and John O'Hare in February from Leeds United, having been bought by Clough the previous year during his ill-fated 44-day managerial stint there; both players had been part of Clough's title-winning team at Derby. He then brought John Robertson and Martin O'Neill back into the fold after they had requested transfers under Brown.[44] Viv Anderson had previously made his debut for the first team and became a regular under Clough.[45] Tony Woodcock, early in his career, was at Forest but was then unrated by Clough and was to be loaned to Lincoln City.[46] Forest were 13th in English football's second tier when Clough joined. They finished 16th at the end of the season. Forest signed Frank Clark in July 1975 on a free transfer.[47] The following 1975–76 season, Forest finished eighth in Clough's first full season in charge.[41] It was in this season Clough made McGovern long standing club captain, taking over from a game in which Bob Chapman and Liam O'Kane were both injured.[48]
On 16 July 1976, Peter Taylor re-joined Clough as his Assistant Manager, which he had been when winning the league at Derby.[41] Taylor included being the club's talent spotter in his role. After assessing the players Taylor told Clough "that was a feat by you to finish eighth in the Second Division because some of them are only Third Division players".[49] Taylor berated John Robertson for allowing himself to become overweight and disillusioned. He got Robertson on a diet and training regime that would help him become a European Cup winner.[50] Taylor turned Woodcock from a reserve midfielder into a 42-cap England striker.[51] In September 1976, he bought striker Peter Withe to Forest for £43,000, selling him to Newcastle United for £250,000 two years later.[52] Withe was eventually replaced in the starting team by Garry Birtles who Taylor had scouted playing for non-league Long Eaton United. Birtles also went on to represent England.[53] In October 1976, Clough, acting on Peter Taylor's advice, signed Larry Lloyd for £60,000 after an initial loan period.
Together Clough and Taylor took Forest to new heights. The first trophy of the Clough and Taylor reign was the
On 7 May, Alan Moore's own goal meant Forest in their last league game of the season defeated Millwall 1–0 at the City Ground.[55] This kept Forest in the third promotion spot in the league table and dependent on Bolton Wanderers dropping points in three games in hand in the fight for third place.[56] On 14 May Kenny Hibbitt's goal from his rehearsed free kick routine with Willie Carr gave Wolves a 1–0 win at Bolton.[48][57] Bolton's defeat reached the Forest team mid-air en route to an end of 1976–77 season break in Mallorca.[48] Forest's third place promotion from the Second Division was the fifth-lowest points tally of any promoted team in history, 52[41][44] (two points for a win in England until 1981).
Taylor secretly followed Kenny Burns and concluded Burns' reputation as a hard drinker and gambler was exaggerated. Taylor sanctioned his £150,000 July signing. Burns become FWA Footballer of the Year in 1977–78 after being moved from centre-forward to centre-back.[58][59] Forest started their return to the top league campaign with a 3–1 win at Everton. Three further wins in league and cup followed without conceding a goal. Then came five early September goals conceded in losing 3–0 at Arsenal and defeating Wolves 3–2 at home.[60] Peter Shilton then signed for a record fee for a goalkeeper of £325,000. Taylor reasoned: "Shilton wins you matches."[61] 20 year old John Middleton was first team goalkeeper pre-Shilton. Middleton later in the month went in part exchange with £25,000 to Derby County for Archie Gemmill transferring to Forest.[62] Gemmill was another Scottish former 1972 Derby title winner.[58][63]
Forest lost only three of their first sixteen league games, the last of which was at Leeds United on 19 November 1977. They lost only one further game all season, an 11 March FA Cup sixth round defeat at
Forest started season
In February 1979, Taylor authorised the English game's first £1 million transfer, signing
In the
The next
The League and European Cup winning squad was broken up to capitalise on player sale value. Clough and Taylor both later said this was a mistake.[42] The rebuilt side, comprising youngsters and signings such as Ian Wallace, Raimondo Ponte and Justin Fashanu, did not challenge for trophies. Taylor said in 1982,[76]
"For many weeks now I don't believe I've been doing justice to the partnership and I certainly haven't been doing justice to Nottingham Forest the way I felt. And consequently after a great deal of thought, there was no option. I wanted to take an early retirement. That's exactly what I've done."
Jimmy Gordon retired in the same close season.[42]
After clinched a decent fifth place in the 1982-83 season, the next campaign 1983-84 the club -returning to the continental competitions after two years- was defeated by Anderlecht in the UEFA Cup semi finals in controversial circumstances. Several contentious refereeing decisions went against Forest. Over a decade later it emerged that before the match the referee Guruceta Muro received a £27,000 "loan" from Anderlecht's chairman Constant Vanden Stock.[77] In 1997 UEFA subsequently banned Anderlecht for one year from European competition. Muro died in a car crash in 1987.[78]
Forest defeated Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the Football League Centenary Tournament final in April 1988 after drawing 0–0.[79] 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.
On 18 January 1989, Clough joined the fray of a City Ground pitch invasion by hitting two of his own team's fans when on the pitch. The football authorities fined Clough and issued him with a touchline ban.[80] Forest defeated QPR 5–2 in that 1988–89 Football League Cup tie.[81]
Forest defeated Everton 4–3 after extra time in the 1989
In the summer of 1991,
Walker transferred in summer 1992 to Italian side
Links with other jobs
Clough was a popular choice to be appointed England manager throughout the 1970s and 1980s. However, it was widely felt that the FA were unwilling to consider appointing him on account of his numerous outspoken comments about the English football authorities. He was interviewed for the job twice, in 1977 and 1982, but lost out to Ron Greenwood and Bobby Robson respectively. Such was the demand for Clough to be given the job that incumbent manager Robson told then-FA chairman Sir Bert Millichip: 'I'm having a rough time and everybody wants Brian – give the job to him. If he's successful, everybody's happy. If he fails, that's the end of the clamour for Brian Clough to be England manager'."[84]
Clough was still a popular choice to be given the job of England manager before Graham Taylor's appointment in 1990.[85] 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."[86] 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.[87]
Following Mike England's dismissal as manager of Wales in February 1988, Clough was offered the position as manager of Wales on a part-time basis, something later done with John Toshack. Clough was keen on the chance to become an international manager, but the directors of Nottingham Forest refused to let him split his loyalties.[85] According to Hamish Woodward writing in Atletifo Sports, Clough used the Wales job to earn himself an improved contract with Nottingham Forest.[88] In April 1986, Clough had declared that he intended to spend the rest of his managerial career with Nottingham Forest.[89] In June 1986, Clough was linked with the job of Scotland manager, but the vacancy was filled by Andy Roxburgh (a long-serving member of the Scotland coaching set-up) instead. Clough had also been linked with the Republic of Ireland job the previous year, before it was filled by fellow Englishman Jack Charlton.[90]
Rift with Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor, Clough's friend and long-time assistant at 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.[91] 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.
When Taylor signed
The rift had not been repaired by the time Taylor died in October 1990, but Clough and his family attended Taylor's funeral. According to Taylor's daughter Wendy, Clough was "deeply upset" by Taylor's death and telephoned her when he heard the news.[95] Clough dedicated his autobiography in 1994 to Taylor, and he also paid tribute to him when he was given the freedom of Nottingham, as he did in September 1999 when a bust was unveiled of Clough at the City Ground.
Corruption allegations
Clough was implicated in the 1990s "bungs" scandal in
Clough became involved in the scandal in June 1993 when he was
After an inquiry by the FA, Clough was charged with misconduct but the case was dropped due to his ill health. Former Premier League chief executive Rick Parry, who led the investigation into Clough, said: "On the balance of evidence, we felt he was guilty of taking bungs. The evidence was pretty strong."[99] A former Forest chief scout Alan Hill confirmed Clough had made illegal payments to players and backroom staff in breach of FA rules.[99][100] Clough always denied the allegations, saying "Asking me what it's like to make money out of transfers is like asking 'What's it like to have VD?' I don't know, I've never had it."[99]
Later life
Much of Clough's retirement was spent concentrating on his fight against alcoholism, ill-health and corruption allegations. His battle with alcoholism dated back to the 1970s and was chronicled in part by Duncan Hamilton in his award-winning book Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough.[101][102] He considered applying for the job as manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers on the sacking of Graham Taylor on 13 November 1995. Nothing came of it, however, and Clough's managerial career was over.
In November 1994, Clough caused controversy over comments he made about the Hillsborough disaster. He wrote in his autobiography: "I will always remain convinced that those Liverpool fans who died were killed by Liverpool people. They brought the tragedy on themselves they were drunk, unruly and disorderly." He defended the comments in an interview with Clive Anderson. In 2001, he said: "I now accept the investigations have made me realise I was misinformed. I wasn't trying to be vindictive or unsympathetic, but my opinion has altered over the years. It was never my intention to hurt anyone".[103]
Nottingham Forest honoured him by renaming the
Personal life, family and health
Clough was a lifelong
On 4 April 1959, Clough married Barbara Glasgow in Middlesbrough. He later said that marrying Barbara was "the best thing I ever did". They went on to have three children: Simon, born on 15 June 1964, Nigel, born on 19 March 1966, and Elizabeth, born on 31 May 1967. During the 1980s the Clough family went on to mentor a couple of underprivileged youngsters from Sunderland, brothers Craig and Aaron Bromfield after a chance encounter in the North East prior to a Forest fixture. Craig at one point ended up living with the Cloughs for a significant period of time, coming to see Brian as a second father—the arrangement ending when Craig was found to have been stealing from the family. Craig, who later published a book on his experience, seems genuinely appreciative to the family and, to his credit, full of regret for the way the situation came to a conclusion.[111] Nigel also became a professional footballer and played under his father at Forest in the 1980s and 1990s. He then moved into management and, in January 2009, followed in his father's footsteps when he was appointed manager of Derby County.[112]
In 2011, his family and friends contributed memories to a book entitled The Day I Met Brian Clough, which also included recollections from fans and journalists.[113] His widow, Barbara, died on 20 July 2013 at the age of 75. Her death was revealed to have been the result of a head injury sustained when she fell over in a car park of a hospital where she was being treated for cancer.[114]
A lover of cricket, Clough was good friends with Yorkshire and England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott.[115]
Death
Clough died of stomach cancer on 20 September 2004, on Ward 30,[116] in Derby City Hospital, at the age of 69, having been admitted a few days earlier.[116] Such was his popularity, fans of Derby County and Nottingham Forest, usually fierce rivals, mourned together following his death. A memorial service was held at Derby's Pride Park Stadium on 21 October 2004 which was attended by more than 14,000 people. It was originally to have been held at Derby Cathedral, but had to be moved because of demand for tickets.[117]
Legacy
In August 2005, the stretch of the A52 linking Nottingham and Derby was renamed Brian Clough Way.[118] His widow Barbara expressed her gratitude to Nottingham City Council, saying: "Brian would have been amazed but genuinely appreciative". Since the opening of the Nottingham Express Transit system, tram No. 215 has been named Brian Clough.[119]
After a long process of fundraising, Clough's home town of Middlesbrough commissioned a statue of him, which was unveiled on 16 May 2007.[120] Although there was a movement to erect a statue in his birthplace at Grove Hill, the site chosen was the town's Albert Park, through which he usually walked on his way from home to Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough's former stadium.[121]
In August 2008, a tribute website was set up in honour of Clough with the backing of his family. This helped to raise money for a statue of Clough, which was erected in Nottingham's Old Market Square on 6 November 2008.[122] In December 2006, the Brian Clough Statue Fund in Nottingham announced it had raised £69,000 in just 18 months for a statue of Clough in the city. The winning statue was selected from a choice of three designs in January 2008. The site chosen for the statue was at the junction of King Street and Queen Street in the centre of Nottingham. On 6 November 2008, the statue was unveiled by Clough's widow Barbara, in front of a crowd of more than 5,000 people.[123] [124] The tribute website brianclough.com is still attracting visitors from around the world and was praised by Barbara Clough on its tenth anniversary in 2010. Barbara Clough said she hoped it would "continue to be a success for many years".[125][126] In 2007 and 2008, a redevelopment scheme building new houses on the old Middlesbrough General Hospital site named roads after famous former Middlesbrough F.C. players, including Willie Maddren, George Camsell and Clough.
Derby County and Nottingham Forest competed for the inaugural Brian Clough Trophy at Pride Park on 31 July 2007.[127] 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.[128][129]
In April 2009, Derby County announced that they would erect a statue of Clough and Peter Taylor at Pride Park, with sculptor Andy Edwards, who previously produced the Steve Bloomer bust already in the stadium, commissioned for the statue.[130] The Brian Clough and Peter Taylor Monument was officially unveiled in a family service on 27 August 2010 and publicly on 28 August 2010.[131]
The Damned United
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".[132][133] The Clough family expressed disappointment at the publication of the book.[134] It includes a scene with Clough in the Elland Road car park burning Revie's old desk, for which there is no factual source.[135]
The book was later adapted into a film called The Damned United, starring Michael Sheen and released in 2009. It too was successfully sued for defamation, this time by Dave Mackay, who in 2010 received an apology and an undisclosed sum from the producers. The Clough family declined to co-operate with the film, despite efforts by the film-makers to lighten the dark tone of the novel.[135]
Bloody Southerners
In 2018, a book chronicling Clough and Taylor's hitherto unwritten time in management at Brighton & Hove Albion, 'Bloody Southerners: Clough and Taylor's Brighton & Hove Albion Odyssey', was written by Spencer Vignes and published by Biteback Publishing. Clough and Taylor had joined Brighton in November 1973, and Vignes speaks to the Brighton players who played under them. Clough himself only stayed for a few months, before heading to Leeds United at the end of the season. Taylor, meanwhile, chose to honour his contract with club chairman Mike Bamber, and stayed on as sole manager until the end of the 1975/76 season.[136]
Alchemy
In September 2022, author Christopher Hull launched a book about the time of dynamic duo Clough and Taylor during their Hartlepools stage in mid-60s.[137]
Career statistics
As a player
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Middlesbrough | 1955–56 | Second Division | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 3 | |
1956–57
|
Second Division | 41 | 38 | 3 | 2 | — | 44 | 40 | ||
1957–58
|
Second Division | 40 | 40 | 2 | 2 | — | 42 | 42 | ||
1958–59
|
Second Division | 42 | 43 | 1 | 0 | — | 43 | 43 | ||
1959–60 | Second Division | 41 | 39 | 1 | 1 | — | 42 | 40 | ||
1960–61 | Second Division | 40 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 36 | |
Total | 213 | 197 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 222 | 204 | ||
Sunderland | 1961–62 | Second Division | 34 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 34 |
1962–63 | Second Division | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 28 | |
1963–64
|
Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1964–65
|
First Division | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 61 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 74 | 63 | ||
Career total | 274 | 251 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 296 | 267 |
As a manager
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Hartlepools United | 29 October 1965 | 5 June 1967 | 85 | 37 | 14 | 34 | 43.5 |
Derby County | 5 June 1967 | 15 October 1973 | 332 | 161 | 78 | 93 | 48.5 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 November 1973 | 20 July 1974 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 35.3 |
Leeds United | 30 July 1974 | 12 September 1974 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12.5 |
Nottingham Forest | 3 January 1975 | 8 May 1993 | 994 | 464 | 263 | 267 | 46.7 |
Total[138] | 1,453 | 675 | 368 | 410 | 46.5 |
Honours
Player
Middlesbrough
England
Individual
- Second Division top goalscorer: 1958–59, 1959–60[141]
- Northern Echo Middlesbrough's Greatest XI (1876–2017)[142]
Manager
Derby County[143]
Nottingham Forest[144]
- First Division: 1977–78
- 1989–90
- 1991–92
- FA Charity Shield: 1978
- 1979–80
- European Super Cup: 1979
- Anglo-Scottish Cup: 1976–77
Individual
- Manager of the Year: 1977–78
- Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to football: 14 June 1991[145]
- LMA Hall of Fame inductee: 1989[146]
- PFA Merit Award: 1992
- English Football Hall of Fame inductee: 2002[145]
- Freedom of the City of Derby 3 May 2003.[147][148]
- ESPN 3rd Greatest Manager of All-Time: 2013[149]
- France Football 15th Greatest Manager of All-Time: 2019[150]
- World Soccer 17th Greatest Manager of All-Time: 2013
- Made in Walk of Fame: 2018[151]
- NFFCNA Hall Of Fame inductee: 2019[152]
See also
- List of English football championship winning managers
- List of longest managerial reigns in association football
Notes
- ^ The others are Tom Watson, Herbert Chapman and Kenny Dalglish.
- ^ The others were Liverpool in 1906, Everton in 1932, Tottenham Hotspur in 1951 and Ipswich Town in 1962. Forest remain the only club to achieve this feat having not been promoted as champions.
References
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- Taylor, Peter; Langley, Mike (1980). With Clough. Sigdwick and Jackson. ISBN 0-283-98795-2.
External links
- Brianclough.com
- Classic Brian Clough Quotes
- Brian Howard Clough – The Facebook Tribute
- Brian Clough timeline
- BBC Obituary
- Brian Clough Books
- BBC quotations by Clough
- Brian Clough Memorial Service
- Brian Clough on BBC Tees
- Nottingham Forest's double European Cup win
- Brian Clough management career statistics at Soccerbase
- English Football Hall of Fame Profile
- Brian Clough Quotes
- Full Managerial Stats for Leeds United from WAFLL
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