Supporters can easily become obsessed by tactics and formations. Whether the “diamond” trumps the “ false nine” or whether 4-3-3 is just 4-5-1 with lazier forwards? And for those who (pre-Covid) lived for those never-ending pub arguments with no hope of resolution, this book is their bible. Although it stops short of explaining the theory of the ‘67th-minute’ goal. That’s explored in detail in There’s Only One Danny Garvey. Of the players who have scored over 200 goals in the English leagues, Clough has the highest goals-per-game ratio of 0.916, [22] and has the second highest ratio in the list that includes the Scottish leagues. It wasn’t until 1970 that Rams fans were able to start to weigh down their bookshelves with books about their favourite club thanks to the Derby Evening Telegraph’s George Edwards who had the bright idea to produce a book to celebrate the Rams return to First Division football. His simplistically titled The Derby County Football Book was very well received and a year later he produced a follow-up called The Derby County Football Book No2. Once again, a not particularly catchy title, but equally readable to supporters basking in the renaissance of a run-down football club rejuvenated by Clough and Taylor. That was about it until 1983 when Anton Rippon and Andrew Ward (son of ex Derby player and manager Tim Ward) wrote The Derby County Story. Then came journalist Tony Francis’s controversial There was some Football Too which apparently upset Brian Clough considerably. The year 1984 was something of a watershed because it marked the publication of Gerald Mortimer’s Derby County, A Complete Record 1884-1984 which is still regarded as the “bible” for Derby County fans. Since then it has twice been updated, in 1988 and 2006. How Gerald kept himself informed on subjects such as the deaths of ex-players remains a mystery to me.

A second Made in Derby walk of fame is on its way to city streets". Derbyshire Live. 14 May 2018 . Retrieved 21 May 2021. In 1977, Forest were promoted to the top flight and the following season won the league title (the first in the club's history), making Clough one of only four managers to have won the English league with two clubs. Forest also won two consecutive European Cups (in 1979 and 1980) and two League Cups ( 1978 and 1979), before Taylor retired in 1982. Clough stayed on as Forest manager for another decade and won two more League Cups ( 1989 and 1990) and reached the FA Cup final in 1991, but could not emulate his earlier successes. Forest were relegated from the Premier League in 1993, after which Clough retired from football. I Believe In Miracles is released on Tuesday. An accompanying book of the same name, written by Daniel Taylor with a foreword by José Mourinho, will be published on 12 November The glory years

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. [79] Forest defeated QPR 5–2 in that 1988–89 Football League Cup tie. [80] a b Taylor, Daniel (11 November 2015). "Signing 'a hooligan' and a Shankly team talk: how Clough set up Forest for title". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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 Whip round' – Derby County fans share their favourite Brian Clough stories". Derby Telegraph. 22 March 2020 . Retrieved 29 May 2021. It was the start of the relationship. The book tells stories of Clough saving Craig and Aaron from bullies and even allowing him to sit on the Forest bench. Perhaps intuitively aware of their difficult homelife, the boys were invited to come down and stay with Clough.Peace’s masterful novel depicting the 44-day tenure of Brian Clough as manager of Leeds United depicts how his paranoia and loneliness (and irrationality) grow with his increasing isolation. Insomnia takes hold and the Clough of the novel struggles to understand why the skills and practices that made him a brilliant football player – prior to career-ending injury – and then a mercurial manager, have apparently deserted him. While it concerns itself with his turbulent 44-day reign as manager of Leeds – aka "dirty Leeds" – the film, based on the book by Red Riding author David Peace, has inevitably opened up a wider debate on Clough's career and character.

Brian Howard Clough OBE [1] ( / k l ʌ f/ KLUF; 21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was an English football player and manager, primarily known for his successes as a manager with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. He is one of four managers to have won the English league with two different clubs. He is widely considered to be among one of the greatest managers of all time. [2] [3] [4] The Ruhleben Football Association: How Steve Bloomer’s Footballers Survived a First World War Prison Camp, P Brown In 2018, he saw Nigel at a match. They hugged and talked. Nigel told him he was sorry to hear about Aaron. Craig didn’t know that his brother, by then an alcoholic, had died a few weeks earlier after drinking heavily and taking too many antidepressants. Craig insists Aaron hadn’t intended to kill himself – his clothes were laid out, neatly pressed for the next day. Friends of Aaron had told the Cloughs, but not Craig.The boys would be sent out begging, telling strangers they had to walk 12 miles to see their grandmother because they didn’t have the bus fare. At the same time, their parents brought them up to be polite and respectful (partly because it enabled them to manipulate strangers better). Clough knew nothing of this. “I didn’t tell him how bad life was,” Craig says. “I never told him Dad was a drug dealer.” It was a tough upbringing. "I never felt safe in my own home." His father, technically his stepfather, would beat his mother and had been a somewhat notorious figure. "He did not exactly make it easy on himself or us by becoming a drug dealer," says Craig. 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." 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.”

They said he had just done it for publicity and it would not be happening again." But they were wrong. Middlesbrough FC pay tribute to Teesside Legend Brian Clough on the 10th anniversary of his passing". Middlesbrough FC. 20 September 2014 . Retrieved 21 May 2021. Chris Cordner (20 August 2022). "Cloughie's Hartlepool years remembered in a new book - and there's loads about life in the town in the 60s" . Retrieved 20 August 2023. Football League Div 1 & 2 Leading Goalscorers 1947–92". RSSSF. 30 July 2020 . Retrieved 21 May 2021.

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