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Brian Clough
Brian Howard Clough was an English football player and manager, primarily known for his successes as a manager with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. He won the European Cup twice with Nottingham Forest and is one of four managers to have won the English league with two different clubs. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time. Charismatic, outspoken and often controvers…
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sports · English football player and manager (1935–2004) · association football player · autobiographer · association football coach · also Brian Clough, Brian Howard Clough, Clough
Born 21 March 1935 · Died 20 September 2004 · Q207658
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systematically putting referees under pressure, both physical and verbal, their overreactions, and the unsavoury spectacle of Bremner running alongside the referee constantly yelling in his ear.
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“systematically putting referees under pressure, both physical and verbal, their overreactions, and the unsavoury spectacle of Bremner running alongside the referee constantly yelling in his ear.”
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“down every corridor, round every corner, behind every wall and in every room and cupboard.”
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“Would you want him in your team every week?”
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“Keep calm. Put the kettle on, mother. Don”
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“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”
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“The men who run football have missed the most marvellous chance of cleaning up the game in one swoop”
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“We all know that he can walk on water. If he is not criticising Sir Alf Ramsey it has to be somebody else”
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Nottingham Post: Brian Clough statue at Middlesbrough's Albert Park finally being repaired after four-year wait
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The Guardian: What links Igor Tudor, Eric Ramsay and Brian Clough? The Saturday quiz
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Moviefone: Brian Clough- In His Own Words
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2025· 1 entry
Yahoo! Sports: brian clough's maine road puzzle Ahead of Saturday's clash, we look at a time when European champions Nottingham Forest couldn't buy an away goal against City... By David Clayton
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2024· 1 entry
Forbes: This Betrayal Of Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest Legacy Is Painful
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2023· 1 entry
The New York Times: Remembering Brian Clough, 30 years since his final game: ‘He touched people’s lives’
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2021· 4 entries
The Guardian: Brian Clough’s role in creating the myth that fans were to blame at Hillsborough | Letter
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The Guardian: Ian Woan: ‘Clough’s magic was putting a team of misfits together’
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The Guardian: ‘Tonight there were no words’: a dark day at Hillsborough with Brian Clough
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The Guardian: Brian Clough and me: ‘If it wasn’t for him, I’d be in prison’
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2020· 1 entry
The Guardian: Archive, 23 October 1973: Derby players demand reinstatement of Brian Clough
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2019· 2 entries
Won: France Football 15th Greatest Manager of All-Time with Freedom of the City of Derby 3 May 2003. (2019).
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Won: NFFCNA Hall Of Fame inductee with Freedom of the City of Derby 3 May 2003. (2019).
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2018· 4 entries
Won: Made in Derby Walk of Fame with Freedom of the City of Derby 3 May 2003. (2018).
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The Guardian: The Damned United review – Brian Clough drama is a game of two halves
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The Guardian: Brian Clough memory stirs Wenger’s nostalgia for lost age of management
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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
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2014· 1 entry
Had the unenviable record of being Leeds United's least successful permanent manager, winning only one match from six games
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2013· 2 entries
Won: ESPN 3rd Greatest Manager of All-Time with Freedom of the City of Derby 3 May 2003. (2013).
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Won: World Soccer 17th Greatest Manager of All-Time with Freedom of the City of Derby 3 May 2003. (2013).
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2011· 1 entry
His family and friends contributed memories to a book entitled The Day I Met Brian Clough, which also included recollections from fans and journalists
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2010· 2 entries
Received an apology and an undisclosed sum from the producers
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“continue to be a success for many years”
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2007· 1 entry
And 2008, a redevelopment scheme building new houses on the old Middlesbrough General Hospital site named roads after famous former Middlesbrough F
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2006· 1 entry
Which focuses on the rivalry between Clough and Don Revie
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2004· 1 entry
Died 2004-09-20.
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2002· 3 entries
Won award: English Football Hall of Fame inductee (2002).
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Clough was among the six managers who were inaugural inductees into the English Football Hall of Fame
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In recognition of his success and influence as a manager
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2001· 1 entry
Said: "I now accept the investigations have made me realise I was misinformed
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1997· 1 entry
UEFA subsequently banned Anderlecht for one year from European competition
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1995· 1 entry
George Graham, then Arsenal manager, lost his job over payments during the transfer of two Scandinavian players in 1992
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1994· 1 entry
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
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1993· 2 entries
After which Clough retired from football
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Was awarded the freedom of the city of Nottingham
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1992· 2 entries
Won award: PFA Merit Award (1992).
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Won: Full Members' Cup with Nottingham Forest (1991–92).
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1991· 3 entries
Won award: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1991).
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Runner-up: FA Cup with Nottingham Forest (1990–91).
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But could not emulate his earlier successes
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1990· 2 entries
Won the English Football League Cup with Nottingham F. (1989-1990).
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Won: Football League Cup with Nottingham Forest (1989–90).
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1989· 4 entries
Won the English Football League Cup with Nottingham F. (1988-1989).
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Won: Football League Cup with Nottingham Forest (1988–89).
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Won: Full Members' Cup with Nottingham Forest (1988–89).
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Won award: LMA Hall of Fame inductee (1989).
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1988· 1 entry
Won: Football League Centenary Tournament with Nottingham Forest (1988).
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1980· 2 entries
Won: European Cup with Nottingham Forest (1979–80).
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Taylor released a book, With Clough, By Taylor, which detailed their partnership, but he had not told Clough that he was writing the book
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1979· 5 entries
Won the English Football League Cup with Nottingham F. (1978-1979).
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Won: Football League Cup with Nottingham Forest (1978–79).
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Won: European Super Cup with Nottingham Forest (1979).
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Won: European Cup with Nottingham Forest (1978–79).
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And 1980) and two League Cups (1978 and 1979), before Taylor retired in 1982
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1978· 6 entries
Won the English FA Community Shield with Nottingham F. (1978).
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Won the English Football League Cup with Nottingham F. (1977-1978).
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Won: Football League Cup with Nottingham Forest (1977–78).
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Won: Football League First Division with Nottingham Forest (1977–78).
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Won: FA Charity Shield with Nottingham Forest (1978).
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Won award: Manager of the Year (1977–78).
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1977· 5 entries
Won: Football League Second Division third-place promotion with Nottingham Forest (1976–77).
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Won: Anglo-Scottish Cup with Nottingham Forest (1976–77).
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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
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Clough was reportedly interested in the Everton manager's job, but Gordon Lee was appointed instead
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And 1982, but lost out to Ron Greenwood and Bobby Robson respectively
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1973· 1 entry
Reached the semi-finals of the European Cup
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1972· 3 entries
Won: Football League First Division with Derby County (1971–72).
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Won: Texaco Cup with Derby County (1971–72).
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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 se
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1970· 1 entry
Won: Watney Cup with Derby County (1970).
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1969· 1 entry
Won: Football League Second Division with Derby County (1968–69).
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1967· 1 entry
The duo moved on to Second Division Derby County who, in 1968–69, were promoted as Second Division champions and, three years later, crowned champions of England for the first time in the club's history
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1965· 2 entries
Joined Hartlepool in 1965.
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Took the manager's job at Fourth Division Hartlepools United and appointed Peter Taylor as his assistant, the start of an enduring partnership that would bring them success at several clubs over the next two decades
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1961· 2 entries
Played for Sunderland A.F.C. (1961–1964) — 61 appearances, 54 goals.
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Joined Sunderland in 1961.
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1960· 2 entries
Won award: Football League Second Division top goalscorer (1959–60).
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Won: British Home Championship with England (1959–60).
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1959· 3 entries
Won award: Football League Second Division top goalscorer (1958–59).
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Played for England men's national association football team (1959–1959) — 2 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined England in 1959.
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1957· 2 entries
Played for England national association football B team (1957–1957) — 1 appearances, 1 goals.
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Played for England national under-21 association football team (1957–1958) — 3 appearances, 1 goals.
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1955· 3 entries
Won: North Riding Senior Cup with Middlesbrough (1954–55).
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Played for Middlesbrough F.C. (1955–1961) — 213 appearances, 197 goals.
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Joined Middlesbrough in 1955.
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1951· 1 entry
Joined Middlesbrough in 1951.
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1950· 1 entry
Without any qualifications, to work at ICI and did his national service in the RAF Regiment between 1953 and 1955
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1935· 1 entry
Born 1935-03-21.
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