Brian Clough

[Norman Potting]

Currently halfway through "The Damned United", a fictional account of Clough's turbulent and brief spell as manager of Leeds United. Excellent read.

Clough is (was) a fascinating character - anyone recomment any decent biographies or other books about him??

 

[trueblue]

Currently halfway through "The Damned United", a fictional account of Clough's turbulent and brief spell as manager of Leeds United. Excellent read.

Me too. Great book so far.

 

[Zesh Rehman]

i read one book about him, cant remember what one thought, really good reads and very funny.

my favourite lines were - "Frank Sinatra, he met me" and "I wouldn't say im the best, but im in the top 1"

 

[ditchy]

Great book loved the bit about breaking Revie's desk up

 

[Braders]

"Walking on Water" his autobiography is really good aswell, haven't read the damned united yet!

 

[Thimble Keegan]

My bird has bought me The Damned United but as yet I have not got round to reading it...I have heard some good things about it though so I am sure it will be good.

Albion & England forever.

Thimble Keegan
Stevenage BHA

 

[Stinkers Bridge]

I read one of his biographies, can't remember the exact title - I think it was something as obvious as 'Cloughie'.
Again, a good read. It always surprised me how good a player he was before injury cut his career short. I'm sure a lot of the younger generation would not be aware of his goalscoring feats during his playing days. Without injury he would of probably become an England goalscorer legend.

 

[Parson Henry]

I read one of his biographies, can't remember the exact title - I think it was something as obvious as 'Cloughie'.
Again, a good read. It always surprised me how good a player he was before injury cut his career short. I'm sure a lot of the younger generation would not be aware of his goalscoring feats during his playing days. Without injury he would of probably become an England goalscorer legend.

That made sense.

 

[Stinkers Bridge]

That made sense.

Apologies. Normal service will be resumed shortly.

 

[Parson Henry]

Apologies. Normal service will be resumed shortly.

Waiting..for a foolish interlude.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I read one of his biographies, can't remember the exact title - I think it was something as obvious as 'Cloughie'.
Again, a good read. It always surprised me how good a player he was before injury cut his career short. I'm sure a lot of the younger generation would not be aware of his goalscoring feats during his playing days. Without injury he would of probably become an England goalscorer legend.

204 goals in 222 games for Boro.
63 in 74 for Sunderland.

Comparable with the best.

 

[ditchy]

204 goals in 222 games for Boro.
63 in 74 for Sunderland.

Comparable with the best.

Fantastic scoring record , but was it not then in 2nd Division

 

[The Large One]

I don't know if it's a quote in any of his books, but one of his classic lines was as a result of him buying some aboslute donkeys of centre-forwards for Derby and Nottingham Forest who ultimately came to nothing.

"I'm the worst chooser of centre-forwards since Walter Winterbottom, who only picked me twice for England."

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Fantastic scoring record , but was it not then in 2nd Division

Boro was, not sure about Sunderland.

Either way you've still got to score them.

In his WORST season for Boro, he got 35 goals.

 

[Jam The Man]

Currently halfway through "The Damned United", a fictional account of Clough's turbulent and brief spell as manager of Leeds United.

Didn't realise it was fictional .. thought it was supposed to be a true version of events.

 

[bardo]

Still love the story in which Forest (?) were several goals down at half-time and he pokes his head round the door at half-time and says "Sorry lads, picked the wrong team!" and walked off. They went on to win the game.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I've just finished Damned Utd and it was a brilliant read.

The bit about him and Taylor being talked into signing up for Albion was interesting, as their tenure coincided with the ignominious defeats to Bristol Rovers 8-2 and 4-0 to Walton & Hersham in the FA Cup.

Like the others I'm keen to delve into related books, but Clough came across as a bit of a cock and I'm more interested in the Leeds Revie years, so I'll be browsing Amazon for something suitable.

Leeds record of consistency in the 60s and 70s is remarkable, albeit they were runners-up most of the time.

 

[unnameable]

I've just finished Damned Utd and it was a brilliant read.

The bit about him and Taylor being talked into signing up for Albion was interesting, as their tenure coincided with the ignominious defeats to Bristol Rovers 8-2 and 4-0 to Walton & Hersham in the FA Cup.

Like the others I'm keen to delve into related books, but Clough came across as a bit of a cock and I'm more interested in the Leeds Revie years, so I'll be browsing Amazon for something suitable.

Leeds record of consistency in the 60s and 70s is remarkable, albeit they were runners-up most of the time.

Yes, Albion get more than a passing mention in the book. I was at both the Bristol Rovers and the Walton & Hersham games. It has been said that Clough laid the foundations for the success enjoyed by Peter Taylor and Alan Mullery. What would have happened had Cloughie stayed at the Goldstone? Would he have done for us what he did for Forest? Would we be, as Forest fans are now, moaning as our club, twice European champions, languishes in the third tier of English football?

 

[Pavilionaire]

The book says that when he took over we had 11 points from 14 matches, and he helped us to 32 points from the remaining 32 matches, so a slight improvement on his predecessor.

I liked the bit about Clough assembling the Albion squad on Day 1 and challenging any of them to thump him on the chin to prove they had a bit of fight. No one did, of course!

 

[Jam The Man]

Can I just get this clear.. is The Damned United fact or fiction?