Loved Cloughie. Meet him at Old Trafford as a ball boy in 85. Invited me n another kid into the changing room before kick off n witnessed the build up 5 mins before the game. Absolute diamond of a man ❤️🔥❤️🔥
@@maximomgwadira1687 it was class. Nigel Clough, Stuart Pearce, etc we’re all in there. He sat us down n we shook all the players hands n witnessed the build up to KO 🔥
Duncan Hamilton writes: One lunchtime I was walking back with him [Clough] from the Italian restaurant on Trent Bridge. In the City Ground’s car park we came across a father and son walking away from the ticket office. The son was about eleven years old. The knees of his black trousers were shiny, the shirt cuffs threadbare, and the toes of his shoes were scuffed from kicking a ball around the streets. His father, a tall, balding man in a worn grey suit, politely approached Clough for an autograph. His son, he explained, was desperate to watch a match. He’d saved his own pocket money from a newspaper round and odd jobs so he could buy the ticket himself. Clough shook him by the hand and then reached into his pocket. He drew out two £20 notes. ‘Son,’ he said, ‘stick these in your piggy bank.’ The boy could barely speak with gratitude. ‘Enjoy yourself,’ said Clough, and strolled off.
Im from cork in Ireland and there was a cork punk band called sultans of ping , they were Forrest fans and they have a song and every lyric in the song is something Brian clough had said when Roy Keane signed for Forrest.”he’s a nice young man , he’s got a lovely smile, give him a ball and yard grass and he’ll make the space for the perfect pass.” Brilliant song by the way!!!
My mother was one of the nurses who cared for Brian Clough when he was in the Derby Royal Infirmary. She said he absolutely refused a bed bath from a young nurse, insisting on someone seasoned, like herself. Years later, when Nigel Clough was managing Derby, my parents ran into him in the town center. My mother mentioned how she’d looked after his dad and recalled the lovely box of chocolates Mr. Clough had given the nurses. Nigel smiled and said, “I bought those!”
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i could listen to this stuff all day all night. Absolutely brilliant . What a legend Cloughy was . Mint .
As a kid I asked BRIAN for his Autograph after he had scored up at the Toon. He pointed at me and said its Mr Clough to you sonny. My mate butted in and asked if he could have his autograph Mr Clough pointed to his bandaged hand and said he could not sign anything as it was injured and if we both didn't bugger off he would slap us over the head with it. He was chatting to big Jack Charlton at the time and Jack said to us you had better bugger off lads he means it.
I worked with Peters son Philip and you are correct Peter was a master taction and scout Brian was brilliant at telling them how to play it, sadly all 3 have left us
He ruined Justin Fashanu. He was a young guy saddled with a million pound fee. Norwich also take blame going for that money due to one great goal. He was bully.
@seltaeb3302 Fashnu ruined himself by acting straight and visiting male escorts and frequenting certain "mens" houses. Clough liked honesty and, belive it or not, he had morals!
My favorite quote of Brian Clough was when a Player went into see Brian to ask him "WHY" He was in the 2nd Team ? And Brian replied "Because young man we don't have a 3rd Team" 😂😂😂
It's so cool that no one want to know anything except the Brian Clough stories, no matter who it is it's always. 'What was it like playing for Brian Clough', 'Have you got any good Brain Clough stories', the guys a Saint.....❤💯
Cloughie was a great player as well, scoring almost a goal a game, all bar one in the second division. It was odd that his success didn't get him to a First Division club. Sadly, he only played twice for England (How many players from the Championship get selected for England these days? ) and had his career cut short by a knee injury, which initially ruled him out for two years and he only managed three games on returning. Fifteen major trophies as a manager is testament to his abilities. An interesting quirk is that, in a few weeks, Brian's son Nigel will equal the number of games his father had as a manager.
My father was on the line to Forest once,and after the game there was a knock on the officials dressing room door,It was Brian,he was adamant Forest should have had 2 penalties in the game,which he said to the Referee,and he was told that the Referee didn't think so He then left the room,only to immediately knock on the door,pop his head inside and say "I've made an appointment for you at the Opticians in the morning ! "
I'm an argentinian who watched the movie and discover this amazing guardiola figure from english football that I had no idea existed, I'm fascinated by him and his way of playing football... I wish I could find more info about it.
On Sunday mornings he'd sell newspapers at his brother's shop & post office, I saw him doing that even when Forest were top of the league and went on to win the European cup.
Guardiola figure? Don't be insulting the dead. Clough was a real man, a real personality who dragged two middle of the road clubs to glory. His teams always played very attractive football. Guardiola has managed big clubs, has had loads of money thrown at him and watching his style of play brings the same reactions as watching grass grow.
Love him or hate him (and I think it is hard to hate him) but Pearce never, ever gave less than everything he had in a game. I remember him playing for England against Holland once. He went up for a header which was contested by Ronald Koeman - himself considered a bit of a hard man. Koeman won the header and Pearce ended up falling on the ground. I was amazed that someone had got the better of Psycho. The next thing the camera showed though was Koeman going off to get the blood streaming down his face attended to. Pearce was and is a bit of a diamond geezer who played to 100% of his ability in every single game I ever saw him play.
The way Steve Hodge tells the story of getting subbed with no replacement, Cloughie spoke to him a few days later and said he'd done it to take the piss out of their opponents (Crystal Palace) because he didn't like the way they played.
i heard that steve hodge was taken off against crystal palace and not replaced because cloughie wanted to make a point that he wasnt too fond of palace at the time.and too wind them up...forest were winning 3-0 at the time...lots of cloughie tales out there
It's probably my old age, but for probably 30 years I [wrongly] remember a game when he took a player off about 10 mins from time when we were winning 3-0 and subs were available. However, I always thought it was Nigel Clough he took off against Southampton.
Forest v Crystal Palace. FA cup reply January 91. Forest winning 3-0. With about 10 minutes to go Hodgy got injured but was able yo carry on. The subs were already on the pitch. But Clough bought him off and played with 10 men for the rest of the match. The reason..... to take the piss out of Palace for their long ball game which he hated.
Yes, I remember that. The ref went into the Forest changing room afterwards to find out about why Hodge went off and was told Clough simply wanted to give Hodge a rest. One Palace player afterwards was quoted as saying, ‘No doubt about it - Clough was taking the piss.’ It was actually a second replay after two gruelling matches. Funny thing was, both teams ended up playing each other once again, 5 days later in the league at the City Ground, and this time Palace won, and no doubt used that substitution as motivation. Clough was a one off. In my many years following Palace, he was the only opposition manager with no previous connection to our club, that our home supporters applauded as he took his seat in the away dug out.
That whole bit at the end about team ethic and thanking your teammate for a quality pass is brilliant. Any time I potted a goal with an assist, the first thing I'd do is thank my teammate. Without them, that goal doesn't happen.
I was at that game when BC took Steve hodge off and played with 10 men against Crystal Palace in the fa cup , couldn’t believe it , SH had a good game that day , cant quite remember i think we won 4v0 . Classic BC
I prefer to think about what he gave to the game and what he achieved with my home town club, Nottingham Forest. His achievements will forever remain amongst the most incredible in the game. Clough and Taylor were, for a time, the absolute best management team in football.
@@SimonParkes-ud4jn He gave you our team, me duck. No doubt you loved him for what he did for you. But you know where his heart was, with ours, forever, ever, ever.
Peter Taylor - ''Brian, I think John Robertson has concussion'' Clough - ''Does he know his name'' Peter Taylor - ''No Brian'' Clough - ''Tell him he is Pele and get him back on the pitch''.......
@@joecmccluskey What would have happened if Alan Rough got concussed? Still Pelé? Or Lev Yashin? I'd love to see footage of Rougie doing a bicycle kick at Ibrox!
6:41 this is genius. He’s talking about things from 30-40 years ago. That occur right now. Many teams don’t take shots from outside of the box. Mainly because it’s a low percentage shot and there’s a higher chance of scoring, closer to the goal. And the game is more team orientated than ever now. Rather than the individual. Wayyyy ahead of his time.
He took Steve hodge off to take the piss out of Crystal Palace as he didn’t like the way they played , it was only for 10mins when they was 3-0 up - Steve hodges words
Steve Hodge stated, in another interview, that Clough came up to him the next day, after that game, and said that Brian did not like the way Crystal Palace was playing, so he took Steve off as a form of protest. :D
My Dad met Brian Clough at the Nottingham Forest ground my Dad was at a meeting he pop his head the corner my Dad was so please to see meet him and that was coming from a Man United fan .
From a Guardian interview with Hodge: "Clough claimed at the time he was protecting Hodge's calf," writes Wilson. "He later told Hodge, though, that it wasn't intended as a slight against him, but that he hated Palace's muscular approach and wanted to 'take the piss' out of them by playing with 10.
Remember as a 11 year old and Des walker scored his first and only goal for us in the last few minutes against Luton, equaliser, Mr Clough had already left as we played so crap that day. Legend
I would love Brian Clough at United now ! Honest , Brutal and Ruthless , but a genius created great teams with low budgets ! He could get the dirty dozen and challenge Real Madrid ! United being the dirty dozen !
I'd love to be at the game where he took Hodge off 😂but didn't bring anyone else on.............I bet the Forest fans were pissing themselves laughing!
I would hazard to guess, Cloughie was taking players off and not throwing on a sub, just to show the player, the team has been playing good despite the player's effort, and they don't need a sub.
Judging by the Jan Tomaszewski story, this Polish 'clown' was voted the best goalkeeper at the subsequent World Cup finals in West Germany in '74. If I was the opposition manager, I would have asked Clough to give my team their pre-match team talk. That said, what he achieved in the game was astonishing (Dito Jim Mclean in Scotland) and I've always wondered if his own very promising football career being cut short by injury may have driven him to reach such unprecedented levels as a manger
It turns out the Steve Hodge substitution had something to do with taking the mickey out of the opposition after they had said something about forest. Good 'ol Big 'Ead, sadly missed. uto.
Loved Cloughie. Meet him at Old Trafford as a ball boy in 85. Invited me n another kid into the changing room before kick off n witnessed the build up 5 mins before the game. Absolute diamond of a man ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Oooh what was that like?
@@maximomgwadira1687 it was class. Nigel Clough, Stuart Pearce, etc we’re all in there. He sat us down n we shook all the players hands n witnessed the build up to KO 🔥
Duncan Hamilton writes:
One lunchtime I was walking back with him [Clough] from the Italian restaurant on Trent Bridge. In the City Ground’s car park we came across a father and son walking away from the ticket office. The son was about eleven years old. The knees of his black trousers were shiny, the shirt cuffs threadbare, and the toes of his shoes were scuffed from kicking a ball around the streets. His father, a tall, balding man in a worn grey suit, politely approached Clough for an autograph. His son, he explained, was desperate to watch a match. He’d saved his own pocket money from a newspaper round and odd jobs so he could buy the ticket himself. Clough shook him by the hand and then reached into his pocket. He drew out two £20 notes. ‘Son,’ he said, ‘stick these in your piggy bank.’ The boy could barely speak with gratitude. ‘Enjoy yourself,’ said Clough, and strolled off.
@@Mancman1975great story 👍
He probably did this to inspire the next generation of players.
Im from cork in Ireland and there was a cork punk band called sultans of ping , they were Forrest fans and they have a song and every lyric in the song is something Brian clough had said when Roy Keane signed for Forrest.”he’s a nice young man , he’s got a lovely smile, give him a ball and yard grass and he’ll make the space for the perfect pass.” Brilliant song by the way!!!
*queenstown
Where's my jumper, where's my jumper! Also, Armitage shanks! ....great punk band
That song was actually about John Robertson who was a winger and not keane who was a central midfielder.
Nice to see you laughing baby back in a track suite back in a track suite
Ah the sultans playing gigs this year. Think lead singer is lecturer at ulu
I look at Stuart Pearce and he represents everything I liked about football in the past, tough no nonsense footballer who loves music
I thought he listens to punk?
@@MisAnnThorpe He likes all genres I think but his early days were punk, but music is music bad to one ear good to another🎷
Sham 69
@@MisAnnThorpePunk is still music 🤣😆
I stood next to him at a Stiff Little Fingers gig at Rock City in Nottingham. He appeared to be on his own and really got into it. Great memories.
My mother was one of the nurses who cared for Brian Clough when he was in the Derby Royal Infirmary. She said he absolutely refused a bed bath from a young nurse, insisting on someone seasoned, like herself. Years later, when Nigel Clough was managing Derby, my parents ran into him in the town center. My mother mentioned how she’d looked after his dad and recalled the lovely box of chocolates Mr. Clough had given the nurses. Nigel smiled and said, “I bought those!”
i could listen to this stuff all day all night. Absolutely brilliant . What a legend Cloughy was . Mint .
A legend talking about a legend 😊 thank you Talksport.
As a 56 yr old Forest fan, that is a legendary comment . Thanks peterfrancis7 and Talksport. coyr
Pearce was a legend at Forest . That’s it
As a kid I asked BRIAN for his Autograph after he had scored up at the Toon. He pointed at me and said its Mr Clough to you sonny. My mate butted in and asked if he could have his autograph Mr Clough pointed to his bandaged hand and said he could not sign anything as it was injured and if we both didn't bugger off he would slap us over the head with it. He was chatting to big Jack Charlton at the time and Jack said to us you had better bugger off lads he means it.
Taking a player out and bringing no one on is the final boss level
Mark Crossley tells a similar story when Brian Clough did the same thong to David Currie for flicking the ball.
Peter Taylor was the tactical genius at Forest and Clough was the genius man manager. What a team up.
Taylor spotted the players and Cloughie got em playing for him.
I worked with Peters son Philip and you are correct Peter was a master taction and scout Brian was brilliant at telling them how to play it, sadly all 3 have left us
He ruined Justin Fashanu. He was a young guy saddled with a million pound fee. Norwich also take blame going for that money due to one great goal. He was bully.
@@seltaeb3302 Football is a brutal business, makes politics look like a Tupperware party.
@seltaeb3302 Fashnu ruined himself by acting straight and visiting male escorts and frequenting certain "mens" houses. Clough liked honesty and, belive it or not, he had morals!
You wouldn't think Stuart is 61! What a player, grew up watching this man play football. Legend!
Legend
Amazing isn't it, you'd put him in his 40s. When I was growing up 61 was considered old.
My favorite quote of Brian Clough was when a Player went into see Brian to ask him "WHY" He was in the 2nd Team ? And Brian replied "Because young man we don't have a 3rd Team" 😂😂😂
Martin O'Neil
It's so cool that no one want to know anything except the Brian Clough stories, no matter who it is it's always. 'What was it like playing for Brian Clough', 'Have you got any good Brain Clough stories', the guys a Saint.....❤💯
Absolute legend there’ll never be another Cloughie
Football was more beautiful in the older era for these type of stories
Love all the old Cloughie stories. Derby and Forest back in the day were special teams.
When I’m a bit down I stick on cloughie stories or a bit of norm macdonald
Both shake me right out of it
The dean saunders story is 😂
Always love a Clough story
Love theses stories shows you how football was back then and how it is now 😂
Cloughie was a great player as well, scoring almost a goal a game, all bar one in the second division. It was odd that his success didn't get him to a First Division club. Sadly, he only played twice for England (How many players from the Championship get selected for England these days? ) and had his career cut short by a knee injury, which initially ruled him out for two years and he only managed three games on returning. Fifteen major trophies as a manager is testament to his abilities. An interesting quirk is that, in a few weeks, Brian's son Nigel will equal the number of games his father had as a manager.
What a charismatic character he was 👍👍
It’s wonderful to hear these stories about the great man.👏👏
My father was on the line to Forest once,and after the game there was a knock on the officials dressing room door,It was Brian,he was adamant Forest should have had 2 penalties in the game,which he said to the Referee,and he was told that the Referee didn't think so He then left the room,only to immediately knock on the door,pop his head inside and say "I've made an appointment for you at the Opticians in the morning ! "
Hahaha class! Steve your Dad?
I'm an argentinian who watched the movie and discover this amazing guardiola figure from english football that I had no idea existed, I'm fascinated by him and his way of playing football... I wish I could find more info about it.
On Sunday mornings he'd sell newspapers at his brother's shop & post office, I saw him doing that even when Forest were top of the league and went on to win the European cup.
RUclips and Google bro
Guardiola figure? Don't be insulting the dead. Clough was a real man, a real personality who dragged two middle of the road clubs to glory. His teams always played very attractive football. Guardiola has managed big clubs, has had loads of money thrown at him and watching his style of play brings the same reactions as watching grass grow.
Stuart Pierce, the only man Roy Keane never had a bad word to say about. Come to think of it he was fulsome in his praise of Clough as well.
Love him or hate him (and I think it is hard to hate him) but Pearce never, ever gave less than everything he had in a game. I remember him playing for England against Holland once. He went up for a header which was contested by Ronald Koeman - himself considered a bit of a hard man. Koeman won the header and Pearce ended up falling on the ground. I was amazed that someone had got the better of Psycho. The next thing the camera showed though was Koeman going off to get the blood streaming down his face attended to. Pearce was and is a bit of a diamond geezer who played to 100% of his ability in every single game I ever saw him play.
Ahem ....Denis Irwin
fulsome in his praise of him? “fulsome” means to be insincere in one’s praise of someone.
The way Steve Hodge tells the story of getting subbed with no replacement, Cloughie spoke to him a few days later and said he'd done it to take the piss out of their opponents (Crystal Palace) because he didn't like the way they played.
I could listen to these all night.
Forest played a friendly at Kettering in 1979,.very kindly autograhed the match programme along with all the players,still have it !
i heard that steve hodge was taken off against crystal palace and not replaced because cloughie wanted to make a point that he wasnt too fond of palace at the time.and too wind them up...forest were winning 3-0 at the time...lots of cloughie tales out there
It's probably my old age, but for probably 30 years I [wrongly] remember a game when he took a player off about 10 mins from time when we were winning 3-0 and subs were available. However, I always thought it was Nigel Clough he took off against Southampton.
"I hate those Palace bastards" was how he explained it to Hodge.
Brian was ,is a legend but the man over the river was also a legend.I loved Jimmy Sirrell.Humble,kind and a great football manager.😂
Mark Crossley is always good for a Clough story
Does a brilliant Cloughie impression too. Listened to so many of his Cloughie tales
@@jlk760 Oh yeah mate Robin Chipperfield aka Sport Chippers has had him on his channel . He is brilliant
Aye, old Shithouse does a rayte impression
Is that the big norm Pearce was talking about?
@@jlk760he also does a good Stuart Pearce.....
Brian clough there will never be a man like him ever again I always chuckle when hearing cloughie stories 🤣
Clough v Pep now that would have been a managerial battle for the ages.. RIP Cloughie
Clough would drive Pep insane, Clough loved to wind people up and Pep is very emotional
@@dbz9393 That made me laugh-out loud ...because it is 100% correct. Cheers for that.
Clough won two European Cups with a team worth £100 when he took them over. Let Guardiola try to do that. He’s good with teams worth £500,000,000.
Loved this - Stuart Pearce an absolute legend speaking about the most charismatic manager that has ever graced the game.
Superb !
I absolutely share his sentiments on scorers not running to the person who set them up.
Pearce is a national treasure. Sadly, the FA didnt realise it.
My fav quote was when a reporter jokingly asked him ' do you think you are the son of God Brian ' to which he instantly replied ' No my son Nigel is '
"Our full back is a fraud" 😂😂😂
Mark Crossely tells that story brilliantly in case you haven't seen it on youtube
@@DeclanShanahan-f7g Thanks, I will check it out!
Our captain is a fraud as crossley tells it
Pure legend
Forest v Crystal Palace. FA cup reply January 91. Forest winning 3-0. With about 10 minutes to go Hodgy got injured but was able yo carry on. The subs were already on the pitch. But Clough bought him off and played with 10 men for the rest of the match. The reason..... to take the piss out of Palace for their long ball game which he hated.
Yes, I remember that. The ref went into the Forest changing room afterwards to find out about why Hodge went off and was told Clough simply wanted to give Hodge a rest.
One Palace player afterwards was quoted as saying, ‘No doubt about it - Clough was taking the piss.’
It was actually a second replay after two gruelling matches. Funny thing was, both teams ended up playing each other once again, 5 days later in the league at the City Ground, and this time Palace won, and no doubt used that substitution as motivation.
Clough was a one off. In my many years following Palace, he was the only opposition manager with no previous connection to our club, that our home supporters applauded as he took his seat in the away dug out.
I've heard that and Forest we're 1 nil down towards the end of the first half and went on to win 2-1. I wish they'd get their stories right.
Love clough stories I am not old enough to have to privilege to see him manage but absolutely love his stories
Proper characters both cloughie and Pearce.
That whole bit at the end about team ethic and thanking your teammate for a quality pass is brilliant. Any time I potted a goal with an assist, the first thing I'd do is thank my teammate. Without them, that goal doesn't happen.
We have his son as our manager. At Mansfield Town. And you can see the likeness all over the team.
I don't believe you were rolling around on the floor in pain..... That's a tall story to believe from you 😂😂😂😂
"I may not be the best manager in the business, but I am certainly in the top one" - Clough
" If god wanted football to be played in the air he would have put grass in the skies " - Brian Clough
I was at that game when BC took Steve hodge off and played with 10 men against Crystal Palace in the fa cup , couldn’t believe it , SH had a good game that day , cant quite remember i think we won 4v0 . Classic BC
Clough was the best Manager England never had.
Cloughie & Thatcher🤣🤣 Brilliant 👏👏👏
Brilliant! I wish I had followed the English game when I was younger so I could have known about Brian Clough when he was in his prime.
this was absolutely great
Brian Howard Clough……..there are no words to truly describe the man.🙌
More stories please!!!!
It really irks me that players don't acknowledge the player that set up the goal.
Clough wasnt only a genius he was a visionary. His interviews about the murdoch family ring true 40years later
I could Hug Psycho .... Such a warrior
Cloughie was a great footballer, manager and a leader.
Just imagine him with modern players and social media…hysterical
That steam iron story is typical Cloughy! 😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Shame about how it ended for Clough. His outrageous, funny, sarcastic never boring personality was the reason I got into football.
I prefer to think about what he gave to the game and what he achieved with my home town club, Nottingham Forest. His achievements will forever remain amongst the most incredible in the game. Clough and Taylor were, for a time, the absolute best management team in football.
@@SimonParkes-ud4jn He gave you our team, me duck. No doubt you loved him for what he did for you. But you know where his heart was, with ours, forever, ever, ever.
I’ve meet him a number of times at those palace matches in the early 90s
Love listening to this❤️ Cloughie should have managed Sunderland and England🐈⬛🏴
Peter Taylor - ''Brian, I think John Robertson has concussion''
Clough - ''Does he know his name''
Peter Taylor - ''No Brian''
Clough - ''Tell him he is Pele and get him back on the pitch''.......
It was the Patrick Thistle manger that 100% said that to his physiotherapist when a player was concussed ,,Not C!ough,,,John Lambie
@@joecmccluskey What would have happened if Alan Rough got concussed? Still Pelé? Or Lev Yashin? I'd love to see footage of Rougie doing a bicycle kick at Ibrox!
Wish I could wake up and Cloughies the boss and Psycho’s our number 3 again. Just for one more day.
Do read Duncan Hamilton's book on Clough, it's absolutely terrific.
Cloughie must be looking down and feeling proud of them right now
Stuart Pearce all round nice guy and top bloke, he signed my book Psycho at a gig in Blackpool what a great night that was.
6:41 this is genius. He’s talking about things from 30-40 years ago. That occur right now.
Many teams don’t take shots from outside of the box. Mainly because it’s a low percentage shot and there’s a higher chance of scoring, closer to the goal. And the game is more team orientated than ever now. Rather than the individual. Wayyyy ahead of his time.
Two legends
He was my favourite manager after revie from Leeds fan
Heard to say "how can david icke be the son of god??" "when my nigel is!!" Lol
He took Steve hodge off to take the piss out of Crystal Palace as he didn’t like the way they played , it was only for 10mins when they was 3-0 up - Steve hodges words
Steve Hodge stated, in another interview, that Clough came up to him the next day, after that game, and said that Brian did not like the way Crystal Palace was playing, so he took Steve off as a form of protest. :D
Should have asked about playing David James upfront..
Poor Steve Hodge😅😅That's mental😅
Rich Steve Hodge. You mean !
@@mikewest1542 No
Stonebridge 😮 makes sense now 😂
A workmate said to me, "There was a party in every pub in Dundee, the day Brian Clough didn't get the England job."
My Dad met Brian Clough at the Nottingham Forest ground my Dad was at a meeting he pop his head the corner my Dad was so please to see meet him and that was coming from a Man United fan .
I like Pearce but he's not the most gifted story teller ever. Crossley tells these much better.
From a Guardian interview with Hodge: "Clough claimed at the time he was protecting Hodge's calf," writes Wilson. "He later told Hodge, though, that it wasn't intended as a slight against him, but that he hated Palace's muscular approach and wanted to 'take the piss' out of them by playing with 10.
Poland didn't beat England. It was 1-1
Can you just imagine Cloughie and VAR? Now that I would like to have seen!
Brilliant stories Stuart on BC.
Simply the Best !!
Remember as a 11 year old and Des walker scored his first and only goal for us in the last few minutes against Luton, equaliser, Mr Clough had already left as we played so crap that day. Legend
I would love Brian Clough at United now ! Honest , Brutal and Ruthless , but a genius created great teams with low budgets ! He could get the dirty dozen and challenge Real Madrid ! United being the dirty dozen !
Can you imagine Jadon Sancho fixing your microwave?
How many medals?
I'd love to be at the game where he took Hodge off 😂but didn't bring anyone else on.............I bet the Forest fans were pissing themselves laughing!
I could listen to these all day
I would hazard to guess, Cloughie was taking players off and not throwing on a sub,
just to show the player, the team has been playing good despite the player's effort, and they don't need a sub.
Took Steve Hodge off and didn’t put a sub on😂
Is this the same story as Mark Crossleys story?
Crossley tells it differently, it was about an advert in the match mag and Pearce had just came back from his first international etc etc…….
This is gold
Judging by the Jan Tomaszewski story, this Polish 'clown' was voted the best goalkeeper at the subsequent World Cup finals in West Germany in '74. If I was the opposition manager, I would have asked Clough to give my team their pre-match team talk. That said, what he achieved in the game was astonishing (Dito Jim Mclean in Scotland) and I've always wondered if his own very promising football career being cut short by injury may have driven him to reach such unprecedented levels as a manger
We battered Poland. Finishing was crap.
Brilliant !
What he's describing makes total sense
It turns out the Steve Hodge substitution had something to do with taking the mickey out of the opposition after they had said something about forest. Good 'ol Big 'Ead, sadly missed. uto.
The true manager that England should have had, a great duo, Clough and Taylor, Nigel’s not bad either
Clough not getting the England job is one of the great "if onlys". Second only to Enoch Powell never becoming PM.
My all time favourite footballer
Stuart Pearce?
Psycho
Correction corner here ......Poland didn't beat England at Wembley in 1973......it was a 1-1 draw. But it was all Poland needed.