#NFFC Nottingham Forest manager Brian #Clough interviewed on Clive Anderson show circa 1994: talks Peter #Taylor, England team job, #Birtles, Tony #Adams, Clive's an #Arsenal fan et al.
I've bought all the Brian Clough books and can't get enough of clips like this. A good interview. Nothing seems to phase him and he has a real gift of quick wit and management control
I think he was a fascinating character anyway, without the football. DUncan Hamilton's "Provided You Don't Kiss Me" is worth a read. Very poignant but some funny moments too. The book starts with Clough banning him from the club.
My wife and I met Brian once at a book trade show and he signed multiple copies of his new book for us to take back to our bookshop.Had an hilarious ten minutes with him, lovely friendly guy with a real twinkle in his eye.Thank you Brian RIP.
It doesn’t matter which club we support, we’re all in agreement that, Brian Clough was a 1 in a billion guy, who was a genius and ridiculously funny individual. Kicking Birtles of the coach is absolutely hilarious. Good on him, I bet the player learned a valuable lesson that day.
He once punched Roy Keane in the dressing room after he kept playing the ball back to the keeper. Keane just sucked it up and took it whereas nowadays Clough would’ve been sacked and there’d be an internal investigation and multiple club statements.
Yes, he was a master of all that, a real natural showman. Well, much more than a showman of course, but he could doubtless have made a living in entertainment or broadcasting quite apart from football.
Brian was a one of a kind legend, true and open and never forget his Middlesbrough roots, RIP Brian, there will never be another one like you in football
Possibly 2 or 3 out of 4 - '78, '82, '90 '98 (I know we never qualified for '78 but this shit is hypothetical) Would have been possibly at least 10 different names in each of the 4 squads and a completely different style of play - i.e not petrified of the opposition and everyone told to go out and express what they were best at. We are still in the same position with Southgate. We also were the same under Venables. Le Tiss would have been the player Clough built the team around then....like Spain did with the great Iniesta. Le Tiss was better than him! We have always been reticent to play the mavericks. Imagine if Frank Worthington had been Italian.....first name on the sheet. Harry Redknapp was our last chance as far as I can see.
First time watching this interview, so thanks for the upload. Clive Anderson with all his cunning wit, couldn't outwit Cloughie. Cloughie was a one-off. One of my favourite football managers.
Well put. I actually thought Anderson was a bit disrespectful during the interview trying to get a rise out of Brian. In fairness to Clough he tells it like it is regardless of who he offends. Sadly, he wouldn't be received well these days but what a man!
Good interview. Cloughie was always a good talker and it makes a nice change to see an interviewer capable of taking him on with banter rather than the usual boring deference.
Purely because of this wonderful man, and to some extent his equally likable sidekick, I retain a soft spot for Nottingham Forest to this very day. They don't make them like Brian anymore and more's the pity.
E.T. Wash your bloody mouth out "young man" Don't ever call us "Notts"... we are either Nottingham Forest, Nottm Forest, or just simply Forest. Just thought I'd clear that up for ya "OK" 👂🏼✋🏼
So true. Cloughie was a staunch Labour man but can you imagine what he`d make of the party today? I often wonder what he`d have to say about all these soppy little woke warriors that have hijacked left wing politics. They`d have a complete fucking meltdown every time he came on the box.
Gone for a long time now but watching Brian like this brings back memories what a great man he was...sorely sorely missed by everyone,loved to of played under him...everyone at a certain age can name everyone of his Nottm Forest players of the 2 European Cup Final Wins !!
I love that N. East accent (Michael Sheen got it spot on in The Damned Utd)... my mum's from Redcar, Cleveland, gran too............ and despite moving away, she's still got that accent.
As a Nottingham lad born and bred, I've great memories. He was the greatest manager we ever had at Forest... Took us from nowhere to European champions twice.. In fact turned average players into world class ones.. Him and let's not forget the great Peter Taylor had the midus touch that comes once in a generation etc etc...
Remember assuming (based on everything we were told) that Clough was past it when Forest went down and had succumbed to alcoholism etc. Amazing then to see him in this interview as sharp as a tack and full of charisma. If he’d managed nowadays he would have gone on for another 15 years.
He's not like you and I, particularly handsome. He was hilarious Brian wasn't he. His one liners are second to none here. Always having a bit of a gossip about someone but makes it sound so funny.🤣
When the police cover-up of the Hillsborough disaster was exposed Cloughie made a point of publicly retracting his earlier comments, such as those he expresses in this interview, and apologising for them. Had he known the police were actually responsible for what happened he would have offered his unwavering support for Liverpool FC in their campaign for justice. I've never met a Liverpool fan who's expressed anger towards Cloughie for what he said.
@tweedlio2763 "What he said was the truth"? Really? You ought to be ashamed of that comment, given the Hillsborough families unwavering and dignified quest to disprove such insights.
@@chrisbayes2972 well, since no one was eventually charged, everyone were acquitted, so it seems the courts feel they weren't to blame? It might not be concur with your opinion though
I'm a Nottingham lad and adored Clough. His views on Hillsborough were not from experience but drawn from the media narrative at the time. I shared the same views until the truth came out #Sickening #Shamefull. Absolute stain on the game and an injustice to those that lost their lives and the people of Liverpool.
If the correct amount of people with tickets turn up how can there be a crush designated space for a designated amount of people unless people without tickets turned and caused the swarm outside, its not like liverpool fans didn't have form for this kind of thing 2 years previous at hysel those poor Juventus fans hence why English sides were barred from European football for a number of years
As a Scot I've said for years Football Snobbery at FA owe every England fan an apology for not allowing who would've been most successful England World Cup winning manager ever Clough I believe would've gotten England to regular World Cup Final .Don Revie couldn't lace Brians boots .Table off Football Masters has Busby Stein Shankly Clough & Taylor making the brew.
Imagine what he'd say about modern day players...Told it like it was and took no s**t off anyone. He turned average players into European champions. One of the greatest managers ever and if he'd got the England job, we wouldn't be talking about one world cup right now.
There will never be another like him !! And what a set of balls to say the truth about Liverpool , nobody had ever dare speak the full facts about it …. But he did and I’ll back him to hilt !!
Cloughie was a master of mind games. Always kept his players on their toes. He could come across as abraisive, but I think beneath the veneer was a genuinely nice bloke.
Clougjie is as Cloughie was....no mincing of words....Hillsboro he is spot on,I was there as a Forest fan,why were the fences erected,cos of Heisel,common denominator,Liverpool fans-end of
One persons comment of {His Hillsborough comments ruins his legacy} Is out of order Brian Clough was devastated and after that incident he was never really the same man. Truly he was the best thing that happened to UK football. Listen to his players talk about him. There respect for him says it all. Sadly never got the England job. That would have been something to have witnessed and we as a football nation was robbed. Great man always spoke his mind bless him and had decent morals
The word legend does not justify what this man was, there will never be no other like him, many will try to emulate (cough Mourinho etc etc) him but what a crying shame he never got to manage England. RIP sir.
Liverpool fans didn't realise that pushing forward into the central tunnel to see the semi final at the Leppings Lane end of Hillsborough would cause deaths. The stewards and police made mistakes under pressure, partly because the senior officer in charge of crowd control needed more experience in the challenging situation to avoid the crowd control mistakes made. A more experienced officer could have potentially avoided the deadly crush occurring.
You can say what you want has long as you are right. And yes Liverpool fans wont have it but the truth is if none of these fans went into the stand with out tickets none of there 94 supporters would have died, its simply maths. If more people go into the stand than what the capacity holds they will be crushed. Liverpool fans being angry at what Clough said or anyone else, they should have been angry at those ticketless fans. The hard truth is the fans killed there own, unintented but true.
Was at the City Ground on Saturday and the aura of this great man still resonates around it to this day. True legend of the game. God bless you sir. RIP Mr Clough.
I liked cloughie but I thought he got it wrong regarding Hillsborough at the time. I wonder if he was still with us today if he would change his opinion after the 2nd inquest ruled unlawfully killed?? I know he was there but so was thousands of forest fans. No doubt alot had the same opinion because that's what it looked like. But what they and cloughie didn't see was the police smear had already started, like when Graham Taylor went to superintendent Duckenfield and asked what was going on, and his reply .... Liverpool fans forced the gate!! He obviously forgot about the CCTV footage that would prove he lied. Shame really because scousers I think liked cloughie upto his Hillsborough comments. Anyway RIP Brian, you were a character and a half that's for sure!!
Brian was a true northern lad who certainly didn't suffer fools gladly. God, if he'd stuck it out at Leeds the sky would have been the limit. I thought he was great and would have loved to meet him, I'd have been overawed. RIP Sir.
Well as a Liverpool fan i had the pleasure of having a pint and a game of pool with Brian Clough in Majorca. Last two weeks of the 1994 world cup. I asked him Mr Clough why didn't you get the England job...he put his arm stound me and said...Young man the wankers in the Fa wouldn't give me the job.
Totally in a league of his own…there’s no other manager out there to touch him or the legacy that he left behind. Always loved his no nonsense attitude and he didn’t give a hoot about what anyone thought of him. Massive respect to you Brian,rest easy bud and much love ❤️
@@SteRDLK got relegated again though shortly after, spent 23 years in the 2nd division, even now, struggling to stay in the premier league having spent a fortune.
Brian Clough was a brilliant manager, witty, articulate and controversial. I don't agree with his opinion about Hillsborough but I respect his football knowledge. In October 1973 when England drew with Poland and failed to qualify for the World Cup in West Germany, he lifted the nation's spirits by labelling their keeper a clown. He knew fans were devastated and he captured the mood of the nation by denigrating a goalkeeper who denied us many times. He also knew people would remember him for doing so.
Not sure if you were there or not but i can tell you that as a 14 year old kid outside that corner of the ground, it was the most scary experience of my life. The behaviour of a certain element was totally disgusting. It's no longer popular to say what one thinks but I know what I saw.
Cloughie was superb here, he made the ex barrister look petty and small minded. His views on Hillsborough were an honest view of what he (Cloughie) saw on the day. Entertaining, honest, straight forward, no mincing about with words and “that type of thing” 👍
Sad day for ALL REAL FOOTBALL FANS the day genuine master decided to retire .Suffered no fools genius who realised two could do better Clough/Taylor double act was football perfection .Earned seat at table off Football Masters Busby Stein Shankly Clough .Terraces Knight these fellows .That would've meant more too Brian than day at Buck Palace supping a brew with Lizzy .He with Shanks (Interview were Brian classes Shanks as man that has his total respect ,Smirk & twinkle in eye "He's a One Off Never be another Shanks ,Loved Shanks like a father) long before Dutch those two created total football ,keep ball on ground touch pass touch pass was their style simple but effective .Entertained In/Out dugout More earned seat at Masters Table off Football Greatness beside Busby Stein Shankly Taylor ,Clough Nobody knows football could argue that Plus I fully believe Football Snobbery BS had given Brian the England Managers job with Taylor they would've been the best ,most successful Manager they ever had I reckon would've stamped their style on pitch ,selected best English players to fit style & would've Won major Tournament World Cup plus for to few finals no doubt in my mind .As Glasgow Rangers Fan I would've loved Clough at Ibrox .His Character our support ,passion for football ,his style Inc media excellence what experience that would've been . Terrace bows to you Sir Brian Clough RIP
A man despairs to go through his life and nobody notice's him, Brian Clough was not that man, he was his own man through the thick of it, he died knowing that he made a difference, in more than just football, i admired his style, don't be a sheep, you will get noticed.
