Brian Clough Funny Story On talkSPORT

►Former Liverpool and Villa striker Dean Saunders tells talkSPORT a brilliant story of how Brian Clough tried to sign him for Nottingham Forest from rivals Derby, for a record transfer fee, with a little help from some flowers, Frank Sinatra and his own inimitable style.
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[@simep2378]

Even though I've heard this countless times, it STILL makes me laugh 😂 What a man Cloughy was 👌

[@Sam-gw5pl]

I’m listening again now 😅😅😅😅

[@AverageAtBestHDTB]

It's really sad for people of my generation that there isn't more of Clough caught on camera.

[@registame2878]

There is quite a bit; get searching. The stories of the great man are legendary

[@arthurguitar]

It’s sadder still that characters like this are fewer and far between. Perhaps the fact that so many people now are on camera is a reason why…

[@jerryoshea3116]

Bill Shankly and Brian Clough were two of the best..immense personality's.

[@stanthemafia]

It’s probably for the best

[@READYTEDDYBEAR]

The world needs more people like Brian Clough! Sadly missed.

[@registame2878]

Very true. What a man

[@festavision]

He will always be known as the greatest English manager that England never had..

[@registame2878]

Straight facts

[@incrptwesupport3959]

You could say the same about Jose Mourinho. Clough was like Mourinho in his era. Both person deserve to be a manager for their national team. Mourinho should be a Portugal manager after all the job he had done with Porto that win UCL in 2003/04 with 80% of homegrown portuguese player

[@registame2878]

@@incrptwesupport3959 good spot. I agree the similarities are uncanny; even the fall off is identical. They both achieve so much quite early and should have sealed by taking their countries to the next level.

[@londontalks6371]

@@incrptwesupport3959 mourinho has said he will manage an national team at some point

[@RisingPhoenix619]

@@londontalks6371Would be a great England manager

[@MrJlc93]

" gotta stop you there arch , I would. Carry on "

[@philipcrilley1941]

Best bit

[@philipcrilley1941]

Spotter's badge

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

@@philipcrilley1941 Shame it never happened then.

[@nickg2117]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@billsamuls7620]

PISS ARTIST

[@grandmastersidsofos1633]

Absolute legend Brian Clough.. I heard he once approached David Ike and said to him " Ere.. wanna have a word with you young man .. you've been going round telling everyone your the son of God .. There's only one son of God and that's our Nigel .. " Thats a true story.. The likes of Brian Clough we'll not see again.

[@patrickohare1681]

Grandmaster Sid Sofos love it 😀

[@jerryoshea3116]

I know this was a few yrs back,but it's a classic comment!.,Mr Clough certainly was a 'one of a kind'

[@kullysamrah8716]

That’s gold!

[@tommydavies5353]

He’s got this story down to a tee. Can imagine Saunders pissed at these dinner speeches telling it then driving home

[@michaelroutledge5651]

What a class story . Love it . My dad always said he's the best striker he'd ever seen play. Legend Brian Clough. Rip

[@shaneconaty1731]

Forget that Clough had a drink problem, the man was a genius, and funny af

[@ThisAintNews]

@cm. CG My Liver.

[@goyimguy3192]

cm. CG you spill too much.

[@user-fl6gy2xw2b]

I absolutely love him. He was a man of his time.

[@smartscratcheastmidlands6589]

He never had a drink problems till towards the end of his management....The film is bull where they added that and gained the later years put into the younger years of him. Wrong!

[@davidodonnell6163]

Shane, there few great managers around today - give me Cloughie, Ferguson, Bill Nicholson, Shankly over any of those around today - Cloughie and his Derby County and Notts Forest sides were brilliant and entertaining - oh how I'd love to see that over West Ham now.

[@MidlandAngler]

Listening to this for the 2000th time 🤣🤣🤣🤣never fails to make me howl 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣🤣

[@Kenside2603]

Brilliant old school manager. Greatest manger England never had.

[@P.H.888]

The old farts 💨 at the FA were terrified 🥴of him and his like! 👍🏼

[@711honved]

Clough achieved everything in football & I'm sure would have won the world cup if the FA had the balls to appoint him England manager instead of the safe option of Ron Greenwood. The only man to have terrified Roy Keane & I'd love to see him handle today's prima donna's! Clough storys are legendary!

[@chrismartin1231]

He would have kicked some arse of those fat cats in the FA. And who knows football in Europe would have been quite different now. Its all speculation but for sure suite profit mongers running the game can't digest the sight of a man like Clough. Football is all but money now. Its hopeless and pathetic.

[@jonmowat6563]

You don't get characters like Cloughie in the game anymore! A total one off! Respect to the man! 🙋😎🍺⚽😂👍

[@jamsams]

You don't get characters full stop, except for Jürgen Klopp. A different character granted, but he's one hell of a personality.

[@anysparechangemate6242]

From a 65 year old glaswegian celtic fanatic BRIAN CLOUGH greatest manager theres ever been R.I.P. BRIAN CLOUGH ⚽💚💛💚⚽

[@sphughes01]

Hang on ... Jock Stein runs him close if not better. Didn't the Big Man build a team at Kilmarnock first and then Celtic? Nine in a row when Scottish teams were competitive. European Cup winners with a team of home grown players and nearly a second European Cup in 1970. The difference if it exists is minimal.

[@daveannan2577]

We need another Brian Clough character back in the game. Modern day managers lack personality. Clough was hilarous in interviews.

[@Menditman2014]

It would be good, but unfortunately football has changed so much, there is little chance of characters like Cloughie being around again☹️

[@monkeyhanger115]

The clough impersonation from Saunders is insane actually thought it was him for a minute 😂😂😂😂

[@johnrooney5688]

Absolute gem of a story - they dont make them like Brian Clough no more

[@ericdown5380]

One of the best stories I have heard In football from the legend Cloughie!

[@TheToonMonkey]

"He's your mate? He'd eat everything in your fridge!"

[@monkeytennis8861]

Ooh, razor sharp wit.

[@manweller1]

🤣🤣

[@cockneyreject1]

Greatest manager of all time i don't care what anyone else says

[@arifajazali1229]

Jake Marc greatest entertainer pal Not the greatest manager!!!!!! If he was the greatest manager then he wouldn't win one league title with forest in 18 seasons ??????

[@68blues]

Jake Marc ....So he's better than Alex Ferguson?

[@arifajazali1229]

68blues haha it's crazy init wen people say he's the greatest manager ever... Let's get the record straight >>> CLOUGH WAS THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER NOT THE GREATEST MANAGER

[@68blues]

Arif ajaz ali .....yeah, i would agree with that.

[@arifajazali1229]

68blues if clough kept his mouth shut like Wenger did then his greatnest wouldn't be recognised

[@dc110770]

I had the pleasure of attending Leeds United event at the Queens in Leeds a few year back. They had some players from days gone by. As an Arsenal fan I wasn’t overly interested but Dean came on and smashed it! So funny I was crying. If you get a chance to hear him at an award event please go as he is hilarious.

[@celtic69]

I had the pleasure of meeting Brian Clough at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.

[@harryfm1632]

Best manager in football

[@Jay7MU]

People thought I was mad at work because this had me cracking up.

[@azizbanda7758]

I've heard so many stories of the legendary Brian Clough, he truly was something special!

[@serenityinside1]

And they’d be true undoubtedly- he truly was a one-off. From a 50’s yrs Nottingham man - our hero 😊

[@SUPERCJJOHNS87]

​@@serenityinside1same here matey they dont make em like that anymore 😢 I could listen to cloughie stories all day he was a character and a hero at both Derby and Forest. Best thing to happen in football management 👏

[@rodneywest6949]

Brian Clough. Never before, never again. Anyone who got to meet him was blessed. Anyone who got to play for him, the most blessed of all.

[@leedavies3563]

Thats bloody hilarious, Clough was a legend.

[@DeeJay00001]

Please do more stories like this I haven't laughed so much in ages on KZbin

[@DeeJay00001]

MTK1MTK1 It was funny though.

[@DeeJay00001]

MTK1MTK1 no comment

[@MonteCarloGaz]

It's been proved by the people who was there at that time, that Dean Saunders is a Bullshitter. He's just dreamt this bullshit lying story up.

[@1875HIBEESFC]

Monte-Carlo Gaz bullshit or not, it was still funny

[@Nautilus1972]

Funny though.

[@trevorpalin4731]

legendary people like cloughy and their fabulously character personalities have been systematically removed from our society. how we miss them 😢

[@phillipneal9289]

Absolutely love that story. Mr Clough you are a legend. Eternal respect

[@chrisbarlow2131]

More than an amazing football man, he was a comic genius!

[@telephonic]

I remember listening to this live laughing my head off...Awesome anecdote.

[@jasonball2630]

Unfortunately most of the funny bits were made up.

[@richardbaker3000]

@@jasonball2630 says who?

[@joebutler2398]

@@richardbaker3000 Archie gemmil says so

[@richardbaker3000]

@@joebutler2398 how do you know that?

[@registame2878]

Dean has so many great stories and I don’t believe he would make up a story especially one involving cloughy who you can tell he had so much respect for.

[@airzulu2733]

The guy was a legend. Best England manager we never had. The English FA were petrified of him .

[@nickadiguburke1645]

Love Martin O'Neil. Such an intelligent and humble man.

[@Charlie_Crown]

I think Dean brought that story over brilliantly, I could actually visualise the scene, like a comedy sketch, absolutely brilliant, and without a doubt 100 per cent accurate, couldn't stop laughing 😆😆😂👌

[@Charlie_Crown]

It would appear so afterall, according to Alan Hill, whose house was the one used for the meeting, none of it happened. Though it's so off the wall, and so Brian Clough, I still wonder, Alan Hill may think he's protecting Cloughie's reputation. Then you ask yourself, why would Saunders tell such an outrageous story and one that he would know would be disputed, unless he knew at least most of it was true afterall. I guess we'll never know for sure, perhaps the truth is somewhere in the middle 👍

[@arsenal10141014]

Never gets old. What a great story

[@theonlyleishy]

I have tears in my eyes

[@DannyKeogh94]

Fantastic story. Absolutely pissing myself hahaaa. Cloughie was a true legend of the game. My mum met him once at Old Trafford when Forest played United, she said he was such a lovely bloke who made time to speak to everyone. Not many characters around like that anymore

[@ukihatter2422]

Brian cough legend

[@catalinaisland7640]

cough

[@kyla6123]

+AnT Swift 😂😂

[@ukihatter2422]

I have only just realised my spelling error

[@Isleofskye]

You are extremely fortunate as the Grammar Police were just about to arrive. I will cancel the appointment but, please, be more careful with your wording next time. Good Lad !

[@andrewmccluskey2870]

u twat

[@r1342060]

Dean Saunders telling drunk stories. That's a good one.

[@AWESTERNWHITEMAN.BOSH.]

@Paul Morgan when the police pull him over. He says young man im not drunk you are. Im off home to barb.

[@Lucky-sh1dm]

cornflake tooth 😂😂😂😭😭 fried thing is I can actually see that happening

[@marilynthistlethwaite2745]

This has got to be the funniest story I've ever heard. Thanks for posting it. Beyond hilarious.

[@eloreto]

Nottingham Forest has more UCL titles than Chelsea, Arsenal and Man City together

[@adamkarim4417]

All I'm saying is Chelsea have one, Arsenal and Everton have none

[@adamkarim4417]

+Adam Karim man city*

[@tottenhamhotspurish]

They have two European Cups. Big difference!

[@BisanKoirala]

At least Chelsea has one unlike Athletico Man City and Arsenal

[@romanbaranovichi5375]

Look how many Liverpool have then...

[@garybagnall2507]

Best cloughie story ever.i laughed so much when I heard it on talksport.

[@bunglebongle9003]

Brilliant story and spot on Cloughy impression from Saunders 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@paulcaffery599]

Brilliant story - really well told. Thank you

[@garethmorris6089]

Clough did amazing things with two clubs at bottom end of second division!!Two aEuropean cupscwith MNottingham Forest!!course Great Manager

[@philiphester3686]

The greatest manager ever by far Love the man

[@andrewditchburn4173]

What a cracking story. it make me smile and cry all at the same time.

[@stephherringtonio4321]

The first Clough autobiography is classic reading..

[@ants84]

What a legend

[@zakoid1]

Brilliant, I'm actually picturing it in my head the whole way through 😂

[@chandlerbingbong]

*A classic tale of 2 Derby legends*

[@stiffler107]

i love this story always makes me laugh dean saunders legend mate

[@rob4321muir]

Long live the memory of the great Brian c!

[@jeremyjs8863]

Crying ! Never knew Deano had that club in his bag. Genius all round

[@richardpollard699]

The world needs people like Brian Clough.

[@casparbar]

hilarious story brilliantly told, mad props to the person who put all the images together

[@craigbailey79]

What a great story 🤣🤣 and what a legend don’t get managers like that in the game anymore 🇬🇧

[@ShillBullshit007]

I love Brian Clough! ;o) One of the best characters from any profession. Used to listen to Forest on Medium Wave on my little radio with an ear piece when in bed ready for school, got to stay up to watch the European Cup against Malmo, what an amazing manager, all the best geniuses have a wonky side, God bless you Brian and thanks for all these amazing stories you have left us! Well done son! ;o)

[@stuartlawsonbeattie6200]

Brilliant that was the style and unique character of the Best England Manager there never was. Thank you

[@BATDOYLE]

one of the greatest football stories ever told

[@juanaltredo2974]

you can try to beat that story, but that would be like trying to build a higher mountain than everest with your hands, its the best football story Ive ever heard, effin hilarious, and saunders is superb telling it

[@thisdrinkinglife]

hilarious, literally have tears in my eyes, cracking, lol

[@grandmastersidsofos1633]

Legend absolute Legend Brian Clough his like we'll not see again .

[@Sam-gw5pl]

‘What’s he doing?!’ Always made me laugh his reaction.

[@sureshot8399]

Clough may not be the best manager in football history, but he is certainly in the top one.

[@fuzedgaminghd6978]

absolute legend

[@dfcarmichael88]

I fucking choked on a biscuit at the end. Absolutely hilarious!! 😂😂

[@joydivider42]

Brilliant! So funny! Can't get enough of Clough stories

[@stephenmiller195]

That’s absolutely amazing , can’t stop laughing Mr Clough you legend

[@pauldg837]

Lmao, Cloughie what a legend! Brilliant story by Dean Saunders, laughed my ass off.

[@Jasonj___8]

Again every time I listen to this I think it’s amazing 👍👍👍

[@michaelpoole8192]

thank you for the memoiies god bless RIP

[@veggieafterfifty6395]

Pass his mam and dads house everyday. Great for Boro, Legend for Forest. Pride of England.

[@mellindsay6969]

That was hilarious!!! Cloughie was the man!!! Also a genius!!

[@p4cks]

i've heard this story so many times but it's so so so good i keep coming back to it!

[@29memyselfandi]

It’s a good story but alas it appears to have been a load of lies. According to others who were there.

[@BigAlc68]

What an absolute character Cloughie was. Long may he live on through all of these great stories about him.❤

[@simonsays5986]

Now he can tell us about the drink driving story 😂😂😂

[@jamesm2131]

that was bloody brilliant

[@jonosmith4919]

Better version Lad's pmsl LOL FROM A RAMS 🐏 FAN LOLXX GOD BLESS YOU LADS😆👍🏻

[@MrJohnbrockway]

This story never get’s old . Absolutely amazing

[@sigitprabowo363]

I watched documentary and read stories about him, such a character. He's a fine definition of a true gaffer

[@the_kato]

Legend!

[@Jasonj___8]

I’ve listened to this five times this week and it’s awesome ⚽️👍👍😂

[@allanjohnston5772]

I love listening to dean his storys are great. Love 2 go 2 a sportsmans dinner he was speaking at

[@stifflerrussell2868]

fukn classic i pissed myself laughing

[@Joinerhandsomefarang]

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story !

[@andrewatkin2629]

Brian Clough famously said Derby was a footballing town, Nottingham wasn't. He knew his stuff and he loved Derby!!! Legend.

[@andrewgould4709]

Cheers for that Dean best football story i have ever heard absolutely brilliant.

[@junglebhoy28]

that's brilliant

[@thomasscholey420]

This is the best story ever :D

[@timslee7508]

Absolutely wetting myself here! Gold. What a ledge.

[@XAlcazar]

Every time I watch this it just gets better and better

[@GhostRider5370]

1st comment! 1st time i heard about Clough was in the Damned United biopic movie. And i also saw a couple interviews in youtube with Clough. He seems like a one of kind coach, RIP. i bet he is watching from the heavens wondering what the hell is goingnon with todays game :)

[@davidboon7219]

Great Stuff 👍😄😄

[@kevinotoole885]

That is funny AS!!!!! God bless Cloughie, the best England manager we never had!!!! I remember watching forest with my dad when I was about 6 around 1990 and he said ‘watch these mate, this is how ye play football’ always stuck with me that. We are Villa fans but he loved that clough Forest team and still goes on about it now.

[@noodlessurprise]

Whoever edited this - the photos to go with the story - genius.

[@littledanmcnamara1840]

That is possibly one of the funniest stories I've heard. In or out of football

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

Saunders made it all up.

[@wd4020]

@@RichardM-kv4uu too bad. Coz this is seriously hilarious and I can see Brian doing everything that was mentioned 😂

[@truckerfromreno]

Dean can talk about being pissed. Just jailed for drink driving.

[@danholliday5564]

That's quality. What a legend Clough was.

[@davidcrook9293]

Love Dean Saunders stories, brilliant