Brian Clough - Soccer Manager

[@BarryAllenMagic]

Despite some of the absolute pathetic rhetoric below (much of it pointless e.g. his politics) one overriding fact remains. Brian Clough took a pretty poor 2nd Division team, and with very few changes, transformed it's players into 1st Division Champions - later again emulated at Forest. You cannot achieve this through luck. It was achieved not with an open cheque book (like so many clubs these days) but rather through a management style that instilled confidence, enthusiasm, fairness and togetherness. Clough was a remarkable leader. Often outspoken some may say. Not really. He just didn't stand for any bullshit - full stop; and spoke from the heart about his principles and what he felt was right. Not full of cliches taught by some PR company to appease the cameras. The word LEGEND has never been more apt; he demonstrated a unique ability that I haven't seen emulated by anyone else since.

[@geoffpoole483]

+Barry Allen You missed out the to European Cups at Forest!

[@BarryAllenMagic]

Geoff Poole I ran out of space Geoff! ;-)

[@nathanmccabe1462]

don't forget about Peter Taylor though he had a great football mind it's a shame they fell out, because he didn't win anything after Taylor left.

[@gregod806]

Spot on. Luck don't strike twice in the same place. Man is a legend.

[@geoffpoole483]

He wanted football to be played the right way and was an excellent motivator. When he arrived at Nottingham Forest in 1975 John Robertson was overweight, his warm-up consisted of shuffling his feet for a bit. Most managers would have got rid of him but Clough saw something in Robertson and persevered. Fast forward a few years to the 1979 European Cup Final. John Robertson supplies the cross that results in Trevor Francis scoring the winning goal. The following year it is John Robertson who scores the winning goal. If only Brian Clough had been manager of England. What makes this documentary so fascinating is because it was made shortly before Brian Clough took the football world by storm. We know what happened, but Clough and the interviewer did not.

[@abrokenframe82]

Sir Brian Clough. The greatest manager England never had. A real shame. This man was a Legend.

[@Nautilus1972]

best manager ever. Never mind England.

[@tommydarko1984]

Nope, he was nothing wihout Peter Taylor.

[@rhino_twozero326]

@@tommydarko1984 apart from the trophies he won without Peter taylor 🤦‍♂️

[@EdtheGatekeeper666]

@@tommydarko1984 agreed people seem to under-estimate how important Peter Taylor was.

[@EdtheGatekeeper666]

@@rhino_twozero326 what a few league cups....

[@keeranfoley2731]

clough was a pretty good looking fellow when he was younger

[@jamesbomd3503]

That's why he was a housewives favourite

[@63Baggies]

He was also a pretty dammed good player too.

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

@@cityboy9301 you insecure boy

[@MartinRonson123]

@@cityboy9301 not at all just honest..

[@errands8253]

smashed boro fanny all owa cloughy

[@anthonymead4359]

He was absolutely superb - amazingly honest and blunt. The worlds a poorer place now he's no longer with us.

[@SpiritintheSky.]

Absolutely. "Gone but not forgotten", Sir Brian Clough RIP.

[@SwanRonsonDonnyJepp]

What an absolute LEGEND.....God bless you King 👑 Cloughy

[@michaelhorseman1106]

I love and miss him very much. I visited his grave last week and let him know how much I appreciated him and always will.

[@stephenturner6075]

Brian Clough Is the greatest British football manager of all time. The End. From a Rangers supporter. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧

[@steve-r-collier]

loved the bloke..broke my heart when he left Derby...same thing when his son Nigel left..Clough is part of Derby and always will be

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Shit Hole

[@hassanashkanani300]

The greatest coach in the history of football

[@philippankhurst6680]

His achievements will never be equalled.

[@hassanashkanani300]

Philip Pankhurst yeah totally agree with you

[@Audits31]

Hassan Ashkanani clough was good however that Leeds United spell dragged him down a peg or two. He was doomed from the start, the moment he said you don’t deserve your medals and that you should all throw them in the bin was the beginning of the end.

[@tommydarko1984]

I'm a Leeds fan. He hated Leeds and Don Revie, he was jealous of the success. I think he went there to try to undermine and show us up, he probably enjoyed destroying the club at that point in time, he definitely disrupted the momentum and harmony within the group of players. Peter Taylor was a big part of his managerial success. Without Peter, Brian wasn't that great.

[@Lord_Hillcrest]

@@tommydarko1984 Im a leeds too . I totally agree with what you said . He knew he wasnt going to succeed there.

[@markstevenfall]

If you're a Derby fan, this is a must see. Incredible the praise.he lauds upon Leeds United at the time...

[@geoffpoole483]

Fascinating documentary; I bet that when this was made no one had an inkling of what he would go on to achieve.

[@Edward1312]

Great manager, arguably the best ever . To take two separate but similar clubs to the top like Derby and Forest with no money and only journeymen players is extraordinary.

[@seltaeb3302]

Don Revie done it with Leeds who were a middling Div2-3 side. And look at Wimbledon. Alf done it with Ipswich.

[@Edward1312]

@@seltaeb3302 I dont agree, Ipswich and Wimbledon never won top flight league titles under those managers and Leeds never won European Cups under Revie.

[@megadave1197]

Not similar clubs at all. Derby are founder members of the football league. They won the league after Clough left. Forest are nothing apart from wining the league and European cup with Derby’s Manager, captain and best players. No comparison

[@Edward1312]

@@megadave1197 You missed the point, I meant in terms of location, journey men players and financial resources.

[@MarkSmith-pr7js]

Not sure that Macfarland, Todd, Gemmell,.Francis, Shilton, Hinton, Robertson, Woodcock, Anderson were "journeymen". He and Peter Taylor had an eye for quality footballers.

[@68sweetnovember]

Excellent. Having a dad who worked at Ley's - I would frequently climb on the roof and watch matches.... Halcyon days. Thank you Brian for everything you did for football.

[@johnlowdon5809]

You crazy kid.

[@timmer742]

the fucking best manager England never had...

[@thurso1968]

A legend! Forest till I die! Thank you for posting.

[@talkinghead3169]

"Fix them up with a blonde" God, I wish I could have played for Cloughie!!!

[@darrendouglas3704]

Legend There's Busby ,Shankly, Stein, Cloughie True Football fans hold Brian in same circle .He earned ,deserved his place with football geniuses .Took "unfashionable" teams transformed them into winners & successful heights never experience again with Characteristic Brian Clough.

[@pearlfisher2813]

Love Brian clough ,a football genius .

[@gregod806]

4.22 "If we wanted a physical side of it perhaps we would have got a 19 year old to run about like an idiot and lose every match"

[@Kralhonj]

Watching this interview is amazing it's like travelling through time and witnessing history in the making. He went on to achieve great victories and become a legendary figure in the world of sport. His focus and determination on European success evident from the very beginning.

[@CK-dd7eq]

Fix em up with a blond 😂😂😂😂😂 so old school. The best school! RIP Brian.

[@Edward1312]

He was always going to be a success (and its obvious he could have been a successful CEO of a company outside football if he wanted to because he had all the attributes) whatever era he was a manager because he had the quick mind, flair, intelligence, insight, humour and charisma. He was only 36 here which is pretty incredible! The ability to read the game and players (the rotund Dave McKay here not needing to break a sweat ( and he was right he didn't need to, what a master stroke to bring him in!) stands out and the confidence (he would, would he, tell him I'm busy!! probably the Club Chairman lol), you need that young man, you need to believe in yourself to be able to instill that confidence in the players. Shame he needed to replace cigarrettes with drinking but everyone needs a crutch when you are under constant pressure and scrutiny.

[@brianclough]

A great and clear video on what Cloughie was thinking during his first spell in the top division. The work he and Peter Taylor did was nothing short of outstanding, how he turned Derby around from an also ran in Div 2, to a serious challenger in the top flight, eventually winning it. Even though a Forest fan, I never held it against Clough for his successes at Derby. In a way, I am happy they succeeded under him.

[@innate-videos]

A total legend! Pity as a country we didn’t have the bollocks to recognise the unique inspirational talents and judgement of Cloughie and support him no matter what. That kind of talent always comes with its own foibles, but so fucking what. They were nothing compared to what he brought to the game and no football manager ever compared before or since. Vision and leadership are the greatest qualities and Cloughie was born with them. A total legend!

[@johnbates2709]

It's great to see Brian at his peak, not necessarily in this interview but around this time and the years that followed. He was a huge leadership inspiration, sad it got so petty with Don Revie, but there you go.

[@stephenguppy3466]

At least Cloughie never turned his back on his country, unlike greedy Revie.

[@thefettfan3994]

Back in the days before soccer became "Business" rather than sport and Brian Clough spoke his mind and not all money. When the 1st, 2nd,3rd and 4th divisions all made sense to me as a fan. Today i'm totally confused and i'm under the age of fifty!!!!

[@TheGlassman63]

The part where he answers the phone is priceless. Classic Cloughie.

[@joedexys]

BEST MANAGER ENGLAND NEVER HAD.

[@AlexMcMonnies]

'Do you think 7 months in the First Division have aged you?' God what a question! 100% yes, he still looked like a boy, a player just getting going in management at the start of the video. When we come back to him, he seems older, wiser and much more like the Clough we see that went on to win everything.

[@Edward1312]

This is how I like to remember him, shrewd, articulate, insightful, confident and charismatic before drink destroyed him and made him an angry erratic shambles.

[@InYourHeadChangedMan]

I like the way he calls the interviewer by his first name he comes across like a down to earth person

[@seltaeb3302]

It's control. If you use the first name it makes it seem that you are the father the senior like the two handed I'm in charge handshake. He knows what he is doing by disarming you. Clever man.

[@wink1eafc774]

People talk of Clough bad talking Leeds, But here he actually praises them a lot!

[@thefeckineejit264]

I think he has every right to speak of Leeds the way he did after what they did to him but he admired them greatly before he joined them...Revie managed that whole situation in the background to get him out and Giles in purely so his crimes would remain under wraps, and after Clough found out about the bribes program that Revie ran he hated both for what they did to football!

[@kevinprior3549]

Clough may have had a big mouth (which he did) but he always showed respect to his opposition managers.

[@lord123abc]

Absolute legend! He did great for Derby. I fit wasn't for him we might be in league 2 now.

[@williamross2579]

Just imagine if Brian and Peter were given Carte blanche at the English FA.

[@MrBannystar]

*Brian Clough - Football Manager

[@VincentLinden-e3r]

Certainly done the walk of life and enjoyed a tickle later in life why not deserved it a toast to brian 🎉 blessed on the field of play and in the dugout being the orcestrator hats off his opinions and honesty second to mone hes just one in a million loved his journey 😂

[@kelvinlewis4065]

Hes looking very very healthy and full of confidence ...Just starting out on his managerial career ......How backward was the structure then..? ,brilliant football mind....He was way in front...Loved this guy .....I,m a Liverpool fan ...We know how hard it is to win the European Cup ...." 2 times European Champions !!!!...Brilliant insight of the football scene as then ..RIP great man .

[@petrasant5495]

What a man! So honest in his opinions, I can’t stop laughing ! RIP

[@geoffpoole483]

If you're new to the phenomenon that is Brian Clough you're in for a real treat.

[@yozzsongs]

Doesn’t mention Everton : the champions of England by record points that season. 😇 Love this guy though. His admiration for Leeds was clear. Worryingly his stress relief went from ciggies to alcohol. He looked younger & fitter than his own players. RIP legend.

[@janeeccleston9196]

Fantastic Vid ..Love this kinda stuff - Thanks for putting it on 👍🏼

[@63Baggies]

A great interview.

[@branstonpickle1]

Jeez, the STATE of those pitches!

[@geoffpoole9107]

The good old days!

[@thefeckineejit264]

Back then you could tell a managers philosophy by the state of the pitch, and every club Clough was at he made them invest in the pitch so they could produce the football he wanted, he then made them invest in stand and facilities so the fans could then enjoy the brand of football in some comfort....the man was a genius and legend.....and unfortunately we won’t see the likes of again in football.

[@matelot95]

Middlesbrough Legend

[@thefeckineejit264]

Very few people realized he was the 3rd greatest goal scorer in he old league.....251 goals in 274 games, unbelievable player, and for me the greatest manager every to grace the game because he changed how football was played in England.

[@Jaaskelainen1993]

The way he spoke about each of his team was class. You would never hear that these days.

[@geoffgeoffgeoff6149]

Thanks for posting, not seen this before.

[@albaproductions9602]

Imagine him in his prime in the premiership.

[@shanewright2772]

he'd have hated every moment of the plastic, gormless farce that the Premiership is.

[@godspeed133]

He would've hated a lot about it no doubt, but I think his love of football and management would have prevailed upon him to make a good go of it anyway.

[@frednought]

thanks for uploading, really interesting

[@ALong-fo5so]

The only British manager to win back to back European cups with a Forest.

[@kevinprior3549]

English more to the point

[@eddiejamison]

"John Robson of course 12 months ago was playing on Slag tip somewhere in the North East" Classic!!! 05:11

[@jamesmitchell1909]

What a manager and character

[@shanewright2772]

The greatest manager ever, barring none.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Bollocks, ever heard of Bob Paisley, Sir Alex Ferguson?

[@MisterGee1968]

LEGEND. His record speaks for itself.

[@EdtheGatekeeper666]

say what you want but without Peter Taylor it just was`nt the same... the two together were magical

[@Fonzymucha]

He's very generous towards Leeds in his comments.

[@nathanmccabe1462]

Interesting isn't it because we all know what happened later!

[@stationers]

At that stage he was a big fan of Leeds, but something happened and he became their biggest most vehement critic. Fascinating documentary.

[@CB-xr1eg]

The rumour is that Don Revie snubbed Clough and that started Clough's hatred for Revie and Leeds United.

[@cityboy9301]

A blade of grass as rare as a survivor from the Somme..abit of a dramatic way of describing a football pitch

[@robharding1957]

nothing but admiration for this rare breed, and cloughy was certainly that,,,paisley, busby, shankly, furguson,say no more,

[@scottharbison3824]

Never seen this. Cheers for the upload. FTID.

[@richardmullins1883]

Peter Taylor. Great manager but he wouldn't have had the same success without Peter Taylor. Taylor did the football side of things and had an uncanny ability in talent spotting and Brian Clough was the great motivator

[@schandler79]

I believe in miracles, the best man ever to walk through the door at the city ground (maybe closely challenged by Pearce)

[@seemysticsoul9339]

cloughie your a Legend

[@gordonm7038]

Train your players. That means training yourself. Winning is brought about by madness aka confidence...

[@doyoulikebeetroot]

Great post/vid, pal, nice one!

[@jarrodfisherjf]

Brian Clough Rams fan and a great manager! U Rams...

[@DavidJones-or8ek]

What a man! What a person! I used to think I hated him, but with hindsight;..........I was an idiot

[@mcfcmaineroad1981]

He was brillisnt. Eccentric but brilliant.

[@Edward1312]

That's why he was so good, because he was eccentric.

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

A man way way way before his time!!

[@chrisdennehy9425]

Dave MacKay amazing, 35-year-old beer belly..!

[@johnlowdon5809]

£200,000 Stand! Remember cycling to Derby with a mate from Burton to see it being built. Derby had arrived back into the big time under Mr Clough and Taylor .

[@callummccormick86]

Shankly, Clough, Stein, Fergie - socialists makes the best football managers.

[@kevinprior3549]

Revie was a Communist?

[@martinmichaels234]

Clough was nothing other than a class act.

[@ARMINIUS44]

Genius.

[@78bcat]

I would love to see today's players have a match in conditions like what is seen @ 12:40. What would Barca, United, Madrid, City, etc look like in the mud, as opposed to an immaculate pitch?

[@Alfredromeothatsme]

Geez I reckon the common man could relate a lot more to football, and sport in general, back in the day before the likes of pay tv, social media, sports science and political correctness became the norm. The sporting world is full of over paid prima donnas now who are hand picked and pampered from an early age. They wouldn't know the first thing about a hards days work and as such live in world of fantasy (and luxury) paid for by us!

[@therebel4332]

And you've got women who know absolutely nothing about the game, that talk in cliques and riddles (low block ffs), contribute nothing to a debate, that are put up on a pedestal as some sort of genius and if anyone dares question them they are knocked down as sexist and sacked from their jobs. No one wants an healthy debate anymore, they just want people who tow the line and don't question anything. Brian Clough would not be employed in todays game, they wouldn't allow him to be employed. David Moyes gets job after job and yet has won absolutely nothing in the game, never been to a cup final, done nothing in Europe, played the most boring football known to man, and he's been in management over 20 years... say no more.

[@jimmystokoe6917]

Loved a Roker park safc adored goal machine cloughie 🔴⚪️🌑

[@keithdeley7236]

Let's not forget Peter Taylor

[@EdtheGatekeeper666]

Dave Mackay was scouted and recommended by Peter Taylor

[@kevinprior3549]

Then became manager of Derby County when Clough joined Leeds.

[@joshuaward7393]

Totally superficial, but looking at Cloughy when he retired, I find it shocking that he was so handsome in his early days. The drink really ruined him. 😔

[@mattp8593]

Was just thinking the same thing. I know he’s young but looks so healthy and fresh faced. Time, stress and alcohol certainly played it part.

[@DJChipsandGarlic]

Players just wear beats headphones now and post on Instagram

[@martm216]

Interesting video - thanks. Always interested in anything about Cloughie. What was he said at the start, about being confident? Something along the lines of you might as well be confident as not, you might as well look up as look down? I admire the man because he had all the qualities that I lack! Oh, and that pitch at the Baseball Ground! Not a patch of grass! Pure mud - would it even be legal today?!

[@BillyBronco73]

A brilliant player and manager however as a manager he was never as good after the partnership with Peter Taylor ended.

[@richardmullins1883]

That's because PT did most of the football stuff. Clough was a motivator, taylor was the tactician and had an uncanny eye for talent

[@kailashpatel1706]

@@richardmullins1883 He also had a supporting staff, a good trainer in Jimmy Gordon and chief scout, Maurice Edwards..

[@robharding1957]

when i said say no more l was quoting eric idle of the monty python team,,l mean l could give you many more outstanding managers from the past and not so distant past,,bobby Bobby Robson to mention 1,you got me on the ferguson bit for sure,

[@GazBobtalks]

I say what I like and I like what I bloody well say!

[@63Baggies]

Bloody Hell...the state of that pitch....

[@richardsmith561]

What does it say when the likes of Gareth Southgate is in charge of England ? a failed league manager, no personality and a loser, Alf Ramsey was single minded and took no crap from anyone and won the world cup Brian Clough was his own man, aggressive and not agreeable whatsoever, oh yes and a WINNER...but like everything else we want yes men in charge who lose well...makes me sick...RIP Brian Clough..a true great...

[@kevinprior3549]

Come on... Euro finalists and World Cup semi-finalists. Southgate hasn't been that bad.

[@jamesbomd3503]

Saying this in the Bane voice from Batman Yessss what a lovely set of teeth he has

[@matthewhilton1066]

Would of loved to have seen Brian clough coach a scottish side years ago when he was in his prime. He certainly wouldn't put up with shit I admired this guy.

[@x1x6x6]

CLOUGHIE LEGEND

[@kdlofty]

"As rare as a survivor from the somme" Ffs, true, lighthearted, but absolutely brutal. Thank god Cloughie never had to deal with mobile phones! Lol.

[@wonderhero4375]

Well said Barry Allen. Bang on.

[@anthonyleighton4754]

The interviewer so right about the old baseball ground pitch .....a bladde of grass as rare as a survivor at the somme.,...

[@MrRedgrin]

When people ask me how I pronounce my last name, I show them this video. Come to think of it...I wonder if we're related?

[@steve-r-collier]

you cant be related to 'god'..blasphemous statement

[@brianhaskard1042]

What a pitch!

[@robharding4028]

No matter what your opinion of this man is, you cannot deny he was a damn good football manager, and he told it like it was, no heirs and graces, just blood and thunder, Now that's whats missing with many of today's managers,.and payers too.

[@harrydrake4173]

I'd say it's arguable he was a great manager, because without Peter Taylor he flopped at Leeds and relegated Forest. The two of them were the winning combination, but apart they were failures. Truly great managers are able to succeed in their own right.

[@robharding4028]

@@harrydrake4173 That's harsh. Can you tell me one single manager, with the resources Brian had at his disposal,who achieved two European trophies in consecutive seasons ?. I would suggest to you, can't.. Now what is your answer to that poser, Please don't tell me it was Taylors doing, they worked well together,Taylor would have been an unknown without Cough, and you know it.

[@clivebindley134]

09:41...." On the club I wasn't interested, you know the players are the club, the club's there for the players as far as I'm concerned the players are the club, I was interested in what effect it had on the players". So Brian...if the players are the club you ARE interested in what effect it had on the club! And this interview was before he started drinking heavily!

[@nakmos14]

He looks like Miroslav Klose there in the beginning

[@Daewonnni]

Clough vs. Mourinho or Pep would have been fantastic.

[@25pappy]

The state of the pitch back then.

[@asht6106]

Such a shame, his dream it's to manage ENGLAND team but sadly he doesn't got it...the greatest manager of all time for me..the only cup that haunted him so many years are the FA CUP...

[@lotuseater7247]

13:09 when people argue over the changes in professional football and weigh up the pros an cons... This personifies it.

[@phillipneal9289]

Listen don't give me any of this "Well he was too outspoken or he was too egotistical " Claptrap, Brian Clough was & is still a legend & ultimately a damned fine manager. Should have been England manager without question. Will never forgive F.A for that.