Brian Clough on British success in Europe

[@ShelfsideYido89]

that last bit about having to relax to enjoy and propser in life, that actually reallly hit home for me! great stuff.

[@adamglasgow9268]

Yes I felt the same mate. Its true

[@trebleking1641]

Never mind the best manager Forest ever had, Derby County ever had, or England never had, the man was one of the best human beings the world's ever had. A lovely, decent and kind man. I'm a Scot, by the way, and I loved Brian Clough.

[@alexnzxVersion2]

Clough is a legend, from a Pool Fan. YNWA Brian

[@robbiesmith2525]

you got a like....from a forest fan,respect pal :-)

[@alexburtonstepan1748]

I looked up to this man as a kid & I still do at 43! More than a legend 🏟

[@lodersracing]

I love how he emphasises the important words! Could listen to him all day.

[@featherinthewind333]

genius mr clough, the world needs people like him

[@ysgol3]

His point about being relaxed and success is brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

[@frannydarko2698]

Clough was a straight taker man who you didn't mess around with him and a legend of a manager..RIP MR CLOUGH...

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

Lovely how he unsettles the interviewer at the start by picking him up on his facts. Then at the end gives him great advice on how to improve. Thats why he was such a legendary manager!

[@eddielasowsky7777]

The interviewer didn't get any 'facts' wrong. Clough is just drunk and belligerent and a c*** to boot.

[@derrydoire1864]

He says Celtic left back Fleming scored in European Cup Final who is this? Tommy Gemmell was his name

[@Gerard_2024]

He "corrects" the interviewer, but please tell me at which moment the interviewer stated that Man Utd won it twice. I didn't hear it.

[@CONSIDERABLYMORE1]

@@Gerard_2024 be brave

[@EnidAgnusDei]

Best manager ever and one hell of a man.

[@andrethethrashe]

what a character,intelligent,wise and competent guy was Cloughie... football miss people like him,a real legend of the game.

[@hassanashkanani300]

The greatest coach in the history of football. Brian Clough forever ❤❤

[@Tomas19977]

Always come back to this video! You can’t do anything to the best of your ability unless you relax. Simple but genius.

[@michaeljcalleja]

Celtic - 1967 Manchester United - 1968 Liverpool - 1977 Liverpool - 1978 Nottingham Forest - 1979 Nottingahm Forest - 1980 Liverpool - 1981 Aston Villa - 1982 Liverpool - 1984 ------------------------------- Presuming that this interview took place in the mid-90s, this was the European Cup Winners' situation.

[@oldskoolfool141]

Mad to think English teams dominated '77 to '82, you think of those years as halycon days for continental football, so impressive seeing it laid out like that, thanks for posting

[@tonyhamilton1758]

@@Dice69aooooww also Steve Nicol for Liverpool in 84. Archie Gemmill was key for Forest in 79/80 before Clough decided to drop him and sold him to Birmingham City. Steve Archibald was Barcelona striker in the 85/86 run to the final but couldnt quite get it over the line

[@terranceparsons5185]

And if the supporters of Leeds and Clough himself are to be believed, Leeds and Derby were cheated out of success too.

[@kevinprior3549]

English club winners of Champions League Manchester United - 1999 Liverpool - 2005 Manchester United - 2008 Chelsea - 2012 Liverpool - 2019 Chelsea - 2021 So all in all English clubs ain't done bad in European Cup/Champions League hey?

[@DayDay1991]

Leeds got cheated

[@iMertin90]

what a man.. love how he stands up for the hoops

[@andrewforrest108]

Brilliant, honest, from the heart, massively talented as a player and manager, unmissable Cloughie, thank you for posting this gem!

[@BillyBronco73]

Both Shankly and Clough built clubs from the foundations up. Clough did it twice at Derby and Nottingham Forest. Clough has to rank as the greatest manager of all time because he didn't do it at a club like Man Utd, Barcelona or Real Madrid. An unpleasant and ruthless man no doubt but a great manager nonetheless. He was also a fine player. Just look at his goal scoring record.

[@adamglasgow9268]

Calm it

[@jacksilverbackharper]

Fergie done it as well. Won a title with st mirren before going to Aberdeen. Breaking rangers and celtics grip on the Scottish title 3 times, bringing European success by beating Buyern Munich and real Madrid winning 2 European trophies at Aberdeen. Then going to man utd who hadn't won a title in 30 years to deliver success on an industrial scale. But I do agree you, clough is my favourite because of his football philosophy and kindness to others.

[@MrDukey85]

Fergie rebuilt man united from the ground up after big ron run them into the ground

[@rael1999]

You're forgetting Manchester United weren't held in as a high regard as they are now (and I'm not on about their current form just the status of the club) when Busby went there in 1945, they hadn't won a cup since 1911. Over the years he turned United into the force they became, changing people's perception of scouting and the importance of youth training. He built the first team that went on to win his first title in '52 after being runners up 5 times. He built the babes team that won in 56 and 57 and god knows what they'd have gone on to achieve. Most managers would have been finished after the tragedy but he went on to build the Best, Law and Charlton side. An incredible guy. So humble and self effacing and yet had such strength and determination to achieve what he did, along of course with Jimmy Murphy. No doubt Cloughie was a legend, along with the great Shanks, Stein, Fergie and many others. But people sometimes forget the whole incredible story of Matt and his time at United.

[@BillyBronco73]

@@rael1999 ... Busby won one European cup after 12 years competing in Europe with Man Utd. Clough took 5 years at Nottingham Forest to win two European cups. He also won the first division championship within 5 years of joining Derby County and 3 years of joining Nottingham Forest. His record with Peter Taylor is incredible and without comparison. Alcoholism got the better of Clough after his fallout with Taylor but at his best his record is the best.

[@talkinghead3169]

"Get your fact right" I was about to say the same to you Mr Clough, as the Celtic player who scored the equaliser against Inter in the European cup final of 67 was named Gemmell, not Fleming, whoever he is! 😲😲

[@AndyConnell11]

he is a fucking LEGEND one of the best managers EVER

[@pearlfisher2813]

Gemmell and Chalmers . Celtic 2 -1 inter Milan . Tommy Gemmell also scored when Celtic were beaten in the 1970/71 European cup final against feynoord .

[@bigbadbill0071]

THAT WAS 1970

[@TheSunsetStripClub]

NOTE TO SELF - if you RELAX during sex, it oozes out of you.

[@gportech]

If you've got anything in ya...

[@vantheman12welshman66]

Brian Clough and Peter Taylor together we the best

[@andrethethrashe]

what a legend

[@harounmotala4344]

Brian clough did win trophies after Peter Taylor left..it just that they had a good partnership.

[@mavis1108]

Cloughy the best ever but it’s sad seeing him like this

[@michealjones9863]

Now that’s a message for our modern world ,calm down and relax 🤫Relax.

[@andreasegde]

Brilliant, Brian.

[@DavidTaylor-rk3du]

He kept everything simple like an intelligent working class man.No glamour and showbiz bullshit.He spoke straight and what he see in a player and person.Didnt insult just for ego or effect if he told you something you listened cos he is telling a fault in your personality that is short lived unless corrected.When you know about life and being poor and observe peoples characters and what makes people tick your half way there.He had a football genius brain that went with all that which made him a hard man to beat but his sides played the game the right way and never dirty.A solid bloke with a few faults like us all but overall a great down to earth man with a knowledge and spirit to lift people and make them fulfill there true potential

[@ianwilliamson2980]

Reminds me of the old days in the pub .met characters like that .

[@jaytettehquarshie1522]

What he said about the Fragmentation in the National Team is True

[@ricardodeloera1984]

if brian clough was englands manager,england would have won the euro and the world cup. sad that the fa never gave him the job

[@younglock73]

In your fuckin dreams !

[@andrewwright4195]

younglock73 if he had Taylor they would of won anything they wanted

No we wouldn't. Managing an international side is totally different to managing a club.

[@thewomble1509]

@ True but it's still a mystery that England have won nothing in 53 years. Venables, Robson and Hoddle had some wonderful players and they managed to blend them into teams rather than a gang of individuals and we still got bugger all.

[@leeludlowart237]

younglock73 why’s that?

[@AimanDaily]

nice interview, best advice from clough

[@sternumagnum]

@Cashback13 He didn't dismiss Man United - he obviously misheard the reporter as saying that MU had won the European Cup twice. Clough was naturally quite proud that he had brought the European Cup twice to Britain and not with any of the big clubs either.

[@EveHenleySpread]

Legend or not, he's clearly pissed - so that's how he 'relaxed'

[@paulmclaughlin8038]

In a world of buzz phrases, tactics, football departments etc, this man and other like Ferguson etc would just laugh if they were managing today.

[@JW93.]

Always enjoy listening to Mr Clough very wise man

[@meatman446]

Great advice about relaxing so true in all aspects of performance

[@amysmileyreid95]

Stein, Clough, Ferguson. Best British managers in history

[@frannydarko2698]

@Undoctrinated Paisley

[@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon]

John Gregory

[@martinh1309]

Busby

[@richardbaker3000]

Revie?

[@kebabremover6024]

Paisley won 3

[@Giumelz]

some good advice there

[@ysgol3]

May I just say, there are plenty of 'motivational' posts and films about, mainly done by people who have achieved f*** all. (Why the asterisks for f***'s sake?). But Brian's advice about keeping his players relaxed is, by miles and miles, the best of all. And the tragedy of course is that, in 2021, NOBODY, or nearly nobody, follows it.

[@suba7320]

That bit about being relaxed is some properly good life and professional advice. Somebody needs to tell that to Marcus Rashford.

[@horseracingtipsno1657]

What a man legend

[@simonclarkson2616]

God bless ya Brian

[@timothyosullivan222]

Clough looks well on it there...🥃 Doesn't take away from the legend of a man that he was

[@annandune]

I think he actually looks better than he had in a long time. I think by this point he was recovering from alcoholism so he is still not quite all there but he is better than he was towards the end of his managerial career.

[@brendanholohan7237]

Definitely has a few on board in this interview.

[@joemorris4275]

The fact Brian interviewed him

[@iaincathro3373]

"Family unit" "Closing ranks" "Got to be in there...." totally love it!!!

[@leeludlowart237]

What a legend. If your talking to me get your facts right 😂🤣

[@user-li3fr8jl3b]

Interviewer wasnt wrong tbh. He just put man u before celtic... oops. Clough looked in a bad way here.

[@trevormoir1927]

Legend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@ianleishman6774]

Jock Stein,Matt Busby,Bill Shankly,Brian Clough,Bob Paisley,Jim McLean and Alex Ferguson.best British managers and arguably amongst best ever in the world.just Google their records and see how impressive they are.Jose and Pep fly the flag today.

[@Ballyy33]

Don revie

[@ericgeorge5483]

I reckon Cloughie had been on the sauce lol.

[@ModinikiLuli-m5n]

European competition was different back then. The best players were not playing every year. Some years the uefa cup was a higher level.

[@joemorris4275]

God gave up his favourite chair for Brian . He has put the grass in the skies.

[@raymondbruce7175]

Brian Clough was so knowledgeable, correcting the interviewer on European football Celtic were the first British team to win the European cup not Manchester united. He didn't suffer fools gladly.

[@craighorton3502]

This guy was a big time goal scorer. Great manager. I would have loved to play with him.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

Good point Cloughie. Not being an integrated unit did not trouble the germans or Italians who did well in europe and the WC and euros.

[@markbradford2301]

CLOUGHIE SAYS RELAX

[@forgive7449]

drink helped him relax........ and then the booze killed him. is that what you mean by relax ?

[@oldskoolfool141]

@@forgive7449 I don't agree with you but I LOVE your name, kudos sir

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

Legend.

[@mcdermov]

How much greater his record would have been without his alcohol addiction.

[@lewispewsey6843]

Definitely looked a bit tipsy there

[@mega5075]

The interviewer is a bit slow

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

A bit?! He’s practically in the process of having his lobotomy redone during this interview

[@Richard-fv7rq]

Clough was absolutely right.

[@9999prozac]

Genius

[@darrendouglas3704]

Forget MBE, OBE, biggest compliment ,reward for achievement for Cloughie not a day out at Buck Palace with Queen no what meant more for Cloughie would've been US FOOTBALL FANS from Clubs up/down country Knighthood from the Terraces for entertainment ,playing ,making the game True Beautiful Game Sir Brian Clough .He's spoke how he loved Shankly like a father ,had his total respect.Now Clough has more than earned his seat at table of Greatness Football Geniuses on equal par with Matt Busby Jock Stein Bill Shankly Brian Clough (Peter Taylor brewing up cuppas all round) Four Winners ,Four Honest men who suffered no fools ,Four men who could take players game to the next level .Brian played 4,4,2 Goalkeeper ,Defenders,Midfielders ,Strikers were issued simple instructions believe in Brian's vision off simple but beautiful football that entertained paying fans ,keep away from Referees ,discipline always & Team will win .Back to Back European Cup Winners ,only Team able to match great Liverpool team & beat them in Europe were others thought was impossible .Bill Shankly & Brian Clough played "total football " KEEP THE BALL ON THE GRASS NOT IN THE CLOUDS long before Dutch were credited for it Us who know football have no doubt Football Snobbery robbed Brian Clough I fully believe 100% would've been greatest ,most successful, most entertaining as in style football played ,World Cup Winner & finalist regular England International Manager .Just know players would've given everything in attempt get into Cloughie England Team ,fans would've loved his Honest Character but those that hired knew couldn't control Brian Clough ,wouldn't allow him take control help build for future Internationals .Footballing Crime & disgusting behaviour put own ego before Country & fans who followed England ,BTW I'm a Proud Scotsman was so blatantly obvious even Stevie Wonder could see Brian was right man at right time & would've been so honoured to be given fair shot at England job .1966 could've been added too yet Panel who Knocked Brian back don't get abuse they deserve (Brian spoke off Matt Busby was present on panel ,felt he knew we're Cloughie was coming from when spoke about Football ) SIR BRIAN CLOUGH thankyou for showing me Beautiful Game played properly ,thankyou for entertainment football lost football day you passed Enjoy your seat with the true masters ,true geniuses 4 Winners Table We will never forget . ⚽🇬🇧⚽ RIP ⚽🇬🇧⚽

[@kevincfc0725]

watching youtube video just RELAX

[@ihavetourettesfcksht6130]

he used to give the playres a few points of beer the night before the match so they'd get a good nights sleep and he was right. 3 to 4 points of beer before bed will give any person a great nights sleep.. It's when one overdose it that one gets a hangover in the morning. Brian Clough was a master at getting the playres mental condition right in order to get the best out of them. I think he took all this wisdom from his mother and father as he grew up in a large family which needed discipline.

[@maxgenger5457]

Even as a Chelsea fan I would call him my god

[@onydozie]

@SickPuppyBeatz I think you were only talking about English teams but if you are referring to British teams you have to include the Lisbon Lions, Celtic 1967.

[@producethegoods21]

Way better than Alex Ferguson mate.

[@ThefightingCelt]

This is quite sad really. Brian Clough was a one off - a great eccentric but also a great manager. The irony of his "get your facts right " is all too apparent when HE doesn't get his facts right about Manchester United and Fleming ( Celtic never had a player called Fleming at that time ) when of course it was Tam Gemmell ( he later played for Forest after leaving Celtic ) who scored the first European Cup Final goal for Celtic in 1967 and scored the first goal against Feyenoord in the 70 final

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

You're absolutely right. If I was the interviewer and I had the information to hand, I would have pointed out Clough's mistake, especially after his dismissive remark.

[@user-li3fr8jl3b]

I think it was more about his dislike for Man U 😅😅

[@themScreamS]

The greatest

[@Stupot2030]

He was probably pissed.

[@oscoe]

Couple of beers in there cloughie lad😂

[@davidreed1995]

Great manger RIP

[@andyr226]

"Why didn't England do better?" A third of that outstanding Forest team were Scottish. Easy mate.

[@dbag3345]

Liverpool as well

[@user-li3fr8jl3b]

So why didnt scotland do better 😅😅 they massively underperformed in 1978.

[@oldskoolfool141]

In any other culture he'd be a Yogi, Shaman, Witchdoctor, the 'wise man up in the hills' To us he was Cloughie

[@rael1999]

Cloughie never over complicated things. He was very black and white about how he thought things should be done. He wasn't shy of saying what he thought and didn't care what people thought, unlike this precious , offended world we seem to live in these days. He knew it was the simple things that made the great differences to how a team performed. Discipline, respect, team work, creating a siege mentality, belief, fighting for yourself and your team mates and above all else hard work. Some of the over paid precious types could do with learning from him and the fact that in most cases talent alone isn't good enough.

[@user-li3fr8jl3b]

Is the full interview anywhere?

[@kevinprior3549]

The interviewer sounds dreary

[@dankraus4402]

Could listen to Clougjie all day don’t make them like him any more

[@diabeticfridge2930]

It's no fluke that managers like Clough and Ferguson were successful

[@jmmypaddy]

@in2u2b well if you interview a great manager about football. you better make sure you have your facts right. this was also his later years where he was older and a bit less coherent. listen to an interview with him in the 70's. he was aticulate, honest and funny.

[@garyjones9910]

I really didn't expect him to add sex to the list of things that r improved by being relaxed. Turns out Clough was a top shag aswell as a football genius.

[@tomj5514]

“If you’re lucky, you might hear one of the girls snoring”.

[@ftumchaca]

Pissed!

[@carrington8999]

Always

[@wonderhero4375]

Sir Alex was brilliant. Brian Clough was better

[@kondokostas]

You just need to relax! One of the most important persons in this 150 years history of football.

[@johndearden7931]

I think DeGea took the 'closing ranks' advice a step too far

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

I guess that explains the Amsterdam brothels lol

[@starrage7926]

What is he on about at the start? Manchester United won it in 68 - there's even a bloke off camera saying it. Clough was no where near as good without Taylor, not a nice guy and his arrogance and his rudeness cost him in that relationship. As the years went by he fell off a cliff - Robert Rosario and he took Forest down. His greatness was a myth. On his own he wasn't much, but as a partnership him and Taylor are legendary.

[@harrydrake4173]

A truth many people choose to ignore.

[@sodthong]

Man Utd won the European Cup in 1968. The booze had got to his brain unfortunately.

[@andrewwright4195]

Sodthong but Liverpool and forest was the only English clubs to win it 2 years in a row

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

Lol get your shit together when you talk to me. 😂👍🏻👍🏻👑

[@DarkKnight-oe1tt]

They don't make them like him anymore

[@ianwilliamson2980]

Sad to see really.the man clearly had a bad drink problem.

[@kaihiggins725]

Am I the only one who thinks we may have won the world cup if he was gaffa

[@glasgowgrad]

Subtitles really annoying though.

[@terrywhite2791]

Not Flemming more like Gemmel or Chalmers mate

[@ssba32]

The Celtic left-back wasn't called Fleming. Cloughie also needed to get his facts right. In fact Tommy GEMMELL left Celtic to play for none other than Nottingham Forest.,

[@Cashback13]

Great Advise on the whole business of relaxing to display your talents. But think to dismiss United so quickly when they were the pioneers for english teams playing in europe in the first place and were the first team to do well in the competition and win it is a bit much. Sadly Cloughie didn't live to see Fergie get 2 of what he's got!

[@andrewwright4195]

Cash Back but he didn't win it 2 years in a row like Clough and with a rubbish team

[@tonytoonstours]

It's because you were only allowed to play for non-british players

[@CG31Travel]

love him!! interviewer is crap!