One of the best Brian Clough Stories you’ll ever hear from Mark Crossley.

[@neilhayz1555]

Another Clough story… friend of mine was a bobby working at Bramall Lane for the visit of Clough’s Forest side in the 90’s. He was stood outside in the cold waiting to ensure the Forest coach got off without incident and after about an hour the Forest team come out and board the coach. Cloughie followed and seeing the cops waiting went up and thanked them. Then he noticed the players were all on the coach in the warm. He went nuts and went on the coach to shout at the players. “Have you thanked these nice Policemen for waiting in the cold while you lot were in the bloody bar?!” The next thing my mate knew the cream of Notts Forest were out shaking the cops hands and thanking them, Pearce et al. Finally satisfied Cloughie goes up to my mate and gives him a wink and shakes his hand. “When you go home tonight you can tell your wife you met Mr Clough, can’t you?”

[@noelatcheson4174]

The Clough impressions are superb. Could listen to these stories all day from Crossley.

[@markydark88]

"Arch Arch bring em in bring em in" Crossleys impression is spot on.

[@pusuper1pusuper130]

If you ever get the chance go see Mark. He is a brilliant after dinner speaker. Could listen to his tales of BC all night.

[@paulward3535]

Even when it's total bollocks??

[@thelonewolf127]

He’s from the same village as me,lives round the corner and is in my local most Sundays.He’s told many cloughie stories,brought ex teammates out with him like windass and Bullard.Hes a nice bloke

[@cheesetomato9140]

Yeah I'll bet he's even more funny if he's had a few beers isn't he?😂🤣

[@ciarangrimes7912]

@@paulward3535don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story lad 😂

[@Expatred66]

@@paulward3535were you there 🤦‍♂️

[@jaomwtoptd]

My brother in law Charlie George was on trial at Nottingham Forest when they just bought Trevor Francis for a record fee. On the coach coming back from his first game, Brian Clough told the driver to stop at a fish and chip shop. He told Trevor Francis to get off and get everybody fish and chips since he'd just had a big signing on fee. True.

[@rjw4762]

Great story....I also read that in the first game after Francis signed, he was on the bench (one sub in those days). Before the game he ordered Francis to sweep the dressing room floor !!! Sadly, the days of Clough et al are long gone.

[@mercenary1881]

you wouldnt get away with that now, Cafcass and safeguarding would be put on your case

[@robgunnAK47]

Marks recollections and his re telling of what went on are utterly hilarious the voice impressions are off the scale as well. The guy is an absolute scream and so entertaining.

[@markrskinner]

Crossley's stories are absolute gold.

[@sheepdogman1]

Clough absolute genius of a manager. Should have been England manager for sure!!!

[@BigAlc68]

He was far too good for England. The suits & old farts at the FA would of tried to shackle him & that just would never of worked i'm afraid.

[@leeruffle6542]

Remember David Currie when he played for Carlisle in 1995, seen the keeper off his line and launched it from the halfway line and it went in over the top of the keeper.

[@markherzog9484]

Quality Clough impression and story….bravo young man……

[@kevinjamesdawes7223]

Whilst he had genius in him cloughie was nuts.

[@ChrisJ294]

"Let 'em cope" 😂😂😂😂

[@merson812]

Mark is absolutely brilliant!

[@terencej72]

I could listen to stories about Mr Clough all day, especially the ones told by Mark Crossley and the one about signing for Forest by Dean Saunders "Do you like Flowers son?"

[@andybt3989]

The Saunders story isn’t true though. It has been rubbished by others.

[@gaywest4298]

I love a good Clough story. Many of them are embellished to some degree, but Saunders went way over the top. Most, if not all of it was total rubbish.

[@edjones6837]

​@@andybt3989still a good story!😂

[@Lowdowndog]

Closest I got to meeting Cloughie is when I nearly ran him and half the Forest team over at the top of the M1 junction 28 off slip back in the 80’s. They must have been staying at a local hotel and decided to go out for a jog and crossed the top of the slip road just as I got there (the lights were on green). Managed to pull off a decent emergency stop, no antilock breaks on most cars back in them days, and stopped short. I can remember just sitting there and thinking Christ that’s Brian Clough. He just looked at me, pointed, and carried on running. A surreal moment.

[@caeserromero3013]

Cloughie already had a fast Carr...Franz 🤣

[@kevinwilliams1421]

Just imagine him with players on social media….be hysterical

[@fatbelly27]

They always say the line between genius and insanity is a thin one

[@michaelbarron9398]

Mr Brian Clough was one of the best centre forwards in his day,and an even better manager

[@charliegeorge.]

And didn't he know it!

[@jimkhana007]

Let me stop you there son… 😂

[@eamonmcdermott4032]

That Cloughie impersonation is brilliant. Made me laugh so hard.

[@MrPaulc222]

Clough talked a lot of sense, but could be brutal too :)

[@robogamer5384]

Back to back European cup winners fergie only managed to win it twice in his long time at man utd.sadly missed Rip Brian clough

[@mickymac6571]

Messi and Ronaldo wouldn't be certain of their game if they played for Cloughie.😆

[@99dndd]

If they follow the rules, they play.

[@Sandylaner63]

@@99dndd 😅😅

[@elpeltys]

Bit of a stretch saying it's one of the best, it sounds like a business as usual day for Cloughie! Thanks for the vid though, never a bad story involving Old Big 'Ed.

[@kc8923]

Cloughie had lost the plot a bit by this time i think, presumably he was instrumental in signing Currie in the first place?! 😂

[@martincoxon1329]

David Currie was one of the best strikers I watched at Darlington FC.

[@NightShooter87]

Not just at Darlo, he was a just a good player.

[@geraldarmstrong874]

David Currie was brilliant in Carlisle Uniteds promotion season 94/95

[@djtone122]

Dave curry was class at Barnsley too

[@sundaynight1987]

as a darlo fan my favourite ex player.

[@BigAlc68]

He was at my club Carlisle Utd, he was an absolutely superb player, helping us become league champions & our first Wembley appearance in 1995. One of the best i have seen, he was so gifted with that magical left foot, he was a pleasure to watch he was.

[@josephgallacher3729]

That is sim8lar to a Jim McLean story at Dundee Utd, he had a falling out with a player, Jim was Manager and on the way to an away game in Team Bus he decided to distribute the Complimentary Tickets to the players, he had never done do before, every player got 2 to give away and when Jim got to the player in question he said to him " keep one for yourself" ie he was not 0laying.

[@DMMJBSM]

Genius, but nuts as well.

[@stephenreeds3632]

Is that the Jim McLean who assaulted an interviewer because he didn't like the question? These people were unhinged.

[@Podonnchadha-cr7nn]

​@@stephenreeds3632grow up and stop being a crybaby

[@Podonnchadha-cr7nn]

@@stephenreeds3632 lol

[@captainblackheart3216]

​@@stephenreeds3632no reporters face hit his fist....terrible isn't it.

[@mark-shane]

brilliant

[@fargodavilleitnotd6729]

Love ya Big Norm, looking well pal. COYR!

[@garyo4057]

Brilliant

[@AlanBriscoe-yl2nn]

When Brian Clough asked David Currie where he was from ( I know he'd signed from Barnsley and that answer's quite true ) but really he should've said Thornaby ( where he grew up ) which is approx 4 miles from Middlesbrough ( where Brian Clough grew up )

[@tonywright8294]

Superb

[@clario2178]

Mark is so funny.UTV

[@StevenDhonau]

I met brian when small. A true one off !

[@MartinBethell-u6k]

Luvitxxx

[@sabrehill1]

God bless Cloughie.

[@rjw4762]

ANother apparently true story from about 1990; Clough went into the dressing room at Forest, and Nigel Jemson was there too, and most of the squad. "Jemmo - stand up". He did. "Son, have you ever been punched in the stomach ?". "Er, no boss". Clough then gave him a swift punch in the ribs "Well, you have now", and Clough left the room, leaving Jemson doubled up in the floor !!!!!

[@cheesetomato9140]

😂😂😂Hillarious ive heard of eccentric goalkeepers & mark Crosley makes me piss with these stories😂😂😂

[@davecousins3775]

Funny how no other forest player mentions these stories Stuart Pierce has never repeated the so called fix my wife’s iron or cloughie smashing the ghetto blaster

[@gillie-monger3394]

I'm pretty sure Pierce talked about it on 'talksport' a while back.

[@sanjay9793]

Pearce confirmed the Iron story on Talksport, though in that version it was Pearce's first ever game for Forest and Vinne Jones himself has talked about the ghetto blaster one

[@allanrobertstone4089]

Never heard this story..brilliant ..😅

[@peterchub1958]

Clough was a great manager because he could get his players to buy into his ways. He was bonkers though.

[@caeserromero3013]

TBH most of us end up with some messy sh1t after a Curry 💩💩💩

[@chandlerbingbong]

He does a great Cloughie impression. Up The Rams 🐑🐑

[@andyhello23]

Hilarious Old school managers

[@jonathanparry9505]

So funny

[@EvoGoody]

Why did he even buy Currie?

[@tomm5228]

That’s called man management at its best

[@davehoward22]

Think he's mixed up something here,Only game I can find against QPR with currie is a 2-0 away loss (He was only at the club about 6 months from feb-August 1990)

[@mikeellis6077]

So that cost the club £332,000 in lost fees for one goal and a few games.

[@fargodavilleitnotd6729]

Considering the money Cloughie made for Forest, the way he improved the team and the stadium and the way in which he put us on the map I would say that was a bargain!!

[@simon19162]

....but Cloughie still got his bung! Great man. Smart. Amusing. Shame about his love of a drop of the pop.

[@yippeeki-yay1691]

We don't flick the ball at this club son...

[@davehoward22]

He was only there 6 months .Only game I can find him the side v QPR is a 2-0 away loss

[@gberreta4058]

Fast forward 2023 and we're still doing it but in millions

[@waynewalker8227]

Brilliant 😂😂

[@Dugiesrevenge]

Pahahahaha

[@alanstewart4745]

This is why Clough didn't get the England job. Imagine Clough to Keagan or Brooking 'sorry son but we don't flick the ball round the corner with England, get your bags son' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@martinharbidge4919]

Yeah cos Clough was a horrible c**t ... why we celebrate bullies like him...?

[@JohnMcCracken-o9t]

Mark have you any stories about yourself or do you want to keep living off Brian

[@gillie-monger3394]

Crossley making up more stories that never happened. Currie wasn't even on the pitch in the first half. Didn't come on until very late in the game as a sub.

[@BillyPenman-k7h]

Hilarious

[@patrickporter1864]

That's why workers have to rights.

[@danofficial117]

It didn’t happen like that

[@jonosmith4919]

A shithouse it was a badminton racket SON lol

[@yowhy4305]

Squash. Court was across the road at TB

[@user-cp1jl4yx8s]

Nice story but the stats show its completely incorrect. Currie was a sub against QPR, hecwent on after 82 mins and Forest lost the game 2-0. Currie didn't actually play a game for Forest in which they won 2-1. The closest to this story is a game against Crystal Palace where they were 1-0 down at half time and won 3-1... again, Currie was substitute. Forest beat QPR 2-1 in Dec 1990, Currie had already joined Oldham by then.

[@neil03152]

Oh never let the truth get in the way of an ex footballer telling his "funny" story.

[@rampantram1]

its like the time he explains how he came about making his debut he said steve sutton had gone down with a virus paul crichton was injured(he wasnt he was on loan at rotherham for a month)he also said hans segers was on loan at wimbledon it was in fact sheffield united.His move to wimbledon was only ever a permanent one

[@davehoward22]

Yep,he was there feb-Aug and scored 1 goal . Then went to grimsby,Huddersfield and onto lower league obscurity

[@ohmygoodness5410]

I think it's a re-telling of the Steve Hodge story, myself.

[@rickyraw5457]

Alcohol and Football don't mix well do they Brian???

[@traceya9615]

True, but genius and European Cups certainly do.

[@ThomasCumberton]

Clough was a mouth with no manners

[@martinharbidge4919]

Clough massive bully...that story is not funny !!

[@petegonad]

😂 shut up ya girl

[@tonycaniggia]

oooohhh nooooooooo

[@mcfcguvnors]

I love Cloughie stories they are the best

[@Ray-t5l]

Brilliant