The real and untimely Brian Clough was one of the biggest winners of British sport, remembered in song lyrics, films and books. It was a very promising player, a born killer with a unique goal average. But a serious injury kept him away from the pitch for the rest of his life. Brian Clough was born on March 21, 1935 in Middlesbrough, England. It was the nicest place in the world, but it was paradise, as he said. Question of view. For teams that faced the local team, the city was hell: Middlesbrough defending T between 16 and 25 years, Brian scored 197 goals in 212 games, reaching the excellent mark of 0.92 goals per game.
At that time, he defended the national team jersey on two occasions, leaving blank in both parties. Either way, the outstanding performances for his club earned him a contract with Sunderland, a team that defended between 1961 and 1964, scoring 61 goals in 54 games.
At Christmas 1962, Clough wanted to give goals to the fans of the Black Cats . But for unhappiness, day 26, in a match against Bury FC striker was seriously injured the cruciate ligament in his knee after colliding with the goalkeeper.
The injury forced him to be 2 years off. In 1964, he tried again and got to play 3 games, but the pain eventually defenitivamente away from the soccer fields.
A year after his retirement as a player, Clough was back to football as manager of Hartlepool United. After a quick stay, took charge of Derby County in 1967, which was then in the English second division, leading the club to the first division in his first year and their first historic national title in 1972.
With a team of the Lambs reach the semifinals of the old European Cup in 1973, being eliminated by the Youth of Turin in a controversial match. Brian protested against the Italian team, accusing them of cheating bastards and insulting to the Italian nation itself because of some alleged gifts offered by the Italian team at German referee.
The Derby was sanctioned and Clough forced to resign under the pressure of the directive when the fans asked for its continuity, increase its technical reputation for hard, always fighting for justice.
After 6 years as manager of Derby, had a quick experience in Brighton & Hove Albion in the third national division.
in 1974, was signed as coach of Leeds United. His arrival could not be more controversial. "To my knowledge, you can throw away your trophies won, because you earned it cheating." That was his introduction to the team that won the English league for the 1973/74 season.
was in the club for 44 days, winning only one game and being demolished by the angry stars of the team. The day of his departure, Brian said: "It's a sad day ... for Leeds."
Robin Hood, the thief who stole from the rich to the poor was the best-known personality to Nottingham Forest Clough and technical presentation of local team in 1975. In his second full season for the team (1976-1977), Brian raised the team to the English Premier League and became a local hero.
A year later, would gain national scope to take the title national victory by 1 to 0 against the mighty Liverpool. Feat worthy of the greatest hero in the history of Nottingham!
Clough remained in control of the team for 18 years, appearing in national and international titles, and making big gains as two European Cups in the seasons 1979/80 and 1980/81, before the Malmo FF and Hamburg, respectively ( also reaching the final in the 1981/82 season). In British territory of Nottingham did a great champion, defeating many top teams and creating rivalries with their coaches, as Sir Alex Ferguson.
was not until 1988/89 when Clough got a new title was the League Cup revalidate a year later. In the years 1991 and 1992, the Forest reached the finals of the Carling Cup and FA Cup, losing both by the minimum and to rivals such as were Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United.
The coach irrevente continued in the direction of Nottingham, until the 1992/93 season when he left the world of football to face a hard battle against alcoholism. Due to many reasons such as the sale of key players like Teddy Sheringham or the actual state of the coach, the team suffered an accelerated decline while bottom club all season. The 2-0 defeat against Sheffield United meant the demotion after 16 seasons at the top. After the game he resigned, leaving the team in the category you found it, but creating a track record and a legend about a team without big name players or large financial investments.
Besides winning profile, their views were outstanding and phrases that would enhance the charisma of Brian Clough and made him a legend of English football.
"I do not want an epitaph deep history or that kind of thing. I contributed, I hope they say that, and I hope that someone liked my way of being."
is not a definitive portrait, but teaches us the great personality of a player / coach whose fame handed the box of the game and won the English popular imagination.
He died on 20 September 2004, at age 69 due to stomach cancer.
Source: Trivela
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