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26-06-2018, 04:33 PM
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Brian Clough is universally regarded as one of the truly great managers and arguably the most fascinating character in English football history. He has roads and stands named after him, statues erected in his honour, countless books written and films and TV documentaries made about him.
But every great man needs a rock behind them and that’s exactly where Taylor came in.
Forest were struggling in the second tier when Clough arrived in January 1975. Clough had enjoyed a steady first season at the City Ground with Forest finishing in 8th spot in Divsion Two, but when Taylor joined him in July 1976 the clubs fortunes enjoyed a meteoric rise.
A little over five years later, they had won the European Cup. Twice.
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Martin O'Neill, describing Brian Clough... "He was like Britain's Mohammed Ali. He was just so charismatic."
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When I was a kid, I used to hang around the car park on match day at Forest getting autographs, I ran up to Brian one day and he duly obliged with his signature. He then took me to one side and gave me a stern warning. He said: "I'm watching you young man and you better not nick anything."
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Martin O'Neill asking Brian Clough why he was playing for the second (reserve) team...
Brian Clough's reply, because you are far too good to be playing for the third team, now get out there and play.
Brilliant!
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Brian and Peter will live on in the hearts of Forest fans forever, thanks for all the memories - God bless you both.
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Martin O'Neill talking about Brian Clough:
“A youthful self-confident genius stepped inside the dressing room and changed our lives forever.
“For the next five-and-a half years, with Peter Taylor by his side he took us on the most wondrous journey imaginable.
“He awakened in us previously latent abilities and moreover a courage to deliver them effectively.
“With absolute belief in our leader came unswerving trust. We felt no prize was impossible with him guiding us.”
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Arsene Wenger on Brian Clough:
"I remember watching his teams play and I would say that the Forest side of the late 1970s will go down in history as one of the all-time greats," said Wenger.
"It is not an exaggeration to say that I was truly touched recently when he complimented the way this current Arsenal side plays and that we deserved to break his record.
"People use the word legend too freely but Brian Clough is a true legend of English football and his success in this country and in Europe is a legacy for which he will always be remembered.
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A Brian Clough comment on Peter Taylor after the duo split up:
“I’m not equipped to manage successfully without Peter Taylor,” he said. “I am the shop window and he is the goods in the back.”
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"We all took stick it didn't matter who you were, whether you cost £1m or came on a free transfer."
"He treated everyone the same. We all had the greatest respect for him, he was a genius at what he did. I look back on my time at Forest as an honour and a privilege to have played for him."
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Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, you brought so much joy and happiness into my life. You were and still are my heroes.
Wherever you are...thankyou.
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1975 and i was 14 years old. Our school were asked to choose 16 school kids to be ballboys at the Forest v Bolton match on the saturday and a reserve match the previous wednesday. I was lucky enough to have been chosen to do the first team match v Bolton (my PE Teacher knew i was a massive reds fan). We lost the match 1-2.
During the first half, the ball was kicked into touch, and i instinctively jumped up and caught it (my position was GK) and threw it back to Ian Bowyer rather swiftly.
End of the game, we are in the boot room, which we used as a changing room, when a certain Brian Clough came in. You could hear a pin drop.
He thanked us all for helping out and told us we were a credit to our school and parents etc. He turned as if to leave, then stopped, turned back to face us and said " Who was the young man who was on the Trent End side of the East Stand?" I kind of gulped and gingerly raised my hand expecting a bollocking of some kind. "You made a good catch in the first half" he said in his usual cloughie way, "I'm thinking of signing you up to be our new goalkeeper.........cos the one we've got now is bloody rubbish!!!" With that, he turned and walked out, leaving my classmates in stitches and me feeling like i had won the world cup.
Beautiful memory for me and one I love telling my kids about (even with a dodgy Clough impersonation).
"It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time, it's Trickay, It's Tricky, Tricky, Tricky Tricky" - Run DMC
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Brian Clough was one of the greatest centre forwards of all time and who went on to become the greatest manager of all time.
The man was a cultural icon. The fact that he was never knighted when other more mediocre players and managers have been is a national disgrace.
