Brian Clough
Birthday: 21 March 1935, Middlesbrough, North Riding, Yorkshire, England, UK
Birth Name: Brian Howard Clough
Height: 177 cm
Brian Howard Clough's professional football career began when aged 16 he signed for hometown club, Middlesbrough F.C.. Working his way up through the ranks, he made his full first-team debut in a ...Show More
That Seaman (David Seaman) is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror Show more
That Seaman (David Seaman) is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror rather than at the ball. You can't keep goal with hair like that. Hide
[on Sven-Göran Eriksson] At last England have appointed a manager who speaks English better than th Show more
[on Sven-Göran Eriksson] At last England have appointed a manager who speaks English better than the players. Hide
I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.
I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.
If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well.
If a chairman sacks the manager he initially appointed, he should go as well.
If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass up there.
If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass up there.
[on Martin O'Neill] Anybody who can do anything in Leicester but make a jumper has got to be a geniu Show more
[on Martin O'Neill] Anybody who can do anything in Leicester but make a jumper has got to be a genius. Hide
I can't even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball? H Show more
I can't even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball? He might grab mine. Hide
Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.
Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.
[on his disdain for women's football] I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and c Show more
[on his disdain for women's football] I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud. Hide
One reason I never became the England manager was because the FA thought I would take over and run t Show more
One reason I never became the England manager was because the FA thought I would take over and run the show. They were dead right. Hide
Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely Show more
Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes. Hide
Rome wasn't built in a day... but I wasn't on that particular job.
Rome wasn't built in a day... but I wasn't on that particular job.
I recommended 30-odd years ago that when a player was getting booked for example and in trouble, not Show more
I recommended 30-odd years ago that when a player was getting booked for example and in trouble, not only discipline him but discipline the manager as well. You go and fine Alex Ferguson £50,000 and knowing how tight Alex is with money, I'm telling you nobody would get booked in Manchester United's side 'cos he'd step on it straight away. Hide
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