lufc 896 get a life hunter bremner and to a degree charlton were the dirtiest players in the league and yes i went my uncle used to drag me down beeston hill every other week till i was old enough to see a real team ! ynwa lfc till i die
it's ashame these guys didn't get on, the best 5 managers in the history of the game, Clough, Revie, Shankly, Paisley and Jock Stein, forget these wankers out there now
leeds were fuck all we went down on the service train 9am and kicked fuck out of them we marched all the way to the ground and all the way back what a riot!! mufc 4 ever
Looks like clough just completely outwitted revie. Suprise suprise. Clough was a legend and a hero to the game that everyone remembers. Only Leeds fans love revie. I'm not a derby or forest fan and I love clough
Nah a lot of that film was bullshit i seen giles being asked if he said that "throw your medal`s away you cheats" thing and he laughed and said it was rubbish
75 European Cup Final Jimmy Armfield got LUFC there, not Revie who was
England coach then - Bayern Munich beat Leeds 2-0 & Leeds got banned from Europe for 3 yrs for hooliganism
As for 73 European Cup, Semi Final, not Final & Clough victim of Juve & Derby went out - 84 UEFA Cup Semi Anderlecht proved bribed the ref & banned from Europe
Mr Revie, well according to the Daily Mirror (73 Wolves v Leeds), Bob Stokoe and even Revie's own keeper, Gary Sprake, Revie was a serial briber of teams
In his 15 years as Forest manager, before his final year, Clough finished in the top three 5 times, only once finishing outside the top 9 once (12th in 81/82). He also reached major Wembley Cup Finals in each of the 4 seasons before his final year.
His young men did it with short haircuts, never argued with the referee and always kept the ball on the grass - Until his final year the only table Forest ever finished bottom of was the diciplinary table, which they did most years
Brian Clough passed away after 11 yrs of retirement in Derbyshire, his adopted home of 40 years. A proud father & grandfather, the family he raised with his wife of 45 yrs was his greatest legacy as a man.
Brian made us all believe in fairies & the tales he bought into our life's, proving to us all that nothing is impossible & for that, together with the style of football you raised me on I'll salute you evermore
clough's alchoholism,a disease? don died of a disease you clown. alchoholism is a weak selfish lifsyle choice-not a disease. clough was a good manager in his own style,but an arrogant prick who got thrown out of leeds on his arse... .
yes,i missed out the letter "e" well done. thanks for putting me right you 21 year old student..by the way,i bow to your vast football knowledge. never had a girlfriend,eh?
"look at george best"??? an utter waste of a liver. supreme selfish bastard. 2 good seasons. alcohol is NOT a disease. you dont catch it through no fault of your own. you drink like a selfish bastard putting yourself first and reap what you sow. is drug addiction a disease. or gambling. no-a human weakness-self inflicted. revie had motor-neurone disease. george best,like gazza was a weak selfish bastard that chose to hurt those around him.
you are either misinformed or a hearless self-righteous person,addiction has been proved to be hereditary , plus if you were in a dangerous job ie a soldier in the front line you'd be drinking or taking somthing nobody 's perfect remember that when u need help
addiction hereditary...o for fucks sake,how do you work that out? drinking can turn to addiction. its about choices. dont choose to be a pisshead then whine that you've got a "disease" self pitying people like you are everything thats wrong with this country.its like smoking then trying to sue the tobacco company cause they made you smoke. GROW UP
nah mate,just dont like the revie/clough ilness comparison. if you cant rant like a cunt on ebay then i wouldnt know what to do with myself,lol theres a good clip of clough and motson on utube-watch it and see clough raping motson with verbal brilliance....good luck in the prem for your lads. just dont do a hull and lose your next 20 matches.....
Don Revie says at one point something about the Leeds players being the best bunch Clough will ever manage. I wonder if Revie watched either of Clough's European cup wins?
Revie's team was renound as the greatest team of that generation - never once outside of the top four in ten years - european honours, fa cup, league cup, league titles etc. Have a look at clough's derby and Forest's league positions... up and down, oh, and clough had a relegation on his cv.
I love Brian Clough - and I'm not that big a football fan. The bloke had something special. The evil grin he pulls at 22 secs makes me laugh everytime..
Clough and Revie both enjoyed far too much success, and did so far too consistently, to have done so purely because of luck. Yes, they each enjoyed their fair share of luck (as do we all, for the most part), but their success and their respective reputations were based on competence.
I too watched Leeds during the 1970s (as a Spurs supporter!), but Leeds were hard, good (almost impossible to beat) and great to watch. Revie's record there was remarkable, and Clough's failure spectacular and (at the time) inexplicable. In hindsight, given Clough's unusual personality, his leeds experience may have been inevitable, as the manager to follow Revie.
Clough was difficult and acerbic, but much respected.
And I (along with many millions) still wanted Clough for the England job.
Within 5yrs Clough would indeed win it better losing only losing 3 games in winning the title to Revies 4, before going on to do something Revie never did, win the European Cup, before retaining it, a feat only matched by Milan 89-90 since
Don would be living in the desert coaching the UAE, banned from managing in English football for walking out on the England job.
Clough and Revie were both great managers, but Clough had a strong competitive streak when it came to Revie and wanted to show he was better by playing better football and still winning. Leeds at that time had a reputation for winning but playing the most boring football i.e they would score a leading goal and then all pile back into defence for the rest of the game. It was not good to watch. Clough liked football to be played well and be exciting.
You must be joking,Revies Leeds had just won Div 1,only lost to Stoke at the nearly the end of the.Played some great football,Giles,Gray and Clarke at their best.
I had met Clough when he was Derby manager,came across as a nice guy,but also loved himself.Taylor was the "brains" HE spotted the players that he thought would be best for Derby.Clough was a good coach.
Clough had a lot of luck when a manager.Like most good managers LUCK does come into it
I used to watch football in the 60s and 70 so I know Leeds style of play. As for Clough, maybe he did rely on Taylor, but Taylor also did not do that well without Clough. Clough and Taylor brought Deby from near the bottom of division 2 to top of division 1 (now called the premier league) and also had great succes with Nottingham Forest who were not a top team when they took over. Management is not just about spotting players, but leadership, inspiration and instilling belief and confidence.
Clough and Taylor took Derby from the second and they won the First division with them- the story was the same with Forest out of the second and winning the first and two European cups- and they played goos attractive football not cynical dirty football like Leeds did
You are right, Gerrard2006, to do something once can maybe be described a sbeing lucky, but he did it twice, Derby and Forest were going nowhere until he took over. Living proof of the important role of the manager. He took teams with no cohesion or experience and led them to glory, playing good honest football and he never hid behind anyone. T o win the Euro cup twice with Forest...it will never happen again...
Don Revie Leeds side at the time were great but also unfair playing disrespecting cheating rude footballers, the side was so talented, filled with internationals at the time where there ego's just exploded and thats why i cherise the 1973 cup final when Sunderland beat Leeds... Briliant :)
bollocks. brian clough was quite simply with peter taylor the best management team ever.only bill shankley and alex ferguson come close.who were derby and forest before clough? nobodys! leeds division 1 shite,where they should be.
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You were not born then,how do you know.
Look at thr record,Revie done well as England manager, he upset the FA because he went to the emerated and left them in the learch.Clough was lucky at Derby and Forrest Taylor was the brains.I liked Brian,brought some interest to the game
he was a master can you imagine a championship club getting promoted winning the league and the champions league while keeping the majority of the team i dont think so
ha ha so revie got cloughie rattled doubt it cloughie answered the critics in the league europe and dumping the then european champions liverpool out 1st rnd o.b.e. old big ed the best:)
Just watched the film and loved it , really faultless all round just wish it was longer ! colm Meaney singing the national anthem was the best , seriously watch it i highly recomend it .
You haven't watched the whole show- at the end Revie is really grilling Clough over his failure to meet with all the Elland Road staff and Austin Mitchell dived in to save the rattled Clough.
I saw the film yesterday. Excellent performances all round not least Colm Meaney who portrayed Don Revie with spooky accuracy. Also the period detail brought back memories...the crumbling terraces, terrible pitches and the outrageous tackling.
The Damned United novel was indeed embelished to an incredible degree. John Giles sued the author and won the case hands down. Clough's family didn't have the option to sue the author because he was dead. Giles admits that he didn't like Clough at all, but that the portrayal in the book of Clough is completely wrong, and that, in fact, the whole story is made up.
When it comes down to it even to those of us who knew NOTHING about football (me!) Cloughie was a legend. A true British maverick shaking this up and making things interesting.
Brian Clough the best manager Middlesbrough never had if he could create miracles for Derby & Forest he'd of turned Boro into a colosus.the best manager England never had. If he was England boss it wouldnt be a matter of if he would win the world cup. It would be a case of how many. England would be on a par with Italy, Brazil, The Germans & France & we'd of saw them all off. RIP Clough the best manager ever.
some good sensible letters on here,see your point charlie,and agree and there is more in the "Dirty leeds" than people realise....helltopo...glad you stopped at them scottish names,i was droolling enough,great side..thing is money wasnt involved then,money buys success now,to a point ..but back then you had to work hard to get and then produce,everything was on a level playing field and its where ability played a big part.every club had a chance thats why you see money team success now,thanks.
Boro vs. Boro. The older man, rooted in the heart of the town (but never loved by it); the younger man more of a chameleon, the Grove Hill lad with aspirations and bravado.
The fascinating part of that clip is towards the end, when Cloughie's native accent re-asserts itself ("well I can only lose three") and some of the mask drops.
If you watch the whole of the Calendar show, Revie is masterful, stopping Austin Mitchell from trying to create confrontation and showing respect to Brian Clough. At the end he has Clough on the ropes & the presenter Austin Mitchell dived in to save Brian!
brian clough stated (early 70s)that when his side is called like leeds he will know he has a succesful side..he then continued when they met at the baseball ground one evening in the league cup how derby were going to beat leeds..lorimer scored the winner and from that day on clougie turned against leeds...and im a cloughie fan.
i disagree. cloughie simply wanted to be the best manager. i believe he felt revie was the best, so how to overtake revie at the top? -by turning leeds into a pure footballing side (as he would've probably said) that' would eventually win european cups as a great footballing side, and be known for that, rather than "dirty leeds". this is the only way clough could've overtaken revie. he knew revie was the best - nothing wrong with wanting to better that.
I love the story that when he took over Leeds he told the players to throw their medals in the bin because they didn't earn them, under him they were going to win things! Of course they forced him out and have done virtually nothing since, whilst Cloughie went on to Forest.
Leeds went on to win Division One (or the Premier League as it's now called) in 1991 or 1992. Leeds were robbed of the European Cup in 1975 after Clough had left, Leeds also went on to be a massive Premiership force until 2004, and even now, Leeds are far bigger than both Derby and Forest.
I agree that Leeds were a great side,,one of the best. I think the fixture pile up caused them to lose a lot. They should have won more. Certainly they were robbed in 75. They are not a bigger club than Derby though at the moment.
maybe not a better team, although in the cup we outplayed them for 75 minutes and should have beaten the pile o crap, but even now were still a far bigger club.
so does taking a mid table championship team to double european champions within 5 years. i agree, paisley was great but doesn't come close to brian clough
yes, that is a great achievement, but to me taking forest to those heights can never be done again. thats what makes it so unique. any random bloke off the street could motivate liverpool to win tons of cups. no-one can do that with forest and to me, thats what made brian clough the best english manager ever. im not saying paisley is a bad manager, im saying that all you needed was some motivational skills to fire liverpool to sucess. which he did.
Again great point. The game as changed so much so your right it will never happen again. What he did was amazing and i know your not saying paisley was a bad manager. But to say someone just needs motivational skills to make liverpool win loads of cups is not right in my opinion. I guess we will have to disagree on this matter. Good discussion though.
yes, i suppose you're right. i mean, look at rafa. with all that talent he has on offer you would have thought he'd have won more stuff bar 9 minutes in an istanbul final and gerrards right boot at the millenium stadium. for you, the greatest manager was paisley but to me it was clough. i will say that both brought great times and history to both clubs and both will be forever remembered. both were great but to me, cloughie was the greatest
@hmsmuller81 Well Paisely had a bigger club with more resources and money to spend on players. Not saying Bob wasn't a great manager...but Clough's work at Forest was incredible given that thye were not a "big club."
When Revie took over Leeds, Leeds were 90 minutes away from being relegated to Division Three (League One), two years later they lost the league on goal difference and forced extra time in the FA Cup Final, in that FA Cup Final, Revie only paid fee's for three players.
Thanks for posting as not seen this before. Clough & Taylor worked best together. Revie as dour as ever here, Clough just his natural confident self, sadly missed.
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Leeds were that "great" Celtic showed them how to play football in the European Cup semi-final winning both legs. Terry Cooper I bet had nightmares for years after jimmy Johnstone had him in knots all night. GREAT teams win the European Cup, Leeds where a good team not a great team. If you would have stuck with Brian Clough as manager you would have won it.
So are the 1954 Hungarians, 1974 Dutch & 1982 Brazillians not great because they failed to win the World cup? I personally believe the 1960's Scottish side which contained the likes of Law, Baxter, Bremner, Greig & Johnstone WERE a great side, but they didn't win anything.
Likewise,. Revies Leeds were a great team despite not winning the European Cup, just like Celtic were great despite not winning the European Cup more than once as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Ajax and Liverpool have done.
I agree with your point m8. I just get fed up with some guys that have It in for Brian clough. I also believe if he was England boss, (and he was the best man for the job) you woudn't be talking so much about 1966 but about another year when England won the World Cup. Good posts guys.
Clough and TAYLOR may have managed England to success, but Clough talked himself out of the job. He just insulted too many people in the game as Don Revie points out in the full version of this show. Clough even made fun of an elderly member of the FA panel before his interview for the job!
I believe this was a Yorkshire TV Calendar special just after Clough had been sacked by Leeds. I love both these guys... Revie for what he did for Leeds and Clough for just being how he is. An enigma and a fucking brilliant character. Best manager Leeds ever lost and best manager England never had.
EVERYONE forgets Peter Taylor. If he had come to Leeds with Clough they would have been a success.. Clough on his own was a disaster at Leeds and he would have been a terrible England manager unless he had Taylor by his side.
did they not play together for england i know don played with the great duncan edwards as he said he was shocked when he saw edwards was in the team at 18 but then he said he saw greatness in edwards and he would now be shocked if he was not in the team.
Can't be bothered to check that up, so il assume your right.
He never went 42 unbeaten in the league, and never took a 2nd division side and took them to the european cup TWICE (he did it with D*rby as well remember), and he never won them back to back european cups.
So a couple of league points doesn't really make too much of a difference in my mind ;-)
Clough achieved more than Revie....end of.
xpat73 3 months ago
lufc 896 get a life hunter bremner and to a degree charlton were the dirtiest players in the league and yes i went my uncle used to drag me down beeston hill every other week till i was old enough to see a real team ! ynwa lfc till i die
Mrdrofcus100 2 years ago
Brian won it better, many times, just not at Leeds...
WatchVenusSpa 2 years ago
Don "You couldn't have won it better.. we only lost 4 games"
King Cloughie "I would only have lost 3"
I hope we get Gareth Bale
saelaird 2 years ago
well brain clough got his own back won more than leeds when he went nottingham forest and the film damned united compared to the full interview
geebones 2 years ago
look were leeds are now LOL
joshwakeman 2 years ago
Physical as in battling for the ball, not raking your studs down people's shins or constantly elbowing players, as Leeds did.
Cloughie made Revie look like a twat (which he was)
NattyLaw13 2 years ago 4
will all you fucking puffs understand footballs a physical game.
R.I.P DON
MOT
LUFC896 2 years ago
I agree with nattylaw13, it's not rugby fella. Just admit everyone hates leeds and always will because you are shit
Partridgeaha123 2 years ago
Find me one clip of a Leeds player in the 70's rugby tackling someone then i'll take your point into consideration if not FUCK OFF
People hate us cos were shit? Hatred comes from jealousy work it out
Id rather be hated than unknown
LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS
LUFC896 2 years ago
fuck off
Mrdrofcus100 2 years ago
@LUFC896 you cant spell.
There's nothing better than taking a player to task.. The rules actually ALLOW you to do that safely.. Fucking prick haha.
youjusttalkedshite 2 years ago
You think a need some cunt like you to clear that up for me?
"theres nothing better than taking a player to task"- What does that even mean?
FOOTBALLS A PHYSICAL GAME YOU SOFT CUNTS
LUFC896 1 year ago
i have to agree with the others knocking you, you are a wanker
redredreds100 1 year ago
it's ashame these guys didn't get on, the best 5 managers in the history of the game, Clough, Revie, Shankly, Paisley and Jock Stein, forget these wankers out there now
redredreds100 1 year ago
Revie the crook.
greebo68 2 years ago 6
God bless Cloughie! Legend forever. RIP
mrblondeno2 2 years ago 13
leeds till i die the damned unutedc is a mint film
clough was a funny fukka
oi irish man god gave u skills n the best passing ability in the game
what he didnt do was give u 6 studs to wrap around another players knee hahah legend
reedermj02 2 years ago
it was great to see a good football movie after that piece of crap goal! 3
xiyuemaa 2 years ago 3
just watched the damned united. good to see the real event
mp01juve 2 years ago 3
WHAM! "I'd like 2 c Don Revie do that, eh?"-"The Damned Utd. ;D
TheLegendfamily 2 years ago 2
Cloughie was great. RIP
throdgrain 2 years ago 11
Leeds are shit and we all know I hope they all rot in hell
sidewaysid 2 years ago
just watched damn unt now looking for clips
clough legend <3
best manager england never had
mak3m 2 years ago
God bless Cloughie!
mrblondeno2 2 years ago
My idol well i can only lose 3 aha fukin legend lol loved him
GilesTheHeroBarnes 2 years ago
Leeds how fucking daft ,sell all their best players to man utd.Fact.
jellis4465 2 years ago 2
leeds were fuck all we went down on the service train 9am and kicked fuck out of them we marched all the way to the ground and all the way back what a riot!! mufc 4 ever
horwichboy 2 years ago
I got fucking chased by Leeds 1974.
Fucking rot you cunts in div 3..
moosey62 2 years ago
chased what exactly happened lol
Evenson107 2 years ago
Fuck off Revie.
DERTY LEEDS.
moosey62 2 years ago 2
Looks like clough just completely outwitted revie. Suprise suprise. Clough was a legend and a hero to the game that everyone remembers. Only Leeds fans love revie. I'm not a derby or forest fan and I love clough
leachyycfc 2 years ago
Nah a lot of that film was bullshit i seen giles being asked if he said that "throw your medal`s away you cheats" thing and he laughed and said it was rubbish
thedaftdrunk 2 years ago
Hehe i love cloughies Cheeky smile loll.
samsturman08 2 years ago
75 European Cup Final Jimmy Armfield got LUFC there, not Revie who was
England coach then - Bayern Munich beat Leeds 2-0 & Leeds got banned from Europe for 3 yrs for hooliganism
As for 73 European Cup, Semi Final, not Final & Clough victim of Juve & Derby went out - 84 UEFA Cup Semi Anderlecht proved bribed the ref & banned from Europe
Mr Revie, well according to the Daily Mirror (73 Wolves v Leeds), Bob Stokoe and even Revie's own keeper, Gary Sprake, Revie was a serial briber of teams
zefletch 2 years ago 3
And the bribe allegations have never been proven of course.
Don Revie was our greatest manager and rightly revered by Leeds fans.
Clough was a great manager and I wish it had worked out at Leeds and then maybe we might have had those 2 Ruro cups that Forest won.
68jotsmee 2 years ago
Go fuck yourself.
peopleschampion007 2 years ago
Pots/A Levels score
Revie 7 (3 League Titles, 2 UEFA Cups, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
V
Clough 9 (2 League Titles, 2 European Cups, 1 Euopean Super Cup, 4 League Cups)
zefletch 2 years ago
you can add 1 european cup to that 1975...no matter how much you hate us watch the video n anyone can see we won
also 73 european cup...the ref admitted taking a bribe...i dont think taking bribes is legal now is it?
WACCOE
MOT
LUFC896 2 years ago
clough didnt win all that with one club though did he, idiot
MARCHING ON TOGETHER
leeds1leeds1leeds 2 years ago
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zefletch 2 years ago
He won a title with Derby - If we discount that its still Leeds 7 - Cloughingham Forest 8
zefletch 2 years ago 2
In his 15 years as Forest manager, before his final year, Clough finished in the top three 5 times, only once finishing outside the top 9 once (12th in 81/82). He also reached major Wembley Cup Finals in each of the 4 seasons before his final year.
His young men did it with short haircuts, never argued with the referee and always kept the ball on the grass - Until his final year the only table Forest ever finished bottom of was the diciplinary table, which they did most years
zefletch 2 years ago 5
Brian Clough passed away after 11 yrs of retirement in Derbyshire, his adopted home of 40 years. A proud father & grandfather, the family he raised with his wife of 45 yrs was his greatest legacy as a man.
Brian made us all believe in fairies & the tales he bought into our life's, proving to us all that nothing is impossible & for that, together with the style of football you raised me on I'll salute you evermore
zefletch 2 years ago
Titles - Revie 2 (10 yr) V Clough 2 (8yr)
Title Defeats - Revie 4 (73) V Clough 3 (78) - So yes yes yes, to Revie's no no no!
European Cups - Revie 0 V Clough 2
Total Bans (Yrs) - Revie 10 v Clough 0
Flaws - Revie's greed (A Choice) V
Clough's alcholoism (A disease)
Justice Cantley on Revie
"His conduct brought English football, at a high level, into disrepute.'
zefletch 2 years ago
clough's alchoholism,a disease? don died of a disease you clown. alchoholism is a weak selfish lifsyle choice-not a disease. clough was a good manager in his own style,but an arrogant prick who got thrown out of leeds on his arse... .
bklufc 2 years ago
Buy the by you spell lifestyle,LIFESTYLE,not lifsyle,could you please take time out of your busy day to stop taking apart the English language.
Brian was one in a million,there is no manager today who could take a team up and win the title.
Money rules the game these days.
stefanwdowiak 2 years ago
yes,i missed out the letter "e" well done. thanks for putting me right you 21 year old student..by the way,i bow to your vast football knowledge. never had a girlfriend,eh?
bklufc 2 years ago
i doubt u know the slightest thing about alcoholism...it is a disease as it can ruin even the best man and it leads to death...look at george best!
JohntheBomb88 2 years ago
"look at george best"??? an utter waste of a liver. supreme selfish bastard. 2 good seasons. alcohol is NOT a disease. you dont catch it through no fault of your own. you drink like a selfish bastard putting yourself first and reap what you sow. is drug addiction a disease. or gambling. no-a human weakness-self inflicted. revie had motor-neurone disease. george best,like gazza was a weak selfish bastard that chose to hurt those around him.
bklufc 2 years ago
you are either misinformed or a hearless self-righteous person,addiction has been proved to be hereditary , plus if you were in a dangerous job ie a soldier in the front line you'd be drinking or taking somthing nobody 's perfect remember that when u need help
robert99brown 2 years ago
addiction hereditary...o for fucks sake,how do you work that out? drinking can turn to addiction. its about choices. dont choose to be a pisshead then whine that you've got a "disease" self pitying people like you are everything thats wrong with this country.its like smoking then trying to sue the tobacco company cause they made you smoke. GROW UP
bklufc 2 years ago
lmao u swnd like a right biblebasher
burnleyboy01 2 years ago
nah mate,just dont like the revie/clough ilness comparison. if you cant rant like a cunt on ebay then i wouldnt know what to do with myself,lol theres a good clip of clough and motson on utube-watch it and see clough raping motson with verbal brilliance....good luck in the prem for your lads. just dont do a hull and lose your next 20 matches.....
bklufc 2 years ago
D.U.F.C.
kebap83 2 years ago
Don Revie says at one point something about the Leeds players being the best bunch Clough will ever manage. I wonder if Revie watched either of Clough's European cup wins?
effeffeff 2 years ago
Revie's team was renound as the greatest team of that generation - never once outside of the top four in ten years - european honours, fa cup, league cup, league titles etc. Have a look at clough's derby and Forest's league positions... up and down, oh, and clough had a relegation on his cv.
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MaxVegas100 2 years ago
A True maverick Englishman and Legend.
We miss you Brian!
Isleofskye 2 years ago 2
I love Brian Clough - and I'm not that big a football fan. The bloke had something special. The evil grin he pulls at 22 secs makes me laugh everytime..
MoleinaHole 2 years ago 2
Clough and Revie both enjoyed far too much success, and did so far too consistently, to have done so purely because of luck. Yes, they each enjoyed their fair share of luck (as do we all, for the most part), but their success and their respective reputations were based on competence.
flygweilo 2 years ago
I too watched Leeds during the 1970s (as a Spurs supporter!), but Leeds were hard, good (almost impossible to beat) and great to watch. Revie's record there was remarkable, and Clough's failure spectacular and (at the time) inexplicable. In hindsight, given Clough's unusual personality, his leeds experience may have been inevitable, as the manager to follow Revie.
Clough was difficult and acerbic, but much respected.
And I (along with many millions) still wanted Clough for the England job.
flygweilo 2 years ago 2
don revie,what a cunt!
placidcasual1976 2 years ago 4
Within 5yrs Clough would indeed win it better losing only losing 3 games in winning the title to Revies 4, before going on to do something Revie never did, win the European Cup, before retaining it, a feat only matched by Milan 89-90 since
Don would be living in the desert coaching the UAE, banned from managing in English football for walking out on the England job.
So who had the last laugh Don?
zefletch 2 years ago 6
Revie - he lived his last years with his wife in Leeds with dignity and pride, a model person - Clough at the same time was resorting to the drink...
pompydave 2 years ago
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zefletch 2 years ago
It would be great to see modern managers go head to head on TV interviews like this. Imagine a Benitez vs Ferguson debate on TV!
thenewzidane5 2 years ago 2
Clough and Revie were both great managers, but Clough had a strong competitive streak when it came to Revie and wanted to show he was better by playing better football and still winning. Leeds at that time had a reputation for winning but playing the most boring football i.e they would score a leading goal and then all pile back into defence for the rest of the game. It was not good to watch. Clough liked football to be played well and be exciting.
heliotropezzz333 2 years ago
You must be joking,Revies Leeds had just won Div 1,only lost to Stoke at the nearly the end of the.Played some great football,Giles,Gray and Clarke at their best.
I had met Clough when he was Derby manager,came across as a nice guy,but also loved himself.Taylor was the "brains" HE spotted the players that he thought would be best for Derby.Clough was a good coach.
Clough had a lot of luck when a manager.Like most good managers LUCK does come into it
DOCTORDROTT 2 years ago
I used to watch football in the 60s and 70 so I know Leeds style of play. As for Clough, maybe he did rely on Taylor, but Taylor also did not do that well without Clough. Clough and Taylor brought Deby from near the bottom of division 2 to top of division 1 (now called the premier league) and also had great succes with Nottingham Forest who were not a top team when they took over. Management is not just about spotting players, but leadership, inspiration and instilling belief and confidence.
heliotropezzz333 2 years ago
Clough and Taylor took Derby from the second and they won the First division with them- the story was the same with Forest out of the second and winning the first and two European cups- and they played goos attractive football not cynical dirty football like Leeds did
HisSoc 2 years ago 3
Clough what a legend R.I.P
from a blade!!!
updabladesdowndapigs 2 years ago
You are right, Gerrard2006, to do something once can maybe be described a sbeing lucky, but he did it twice, Derby and Forest were going nowhere until he took over. Living proof of the important role of the manager. He took teams with no cohesion or experience and led them to glory, playing good honest football and he never hid behind anyone. T o win the Euro cup twice with Forest...it will never happen again...
highwirer 2 years ago 4
Don Revie Leeds side at the time were great but also unfair playing disrespecting cheating rude footballers, the side was so talented, filled with internationals at the time where there ego's just exploded and thats why i cherise the 1973 cup final when Sunderland beat Leeds... Briliant :)
englandwc06 2 years ago 3
eyyyy sunderland theres only one brian clough.
BiffaTW 2 years ago
bollocks. brian clough was quite simply with peter taylor the best management team ever.only bill shankley and alex ferguson come close.who were derby and forest before clough? nobodys! leeds division 1 shite,where they should be.
frizelle1956 2 years ago
Cloughie just proved he was the greatest as Revie soon failed as a manager at England and other sub league minnow clubs.
mrblondeno2 2 years ago 2
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You were not born then,how do you know.
Look at thr record,Revie done well as England manager, he upset the FA because he went to the emerated and left them in the learch.Clough was lucky at Derby and Forrest Taylor was the brains.I liked Brian,brought some interest to the game
DOCTORDROTT 2 years ago
he was a master can you imagine a championship club getting promoted winning the league and the champions league while keeping the majority of the team i dont think so
gerrard2006rmd 2 years ago 4
Clough was lucky???? lucky is walking down the street and seeing £5 on the flooor. What Clough did was not luck.
snozzel 2 years ago 3
ha ha so revie got cloughie rattled doubt it cloughie answered the critics in the league europe and dumping the then european champions liverpool out 1st rnd o.b.e. old big ed the best:)
Fo3rest 2 years ago 2
Is the Clough/Review interview available in full anywhere?
worthy99 2 years ago
"Only lost 4 matches"
"Well i could only lose 3"
ahaha legend
Richie1989A 2 years ago 2
he was as big a hit as George Lazenby after Connery! - he was a brash buggar 'n' all!
Jacobus180670 2 years ago
Just watched the film and loved it , really faultless all round just wish it was longer ! colm Meaney singing the national anthem was the best , seriously watch it i highly recomend it .
HorrendousG 2 years ago 2
clough had revie round his little finger in that interview
pAULspybeef 2 years ago
You haven't watched the whole show- at the end Revie is really grilling Clough over his failure to meet with all the Elland Road staff and Austin Mitchell dived in to save the rattled Clough.
helltopo 2 years ago
love cloughie at 0.22!!!! i could watch that over and over again what a great man(an im a spurs fan)
theN17yidarmy 2 years ago
must say the actors in the film are very good
gtfcblacky 2 years ago 2
just watched the damned united and had to watch this for real! this is football history.
retroboydeccles 2 years ago
I love cloughies expression at 0.22.
kady7869 2 years ago
I saw the film yesterday. Excellent performances all round not least Colm Meaney who portrayed Don Revie with spooky accuracy. Also the period detail brought back memories...the crumbling terraces, terrible pitches and the outrageous tackling.
FIFTY2WEEKS 2 years ago
With reference to your second point, Motherwell's ground is still like that, a ploughed field, ground falling to bits and a crap team set up.
bluebus270 2 years ago
HA HA!!!! very funny. I'm a Scunthorpe United fan so I should talk!
FIFTY2WEEKS 2 years ago
The Damned United novel was indeed embelished to an incredible degree. John Giles sued the author and won the case hands down. Clough's family didn't have the option to sue the author because he was dead. Giles admits that he didn't like Clough at all, but that the portrayal in the book of Clough is completely wrong, and that, in fact, the whole story is made up.
seanmriordan 2 years ago
When it comes down to it even to those of us who knew NOTHING about football (me!) Cloughie was a legend. A true British maverick shaking this up and making things interesting.
MoleinaHole 2 years ago
Apparently the book 'The Damned United' was embellished to a very high degree and was fiction based on fact.
vikesh81 2 years ago
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clough fucked up leeds
chickachambrez 2 years ago
leeds fucked themselves up
burnleyboy01 2 years ago
Brian Clough the best manager Middlesbrough never had if he could create miracles for Derby & Forest he'd of turned Boro into a colosus.the best manager England never had. If he was England boss it wouldnt be a matter of if he would win the world cup. It would be a case of how many. England would be on a par with Italy, Brazil, The Germans & France & we'd of saw them all off. RIP Clough the best manager ever.
martinwilliamrandall 2 years ago
some good sensible letters on here,see your point charlie,and agree and there is more in the "Dirty leeds" than people realise....helltopo...glad you stopped at them scottish names,i was droolling enough,great side..thing is money wasnt involved then,money buys success now,to a point ..but back then you had to work hard to get and then produce,everything was on a level playing field and its where ability played a big part.every club had a chance thats why you see money team success now,thanks.
mvann5566 2 years ago
Boro vs. Boro. The older man, rooted in the heart of the town (but never loved by it); the younger man more of a chameleon, the Grove Hill lad with aspirations and bravado.
The fascinating part of that clip is towards the end, when Cloughie's native accent re-asserts itself ("well I can only lose three") and some of the mask drops.
etagloh 2 years ago
If you watch the whole of the Calendar show, Revie is masterful, stopping Austin Mitchell from trying to create confrontation and showing respect to Brian Clough. At the end he has Clough on the ropes & the presenter Austin Mitchell dived in to save Brian!
helltopo 2 years ago
Where is the whole of this show? It's not on YouTube is it? I'd love to see it if at all possible.
Darwinion 2 years ago
Go to the sport section of the ITV website darwinion.
helltopo 2 years ago
brian clough stated (early 70s)that when his side is called like leeds he will know he has a succesful side..he then continued when they met at the baseball ground one evening in the league cup how derby were going to beat leeds..lorimer scored the winner and from that day on clougie turned against leeds...and im a cloughie fan.
mvann5566 2 years ago
i disagree. cloughie simply wanted to be the best manager. i believe he felt revie was the best, so how to overtake revie at the top? -by turning leeds into a pure footballing side (as he would've probably said) that' would eventually win european cups as a great footballing side, and be known for that, rather than "dirty leeds". this is the only way clough could've overtaken revie. he knew revie was the best - nothing wrong with wanting to better that.
charliechutney 2 years ago
only 6 clubs in the country bigger than leeds. man utd,liverpool,arsenal,spurs,everton and aston villa. european record second to none.
louispks 2 years ago
you forgot to mention NEWCASTLE
1960jws 2 years ago
haven't won anything for almost 60 years nough said
louispks 2 years ago
Spurs and Everton? Bollocks!
Darwinion 2 years ago
I love the story that when he took over Leeds he told the players to throw their medals in the bin because they didn't earn them, under him they were going to win things! Of course they forced him out and have done virtually nothing since, whilst Cloughie went on to Forest.
stdomingoesfc 2 years ago
Leeds went on to win Division One (or the Premier League as it's now called) in 1991 or 1992. Leeds were robbed of the European Cup in 1975 after Clough had left, Leeds also went on to be a massive Premiership force until 2004, and even now, Leeds are far bigger than both Derby and Forest.
pompydave 2 years ago
I agree that Leeds were a great side,,one of the best. I think the fixture pile up caused them to lose a lot. They should have won more. Certainly they were robbed in 75. They are not a bigger club than Derby though at the moment.
vntr2006 2 years ago
maybe not a better team, although in the cup we outplayed them for 75 minutes and should have beaten the pile o crap, but even now were still a far bigger club.
dannycos87 2 years ago
lol no they didnt in 2003 they just avoided relegation
thats like saying bolton are a massive premiership force
burnleyboy01 2 years ago
Clough>Paisley im sorry is just the truth
ghhadfieldj 3 years ago
Rubbish.
pompydave 2 years ago
Wheres the film about Paisley????
ghhadfieldj 2 years ago
don may have maneged england but his no good brians the best
scottlong09 3 years ago
Both Revie and Clough were from Middlesbrough.
nicky2006uk 3 years ago
brian clough - best english manager ever
nffcfan07 3 years ago
I have to disagree with that. As English managers go i think Bob Paisley is the greatest. His record speaks for itself
hmsmuller81 3 years ago
so does taking a mid table championship team to double european champions within 5 years. i agree, paisley was great but doesn't come close to brian clough
nffcfan07 3 years ago
Your right you can't take that away from Clough i will give you that but i think Paisley is the greatest. 19 tropheys in 9 years. Is some feet.
hmsmuller81 3 years ago
yes, that is a great achievement, but to me taking forest to those heights can never be done again. thats what makes it so unique. any random bloke off the street could motivate liverpool to win tons of cups. no-one can do that with forest and to me, thats what made brian clough the best english manager ever. im not saying paisley is a bad manager, im saying that all you needed was some motivational skills to fire liverpool to sucess. which he did.
nffcfan07 3 years ago
Again great point. The game as changed so much so your right it will never happen again. What he did was amazing and i know your not saying paisley was a bad manager. But to say someone just needs motivational skills to make liverpool win loads of cups is not right in my opinion. I guess we will have to disagree on this matter. Good discussion though.
hmsmuller81 3 years ago
yes, i suppose you're right. i mean, look at rafa. with all that talent he has on offer you would have thought he'd have won more stuff bar 9 minutes in an istanbul final and gerrards right boot at the millenium stadium. for you, the greatest manager was paisley but to me it was clough. i will say that both brought great times and history to both clubs and both will be forever remembered. both were great but to me, cloughie was the greatest
nffcfan07 3 years ago
Also, Paisley never relegated a team, or Revie for that. Clough did.
pompydave 2 years ago
revie never won a european cup. clough did. twice
nffcfan07 2 years ago 3
ZING!
senormoose86 2 years ago
@hmsmuller81 Well Paisely had a bigger club with more resources and money to spend on players. Not saying Bob wasn't a great manager...but Clough's work at Forest was incredible given that thye were not a "big club."
xpat73 3 months ago
When Revie took over Leeds, Leeds were 90 minutes away from being relegated to Division Three (League One), two years later they lost the league on goal difference and forced extra time in the FA Cup Final, in that FA Cup Final, Revie only paid fee's for three players.
Paisley > Clough.
pompydave 2 years ago
Nowhere near as good as Don Revie.
jonpvrmx 3 years ago 2
RIP Brian Clough. Mourinho? Ha! A mere fraction of the man.
fitzochris 3 years ago 2
Thanks for posting as not seen this before. Clough & Taylor worked best together. Revie as dour as ever here, Clough just his natural confident self, sadly missed.
gurneyer 3 years ago
uncle don revie mot
bremnerkop 3 years ago
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Leeds were that "great" Celtic showed them how to play football in the European Cup semi-final winning both legs. Terry Cooper I bet had nightmares for years after jimmy Johnstone had him in knots all night. GREAT teams win the European Cup, Leeds where a good team not a great team. If you would have stuck with Brian Clough as manager you would have won it.
scotsguy77 3 years ago
So are the 1954 Hungarians, 1974 Dutch & 1982 Brazillians not great because they failed to win the World cup? I personally believe the 1960's Scottish side which contained the likes of Law, Baxter, Bremner, Greig & Johnstone WERE a great side, but they didn't win anything.
Likewise,. Revies Leeds were a great team despite not winning the European Cup, just like Celtic were great despite not winning the European Cup more than once as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Ajax and Liverpool have done.
helltopo 2 years ago
I agree with your point m8. I just get fed up with some guys that have It in for Brian clough. I also believe if he was England boss, (and he was the best man for the job) you woudn't be talking so much about 1966 but about another year when England won the World Cup. Good posts guys.
scotsguy77 2 years ago
Clough and TAYLOR may have managed England to success, but Clough talked himself out of the job. He just insulted too many people in the game as Don Revie points out in the full version of this show. Clough even made fun of an elderly member of the FA panel before his interview for the job!
helltopo 2 years ago
Revie "no no no" ha ha
upminsterpark 3 years ago
0:22 = All kinds of awesome
tcacVII 3 years ago
They should never have put these two together, they clearly can't abide each other!!!
burnsybaby1987 3 years ago
that's the point!
PhilRebbeck 3 years ago 3
Leeds were filthy but players like giles, charlton and hunter were top players. Everyone was hard back then.
johnboy14 3 years ago 4
a shame if these two were around now the F.A would be apopaletic there is no way they would have liked these two rocking the boat
ByzantineByron 3 years ago
This is a wet dream scene. Wow can you imagine Wenger and Fergusson doing this now? Christ! Amazing. All my heroes are DEAD!
cgavin1 3 years ago 3
Just read the Damned United myself - a quality read! Clough a great character. I believe they're making the movie and i'm looking forward to that.
bf1973 3 years ago
I believe this was a Yorkshire TV Calendar special just after Clough had been sacked by Leeds. I love both these guys... Revie for what he did for Leeds and Clough for just being how he is. An enigma and a fucking brilliant character. Best manager Leeds ever lost and best manager England never had.
Darwinion 3 years ago 5
EVERYONE forgets Peter Taylor. If he had come to Leeds with Clough they would have been a success.. Clough on his own was a disaster at Leeds and he would have been a terrible England manager unless he had Taylor by his side.
helltopo 3 years ago 3
Just read The Damned United...this clip is a fascinating insight. Thanks
peachydaz 3 years ago 2
did they not play together for england i know don played with the great duncan edwards as he said he was shocked when he saw edwards was in the team at 18 but then he said he saw greatness in edwards and he would now be shocked if he was not in the team.
thetoon99 3 years ago
well i can only lose 3 good old cloughie come on you reds.
sinared 3 years ago 2
He went 42 unbeaten in the league with Forest (I grant you that was 2 seasons overlapping, rather than one whole one).
The season Forest won the title, they only lost 3 all season as well, so he definantly prooved himself right.
MJMilz14 3 years ago
No he didnt cos the year leeds only lost 4 they had more points than the year forrest lost 3 so revies season was still better.
dave3i 3 years ago
Can't be bothered to check that up, so il assume your right.
He never went 42 unbeaten in the league, and never took a 2nd division side and took them to the european cup TWICE (he did it with D*rby as well remember), and he never won them back to back european cups.
So a couple of league points doesn't really make too much of a difference in my mind ;-)
MJMilz14 3 years ago
2 Middlesbrough lads and they absolutely hated eachother.
nicky2006uk 3 years ago
what football what give for two people like that now
bobmorrice 3 years ago