Brian Clough

Brian Clough
Brian Howard Clough, OBEwas an English football player and manager...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 March 1935
player twenties argument
If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right!
cutting hair wife
Beckham? His wife can't sing and his barber can't cut hair.
soccer football hard-work
Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he's brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses.
league coaching cups
Come and see my coaching certificates - they're called the European Cup and league championships,
dog should-have world
Telling the entire world and his dog how good a manager I was. I knew I was the best but I should have said nowt and kept the pressure off 'cos they'd have worked it out for themselves.
player kenny
The ugliest player I ever signed was Kenny Burns.
player play interfere
If a player is not interfering with play then he shouldn't be on the pitch.
years moments retiring
I’ve decided to pick my moment to retire very carefully – in about 200 years’ time.
football house house-of-commons
There are more hooligans in the House of Commons than at a football match.
team games white
Bill eventually became Mr Tottenham Hotspur, and produced such a dazzling team at White Hart Lane that they won the double and played the game in a way that was an object lesson to everybody.
sunday night yorkshire
You don't want roast beef and Yorkshire every night and twice on Sunday.
taken walking-away should-have
Walk on water? I know most people out there will be saying that instead of walking on it, I should have taken more of it with my drinks. They are absolutely right.
wife bigs my-wife
My wife says OBE stands for Old Big 'Ead.
ministers caught prime
Resignations are for Prime Ministers and those caught with their trousers down, not for me.