Brian Clough
Brian Clough
Brian Howard Clough, OBEwas an English football player and manager...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 March 1935
cat player giving
I gave my players a version of the same message at ten-to-three every Saturday: 'I would shoot my granny right now for three points this afternoon.' They knew how important it was to give everything in the cause of victory. Every time. That's why my granny enjoyed more lives than my cat.
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.