The Legend Brian Clough - Part 2

In May 1967, after various disagreements and despite relative success, with the Hartlepools board, Clough and Taylor joined Derby County, a team that had been rooted in the second division for over 10 years.

The transformation may not have been immediate but in 1969 they were Second Division Champions and in 1972, despite fierce competition, they claimed the First Division prize for the first time in their history.

By now Clough was making a name for himself as one of the great motivators, a maverick who lit up the games with his comments and his beliefs in how football should be played and run.

Controversy was never far away and after a dispute with the Derby board, over not being allowed to take his family with him on a football tour, Clough declined to go. Peter Taylor took the team instead and Derby County did not contest the Charity Shield that year. It was a sign of things too come.

Clough and another Legend

And of course more of his famous quotes:

"Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes."  Reflecting on England's exit from Euro 2000.


"We talk about it for twenty minutes and then we decide I was right." On dealing with a player who disagrees.