BRIAN HOWARD CLOUGH
In a day of the non-entity in sport, as money becomes more of a factor than personality, marketing comes before ability and all the sports seem to be the same or at least me run by the same people we can look back at the people from yester year and see what it is that we are missing.
In Brian Clough football had one of the greatest sporting personalities of all time.
Brian was born 21 March 1935 in Middlesbrough and it was with his home team that he made his name as a prolific goal scorer, his record was 197 goals in 213 league games. He later moved to Sunderland where he maintained his remarkable record by scoring 54 goals in 61 appearances before his playing career was cut short by injury.
For the record he also won two England caps, against Wales 17 October 1959 and Sweden
Clough started his famous managerial career as Manager of Hartlepools, with Peter Taylor as his assistant, in October 1965, at 30 he was the youngest manager in the league.
"If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass up there." On the importance of passing to feet.
"I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one." Looking back at his success.
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