“I wouldn’t say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.”

When you live in Nottingham, England .. you will notice one thing and one thing only, Football. Wherever you go, you will see how one team (Nottingham Forest) made the whole city a Full-Football city. People talk about their team with proud, but WHY ?

The reason is simple, Nottingham Forest won the European league two times. But when people talk about what happened back then, they think and talk about one name only .. their HERO ” Brian Clough ” .. Nottingham’s former coach (1975-1993) ..

” The Brian Clough Statue in Nottingham city center “

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Why do they love him:

European Cup: 1979, 1980

European Super Cup: 1979

League Championship: 1977-78 season

League Cup: 1978, 1979, 1989, 1990

FA Charity Shield: 1978

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So from what you can see, a two-time European winner .. deserved all the love and respect he got. After his 2004 death, England moaned his death and the English football community lost a brilliant manager ..
a charismatic leader, he led Nottingham forest to what now fans call it the golden years of N.Forest ..

And although Clough managed other teams (Hartlepools United, Derby County, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Leeds United), the whole world will remember Clough as a Nottingham Forest manager .. who won the European league two times ..

I know we didn’t talk about the movie yet, and the reason is that the whole movie talks about Brian Clough, the Nottingham Forest former manager, and for a character that big .. we thought that our readers needed a closer .. more accurate look. One can say that Brian Clough was like the former Chelsea and current Inter Milan manager, José Mourinho, who like Clough had his own crazy moments with the press .. both are champions .. both are crazy .. !

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The Damned United .. a 2009 movie .. the role of Brian Clough was played by the talented actor, Michael Sheen, I’m big fan of Sheen .. he knows how to imitate famous characters like David Frost and Tony Blair .. he did a good job with Clough and with the way he talks .. he’s a great actor .. !!

I know it’s a football movie but even if your not a fan nor care about Brian Clough .. I assure you .. this movie will be one of those low budget movies that will amaze you!! You will get a closer look at how football was played back then, and of course the story of a small-town manager who made it big. Sadly, the movie is about the early days of Clough .. back when he was the manager of Derby county and then Leeds united (for a sad and awful year) .. the movie ends before he joins Nottingham .. but even so, If your a Nottingham fan or just a fan of Clough .. you will love this movie .. !!

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Mad Reds