Brian Clough made Mark Crossley play a Sunday league game as a ringer to keep him grounded after his memorable Nottingham Forest debut against Liverpool.
And when AC Hunters of the Derbyshire Sunday league fifth division - whose unheralded cast included Clough's eldest son Simon – were fined £50 for fielding an unregistered player, Old Big 'Ead docked Crossley's wages to cover the damage.
We all miss the genius of Clough's man-management, but Wembley will be awash with nostalgia when the family 'firm' takes over Wembley this weekend. If Mansfield's League Two play-off final against Port Vale is the warm-up act, with Nigel Clough going for only his second promotion in 661 games as an EFL manager, Forest's £180 million shoot-out with Huddersfield is history in the making.
