The Latest Breaking News from Brian Clough

‘Players think it is a quick fix’: Livingston’s Brian Rice on breaking free of gambling addiction

Livingston’s head of football operations on the fallout from his 10-game ban for betting on matches

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2025

‘Clough and Alex Ferguson were good friends, and Brian would often arrange friendlies between the youth teams so he and Fergie could enjoy a few wines’ Paul McGregor lifts the lid on an iconic rivalry

Old Big ‘Ead and Fergie remain two of the greatest football managers of all-time

FourFourTwo · Jul 27, 2025

“Clough had me running errands and fixing his drinks. Occasionally we’d meet in the corridors and he’d say, ‘Cut that bloody hair, young man, it’s too long!’” Paul McGregor on coming through at Forest under Old Big 'Ead

The music-loving McGregor and veteran boss were cut from a different cloth

FourFourTwo · Jul 27, 2025

How bad was Spurs v United in comparison to other European club finals?

Wednesday’s fare in Bilbao was low on quality, bringing to mind some other high-stakes stinkers, such as the 2003 Champions League showpiece between Milan and Juventus

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2025

What are the worst European football finals … based on league position?

Plus: more strange player-of-the-match awards and shot-shy winners; and did Brian Clough deliberately go down to 10 men?

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2025

Red or Dead review – Peter Mullan never walks alone as Liverpool FC hero Bill Shankly

A cast of more than 50 delivers an inspiring adaptation of David Peace’s epic novel about a manager who prized socialism

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2025

‘Newcastle’s board said I was over the hill, so I left and played 108 consecutive games and won the European Cup – not a bad way to answer that accusation!’: Ex-Magpies defender reflects on career highlight after proving former side wrong

Newcastle made a mistake in letting a defender go at just 31, who then went onto win the European Cup at 35

FourFourTwo · Mar 1, 2025

‘Brian Clough locked me in his office for three hours, gave my new wife flowers and chocolates, and told me I wasn’t leaving until I signed for Nottingham Forest’ Martin Keown discusses the grilling he got from Old Big ‘Ead’

The former Arsenal and England defender recounts an audience with Brian Clough in detail to FourFourTwo

FourFourTwo · Feb 12, 2025

Nottingham Forest and Liverpool revive rivalry forged in late 1970s

Classes of 2025 meet on Tuesday, echoing trophy-dictating matches between sides coached by Clough and Paisley

The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025

Can Nottingham Forest do a Leicester? Throwback title charge evokes magical memories

For the first time since 1979, Nottingham Forest’s encounter with Liverpool is being billed as a title clash – but can Nuno Espirito Santo’s side keep their remarkable run going?

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025