Pollyana

"A statue of football coach Brian Clough is to be unveiled in Nottingham.

Clough managed Derby County and Nottingham Forest football clubs, making sporting history by leading the latter to two successive European Cups"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...re/7711616.stm

Those were the days......

JBlokeUK

Im not a fan of Derby or Nottingham Forest but this statue is well deserved, brilliant manager.

How he never managed England I'll never know!

Pollyana

Too true, he really deserved that job

framac67

Because he feared nobody and the suits who ran/run the FA were terrified of the honesty he would have brought.

NKSK version 2

Polly - are you a Nottingham person?

spartacus

I wouldn't say I'm the best manager in the business . . . but I'm in the top one!

I loved old big 'ead!

Pollyana

Lived in the Midlands when I was little and when Forest were "THE" team to support. Many a happy hour spent playing football, with me being Forest against my then boyfriend (aged 7!) being West Brom.
Followed them ever since, through the ups and downs. Clough was amazing, definitely one of my all time heroes.

TrickyTree

Very good to see the great mans statue in Nottingham although his side kick Peter Taylor should also be up there with him. Taylor should also have one of the stands at Forest named after him as Cloughie has.

Every fan in the country knew that Cloughie should have been the England boss but the suits in the FA ran a mile after his interview.

Notts_bloke

No doubt he was a great manager. But why is it in Market Square and not outside the City Ground?

He wasn't from Nottingam? Why haven't we honoured other famous Nottingham people with a statue e.g. Jesse Boot, William Booth, George Green, DH Lawrence. Harold Shipman (ok maybe not the last one).

ozzieeagle

I can clearly remember him being manager at both clubs, visited both grounds whilst he was in Charge.

I cannot think of a more deserving manager, so a statue for Cloughie is richly deserved.

(unless you include Malcolm Allison ... Opps or Sir Steve...)

Besides I'm not talking to Forest fans this week.

bobbyftm

Mr Clough is also held in high esteem by some North Easterners as prior to management the afore mentioned gentleman's football career was as follows

Middlesbrough FC: 1955-1961. 197 goals in 213 league games.

Sunderland FC: 1961-1964. 63 goals in 74 league games.

England caps: 1959. v Wales (Ninian Park); v Sweden (Wembley)

It seems he wasn't very much liked by the England heirarchy in his playing days either as with a record like that surely more International appearances were warranted
If memory serves me right his career was ended through knee injury whils still at Sunderland

A true footballing legend

Pollyana

Just this week??

Indeed. He had an illustrious career in the north-east as a player.

TrickyTree

Can you imagine how much a striker with that goal scoring record would be worth in todays market!

bobbyftm

Talking telephone numbers i'd imagine Dunc!

YOFFSBACK

Its not technically in slab square its on the junction of king/queen street outside what used to be Thorntons Toffee shop and the old bus drivers cafe, Greyhound St.. As the others there are statues for Boot,Booth, but Lawrence (in eastwood), no Alan sillitoe , Paul Smith,Torvill and Dean, Sue Pollard, The city council spents tens of 1000s on a slanty N logo Because Robin Hood IS NOT WELL KNOWN WORLD WIDE then 3 years later decides to change back to Robin hood because it is internationally known...... CLOUGH will always be known as forest manager and youre better of in QLD cant wait to arrive, you get parking tickets here now stopping at red lights:curse: