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Brian
Clough |
Middlesbrough FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 0 D 1 L 1 F 3:
A 4
25% successful
1957-59
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Brian Howard Clough
OBE, MA |
Birth |
21 March 1935 in 11 Valley Road, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, North Riding
of Yorkshire [registered in
Middlesbrough, North Riding, June 1935]. |
Marriage |
to Barbara B.
Glasgow on 4 April 1959 [registered in
Middlesbrough, June 1959]. Three children, Simon (1964),
Nigel (1966) and Elizabeth (1967). |
Death |
20 September
2004 on Ward 30, Royal Derby City Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, aged
69 years 183 days
[registered in Derby, September 2004] following a struggle with
stomach cancer. |
Biographies |
Clough: A Biography
- Tony Francis (Stanley Paul, London 1987 revised 1989 & 1993).
His Way: The Brian Clough Story - Patrick Murphy (Robson, London 1993).
Clough: The Autobiography - Brian Clough with John Sadler (Partridge,
London 1994).
Cloughie: Walking On Water: My Life - Brian Clough (Headline, London
2004).
x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Club Career |
Club(s) |
Began with
Great Broughton FC, South Bank FC and Billingham
Synthonia FC, before being signed by Middlesbrough FC as an amateur in
November 1951. He signed Professional terms in May 1952 and scored
197 league goals in
213 league appearances, a record by an Englishman. Signed for
Sunderland AFC in July 1961 for 45,000 pounds and scored a further 54 league
goals in 61 league appearances. Retiring through injury in
November 1964, totalling 251 league goals in 274 league appearances. |
Club honours |
None |
Individual honours |
Football League
(two appearances). |
Distinctions |
One of only
handful of players who have a road named after him. Brian Clough Way
is the A52, the main thoroughfare between Nottingham and Derby. |
Height/Weight |
5' 10", 11st
11lb. [1960] |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
Managerial Career |
Club(s)
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Hartlepools United FC
from
1 October
1965 until his resignation on 1 May 1966; Derby County FC from 1 June 1967
until 15 October 1973;
(For
a brief period in April 1972, Clough had resigned from Derby to take over
at Coventry City FC, but he changed his mind within hours). Brighton & Hove Albion
FC from 1 November
1973 until Leeds United AFC wanted him on 30 July 1974, he was
sacked 44 days later on 2 September. Nottingham Forest FC
offered him their vacancy on 6 January 1975, a job held
until 8 May 1993;
Appointed as part of Ron Greenwood's England set-up on 3 January 1978,
where he was made the Youth manager, alongside Ken Burton. Forest had
turned down an approach from the Sunderland AFC directors in October 1978,
as they attempted to make Clough their manager in succession to Jimmy
Adamson. In December 1985, The FA of Ireland were declined permission to
interview Clough. He was then offered the job of manager of the Wales national team in 1987,
but Forest, again, refused permission for Clough to speak to the Welsh FA. He
won 594 league games in the 1319 he was in charge of (45%). |
Club honours |
Football
League Division Two winner 1968-69, Watney Cup winner 1970-71, Football League
Champions 1971-72, 1977-78, FA Charity Shield runner-up 1974,
winner 1978, Anglo-Scottish Cup winner 1976-77, Football
League Cup winner 1977-78, 1978-79, 1988-89, 1989-90, runners-up
1979-80, 1991-92, European Cup winner 1978-79, 1979-80, European
Super Cup winner 1979, runner-up 1980, World Club Championship
runner-up 1980, Football League Full Members Cup winner 1988-89,
1991-92, FA Cup runner-up 1990-91; |
Individual honours |
Manager of the Year 1978; PFA
Merit Award 1992; |
Distinctions |
Received an OBE 1991. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of five who
became the 781st players (784) to appear
for England. |
Position(s) |
Forward |
First match |
No. 335, 17 October 1959, Wales 1 England 1,
a British Championship match at Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, aged 24 years
210 days. |
Last match |
No. 336, 28 October 1959, England 2 Sweden 3,
a
friendly match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged
24 years 221 days. |
Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1958 (provisional); British
Championship 1959-60; |
Team honours |
British
Championship shared 1959-60; |
Individual honours |
England
U23 (two appearances, February 1957 & April 1958) England B (two
appearances, two goals, 1957). |
Distinctions |
Father of England international
Nigel Clough. |
Beyond England |
Clough's fame in football was only
compounded by TV appearances, his forthright views expressed with a ring
of complete honesty. Only
ill-health ended his football career, announcing his retirement on 26
April 1993. Although he did consider applying for the vacant Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC position in October 1995, but nothing materialised. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.68. |
The Numbers |
parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
reserve |
minutes |
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|
captain |
2 |
2 |
1 |
two |
180 |
0 |
one |
none |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
2 |
25 |
-1 |
Both matches were played in a white shirt |
Venue & Competition Record
Venue &
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Home venue
Friendly match |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Away venue British Championship |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Tournament Record
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1959-60 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
BC All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
Age 23 |
under 23 |
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one appearance -
Wales April 1958 |
England's selectors announced their forty-man squad from whom the final
22 would be selected, on 22 April 1958.
Of the 18 players who were cut from the squad on 28 May, they included
Brian Clough. |
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