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Nigel Clough

Nottingham Forest FC, Liverpool FC

14 appearances, 0 goals

P 14 W 4 D 6 L 4 F 18: A 17
*(actual F 12: A 11)
50% successful

1989-93

disciplined: none
captain:
none
minutes played:
875

Profile

Full name Nigel Howard Clough

(*Actual for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.)

Born 19 March 1966 in Sunderland, County Durham [registered in Sunderland, June 1966].
Married to Margaret J. Sharp [registered in Derby, December 1989]. Two children, Helena and William
Height/Weight 5' 9", 12st. 3lbs [?].

Source

Barry Hugman's PFA Yearbook [1995] & FindMyPast.com

Playing Career

Club(s) Began his football career with Heanor Town FC, before joining his father at Nottingham Forest FC, signing in September 1984, he went on to score 101 league goals in 311 league appearances, transferred following Forest's relegation from the FA Premier League and his father's retirement from management, Clough left for Liverpool for £2.275 million on 7 June 1993. He was given the number seven shirt and scored twice on his debut. Unfortunately, his enigmatic start did not last and scored only seven times in 39 league appearances. Clough was eventually sold to Alan Ball's Manchester City FC on 24 January 1996 for £1.5 million. From Maine Road, Clough was loaned out to his former club, Nottingham Forest FC in December 1996 to March 1997 (one goal in twelve league appearances) and then Sheffield Wednesday FC in 1997. After scoring only four times in 39 league appearances at the Maine Road club, Clough's senior career was effectively over at the tender age of 32 years old when he was released from his contract at the end of the 1997-98 season.  And like his father, he then took up management at an early age when he became player manager of Burton Albion FC in the Southern League Premier Division.
Club honours Full Members Cup winner 1988-89, 1991-92; Football League Cup winner 1988-89, 1989-90, runner-up 1991-92; FA Cup runner-up 1990-91;
Individual honours None
Distinctions None

Source

Barry Hugman's PFA Yearbook [1995].

Managerial Career


Club(s)
League History
P 654 - W 244 - D 179 - L 231
After being without a club at the end of the 1997-98 season, Clough was offered the opportunity to become the player-manager of Southern League club Burton Albion FC in October 1998. He was linked with a return to Nottingham Forest FC at the end of his first season, but he remained at Albion, a position he held until he took them to the brink of the Football League in 2009. After 709 matches in charge, he took over at Derby County AFC on 8 January 2009, where he also turned out for the reserve side, but was sacked on 28 September 2013 following a run of bad results. On 23 October, he was appointed the new manager of Sheffield United FC, until he was sacked on 25 May 2015 after failing to get the club into the Premier League. Returned to Burton Albion FC on 7 December 2015, until he left on 18 May 2020, amid the financial implications of the CoVid19 pandemic.
On 6 November 2020, he was appointed as the new manager of Mansfield Town FC.

Club honours
Burton Albion FC 1998-2008
Southern League Cup winners
1999-2000; Championship Shield winners 2000;
Southern League Premier Division
runners-up 1999-2000, 2000-01;
Northern Premier League Premier Division
winners 2001-02;
Bass Charity Vase winners
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008;
Birmingham Senior Cup
runners-up 2007-08;
Conference National Championship
winner 2008-09;
 
Derby County FC 2009-13
League best: tenth in the Championship 2012-13;
 
Sheffield United FC 2013-15
FA Cup best: semi-finals 2014-15; Football League Cup best: semi-finals 2014-15;
 
Burton Albion FC 2015--20
Football League One
runners-up 2015-16;
 
Mansfield Town AFC 2020-22
Football League Two seventh place & play-off runners-up 2021-22.
Individual honours Conference National Championship Manager of the Month October 2008; Football League One Manager of the Month February 2014;
LMA FA Cup Manager of the Season
2013-14;
Ten successive home wins; 14 matches undefeated (=club record, March 2022).
Football League Two seventh place 2021-22;

Source

Barry Hugman's PFA Yearbook [1995].

England Career

Player number 1013th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Centre-forward.
First match No. 645, 23 May 1989, England 0 Chile 0, a Rous Cup match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 23 years 65 days.
Last match No. 699, 19 June 1993, Germany 2 England 1, a US Cup match at the Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, United States, aged 27 years 92 days.
Major tournaments Rous Cup 1989;
Team honours Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon (U21) runners-up 1988; Rous Cup winner 1989; England Challenge Cup winner 1991;
Individual honours England B (three appearances, one goal), England U21 (fifteen appearances, three goals)
Distinctions Son of former England forward Brian Clough.
The thirtieth post-war Durhamer to represent England.

Beyond England

After retiring from football with Burton Albion FC in the non-league, he became their manager and set them on their way into the Football League in 2009. In January 2009, he could not turn down the offer to take the reigns of his father's old club, Derby County FC. - Various Media

 

Nigel Clough - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Starts sub on sub off mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
31+ 14 8 9 5 3 875 0 0 min 0 none 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.

 

Nigel Clough - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 1 2 1.333 0.667 66.7 +1
Away 9 3 3 3 12 12 =0 3 2 1.333 1.333 50.0 =0
Neutral 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 0 0 1.00 1.50 25.0 -1
All 14 4 6 4 18 17 +1 4 4 1.286 1.214 50.0 =0

 

Nigel Clough - Match Record - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White 9 4 4 1 13 8 +5 2 4 1.444 0.889 66.7 +3
Red 3 0 1 2 3 6 -3 1 0 1.00 2.00 16.7 -2
Blue 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1 0 1.00 1.50 25.0 -1
All 14 4 6 4 18 17 +1 4 4 1.286 1.214 50.0 =0

 

Nigel Clough - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 3 1 1 1 3 3 =0 1 1 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
Minor Tournament 5 0 3 2 4 7 -3 2 1 0.80 1.40 30.0 -2
Friendly 6 3 2 1 11 10 +1 1 2 1.833 1.667 66.7 +2
All 14 4 6 4 18 17 +1 4 4 1.286 1.214 50.0 =0

 

Nigel Clough - Match Record - Tournament Matches
World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 1992-94 3 1 1 1 3 3 =0 1 1 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
WCP All 3 1 1 1 3 3 =0 1 1 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
Minor Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Rous Cup 1989 1 0 1 0 0 0 =0 1 1 0.00 0.00 50.0 =0
England Challenge 1991 1 0 1 0 2 2 =0 0 0 2.00 2.00 50.0 =0
US Cup 1993 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1 0 0.667 1.667 16.7 -2
T/C All 5 0 3 2 4 7 -3 2 1 0.80 1.40 30.0 -2
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Minor Tournament 5 0 3 2 4 7 -3 2 1 0.80 1.40 30.0 -2
WC 3 1 1 1 3 3 =0 1 1 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
All 8 1 4 3 7 10 -3 3 2 0.875 1.25 37.5 -2


Nigel Clough - Match History

 
 Club: Nottingham Forest F.C. - eleven full appearances (633 min)

manager: Bobby Robson - one full appearance (90 min)x

Age 23
1 645 23 May 1989 - England 0 Chile 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley RC HD Start 9

 

manager: Graham Taylor - thirteen full appearances (685 min)x


Age 24
1 b 27 March 1990 - Ireland 4 England 1, Turners Cross, Cork Fr AW sub ht ?
2 b 11 December 1990 - Algeria A 0 England 0, Stade du 7th Juillet, Algiers Fr AD Start 8

Age 25
3 b 27 April 1991 - England 1 Iceland A 0, Vicarage Road, Watford Fr HW Start 8
2 672 25 May 1991 - England 2 Argentina 2, Wembley Stadium, Wembley (⮀2-0) TC HD ▲sub 63 16
3 673 1 June 1991 - Australia 0 England 1, Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney tour AW Start 9
674 3 June 1991 - New Zealand 0 England 1, Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland AW squad member
675 8 June 1991 - New Zealand 0 England 2, Athletic Park, Wellington AW unused sub 14
4 676 12 June 1991 - Malaysia 2 England 4, Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur AW Start 9
677 11 September 1991 - England 0 Germany 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HL squad/
unused sub
?
5 680  19 February 1992 - England 2 France 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HW Start 9

Age 26
6 681 25 March 1992 - Czechoslovakia 2 England 2, Stadion Strahov, Praha (⮀1-1) Fr AD Start ▼ht 9
7 682 29 April 1992 - CIS 2 England 2, Central V.I. Lenin Stadium, Moskva (⮀2-1) Fr AD ▲sub 63 ?
683 12 May 1992 - Hungary 0 England 1, Népstadion, Budapest Fr AW squad
member
684 17 May 1992 - England 1 Brazil 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley HD
685 3 June 1992 - Finland 1 England 2, Olympiastadion, Helsinki AW squad/
unused sub
?
686 11 June 1992 - Denmark 0 England 0, Malmö Stadion, Malmö ECF ND unused sub 9
687 14 June 1992 - France 0 England 0, Malmö Stadion, Malmö ND
688 17 June 1992 - Sweden 2 England 1, Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna AL
8 689 9 September 1992 - Spain 1 England 0, Estádio El Sardinero, Santander Fr AL Start 9
690 14 October 1992 - England 1 Norway 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley WCP HD squad
member
691 18 November 1992 - England 4 Turkey 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley WCP HW squad
member
692 17 February 1993 - England 6 San Marino 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley WCP HW unused sub 12

Age 27
9 693 31 March 1993 - Turkey 0 England 2, Atatürk Stadyumu, İzmir (⮀0-2) WCP AW ▲sub ht 12
694 28 April 1993 - England 2 Netherlands 2, Wembley Stadium, Wembley Fr HD unused sub 12
10 695 29 May 1993 - Poland 1 England 1, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (⮀1-0) WCP AD ▲sub 78 12
11 696 2 June 1993 - Norway 2 England 0, Ullevål Stadion, Oslo (⮀2-0) AL ▲sub 63 12

 Club: Liverpool F.C. - three full appearances (242 min)  

12 697 9 June 1993 - United States 2 England 0, Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro TC AL Start 12
13 698 13 June 1993 - England 1 Brazil 1, RFK Stadium, Washington (⮀1-1) ND Start ▼82
14 699 19 June 1993 - Germany 2 England 1, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac (⮀2-1) NL Start ▼70
700 8 September 1993 - England 3 Poland 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley WCP HW unused sub 15
701 13 October 1993 - Netherlands 2 England 0, Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam WCP AL squad/unused sub? ?
702 17 November 1993 - San Marino 1 England 7, Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna WCP AW unused sub 14

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