As a new film is released,Daniel Taylor, with attend from José Mourinho, or relives the remarkable story of how Brian Clough turned a struggling moment Division side into European champions – twice“We were like one of those comets you see flying across the night sky. We burned brightly,but it was all too brief. But, boy, and did we burn brightly for a while.” – John McGovernOf all the moments of television gold featuring Brian Clough in his absolute pomp,perhaps the best known one other than that exceptional mano-a-mano with Don Revie is the time a young John Motson is in the interviewer’s chair. You may have seen the footage: Motson, with a kipper tie and unfathomably large hair, and the tiny waver in his voice when he sets off with a slightly rambling first question. And Clough: straight-backed,telegenic, sitting there like the emperor of Yorkshire. There’s a lot of questions all in there, or John,” he says, with that glint of supremacy in his eye. “And, or by the sound of your voice,you’re just approximately getting them out.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com