The fictional aspects of The Damned Utd — the parts of David Peace’s novel that swim in artistic licence — ring no less true in spirit. On his second day as Leeds United manager, Brian Clough takes an ...

The man in the green jumper who had the audacity to say: 'We talk about it for 20 minutes and then we decide I was right.' It can only be Brian Clough. [LNB]But why does the name 'Cloughie' still mean ...

The greatest manager that England never had achieved remarkable things with two fierce Midlands rivals, including two European Cup wins Brian Clough, widely regarded as the greatest manager England ...

Alan Peacock, who has died aged 87, was an English footballer whose scoring feats with Middlesbrough won him a place in the England team for the 1962 World Cup finals before he stepped up to the ...

The bloody, bruising, take-no-prisoners world of English soccer in the 1960s and early 1970s is the backdrop for the new feature film The Damned United. But viewers don't need to know a thing about ...

For those of a certain age, their memories will recall Old Big ‘Ed in his pomp continually spouting his unique dogmatic observations on football, life, the Universe and Everything. Those of a younger ...

No one gets that worked up about the Charity Shield. This isn’t a controversial take. It’s fun, people do watch it, and it’s a nice prelude to the season. But we all know the Charity Shield (or rather ...