The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Pride Park's level-headed and ego-free manager is struggling to stamp his mark on the club his father built THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Wouldn't it be nice if Derby County started doing well under Nigel Clough? Visit Pride Park and you cannot fail to notice the photographs depicting past glories. In many a certain, late, leviathan of the English game looms large. We are talking Brian Clough...
Foolish Blatherings (Free subscription) | yesterday
Things are going to be a little different around here… without Don. – Brian Clough The Damned United was not on my radar whatsoever. I never heard of the film until Mike from Big Mike’s Movie Blog reviewed it. I heard that people were digging this movie. Typically, I don’t like sports films, especially soccer. This movie [...]
bunnehmunches (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dave Trott in one of his inspiring posts, writes: “I can learn lessons about creativity from Mohammed Ali, Mike Tyson, Max Baer, Vince Lombardi, Billy Beane, Brian Clough, Tony Adams, Jackie Stewart, Bill Shankley, Napoleon, Nelson, Heinz Guderian, Michael Wittmann, Willy Messerschmitt, Woody Allen, George Carlin, Rupert Murdoch, Richard Branson, Winston Churchill, Norman Tebbitt,...
All About My Movies (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
... that, fully recommended. The Damned United (Tom Hooper, 2009) Extremely intelligent film about Brian Clough's ill-fated stint as manager of Leeds United, a reign that lasted only 44 days, this is one of the best films about football that I've seen for a while. Michael Sheen's central performance is exquisite - he captures Clough's arrogance and hubris perfectly, and Timothy...
Dan's Media Digest (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Adapted from David Peace's bestselling, quasi -biographical tale of football boss Brian Clough's short-lived tenure as manager of Leeds in 1974, The Damned United also marks the latest impersonation for chameleon Michael Sheen , an actor who's made a career out of playing disparate British celebrities; from Prime Minister Tony Blair (The Deal, The Queen) and gay comedian Kenneth Williams...
EPL Talk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Here are the video highlights for the very first season of the Premier League, 1992-93. Included in the video is the great Brian Clough, once-great clubs such as Norwich City, Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town, as well as the intriguing race for the title featuring Manchester United, Aston Villa, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers and [...]
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
WHO better than Michael Sheen, critically praised as soccer legend Brian Clough in The Damned United, to score again presenting this fascinating, highly entertaining guide to football managers from Shankly to Wenger?
Just One More Ten Pence Piece ... (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... why Amazon believe there’s a link between people who bought The Damned United (a film about Brian Clough and the 1970s footballing exploits of Derby County and Leeds United) and people who might want to buy a number of 30 minute episodes of a BBC sitcom. Answers on a postcard please …
Community News - Leicester Mercury (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Botcheston: The next blockbuster to hit the screen at Botcheston Village Hall will be The Damned United. It will be shown at 7.30pm on Tuesday November 10. The dramatisation of the late Brian Clough's brief and troubled reign as Leeds United's manager caused some controversy when it was released and is sure to get football fans (and others) talking again. Tickets are just £3.50....
Power Line (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
What's stranger, an American political blogger who writes obsessively about English soccer or a bio-pic about an English soccer manager showing in American move theatres? The movie in question is "The Damned United." The soccer manager is the legendary Brian Clough. Clough is played by Michael Sheen, who has previous starred as Tony Blair in "The Queen" and...
Thighs Wide Shut (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... more every time we see you Michael Sheen portrays renowned (not in our neck of the woods) coach Brian Clough who, along with buddy Peter Taylor (the great Timothy Spall ), make winners out of losers, but when they try to make winners out of someone else's winners (the also great great Colm Meaney ), they end up losing everything, or do they'???? Morgan-Sheen is the new Merchant-Ivory...
The Mohair Diaries (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A win over the SFTL is always fine, and one when (a) they've been bigging themselves up before hand and (b) David Bentley is playing will always be good. 'Arry wasn't happy, but then he's no more Brian Clough than Robbie Keane is Joe Namath. Notice how his shirt number falls between DB10's and TH14's. It's all in the stars, they say. A new job today, so this is just a brief one. More...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... faith, but what he himself believed in. Ayesteran - a man who helped establish them as the Spanish Brian Clough and Peter Taylor - left Anfield a little over two years ago. The reason: A petty disagreement which could so easily have been rectified rather than be an irreparable rift. Many Reds believe the day Paco headed back to his homeland was the day the cracks began to appear....
Evening Star 24 (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... media reports that I don't speak to my players.“I was no angel as a young player but having Brian Clough and then Sir Alex Ferguson as my manager I found them very hard but looking back very fair. I learned off them as well as my youth coaches over in Ireland.”Keane said that he had to change the dynamics at the club when he arrived.“We finished several points off the play-offs last...
