Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Not since Brian Clough was in charge had Derby reached the semi-finals of this competition. But they are there again after Nathan Ellington netted with a penalty deep into added time.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 47 minutes ago
With snow in the air and ice in his veins, Nathan Ellington took Derby into their first League Cup semi-final since Brian Clough's first season, four decades ago, with a nonchalant, last-gasp penalty on one of the Premier League's more forbidding fortresses at the Britannia Stadium.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
It required a Stoke supporter of at least middle age to recall the last year his team reached the semi-final stage of the leading knockout competitions, when Tony Waddington’s players won the League Cup in 1972, reaching the FA Cup semi-final that season too.Derby followers needed even longer memories. It was in 1967-68 that Brian Clough led his team to the last four of the League Cup,...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Derby reached their first League Cup semi-final since Brian Clough's first season, 40 years ago, in the most dramatic fashion on Tuesday night. Three minutes of stoppage time had been played when a cross by Przemyslaw Kazmierczak was handled by former Derby player Andy Griffin. Nathan Ellington coolly converted the penalty to send the Championship side's followers into ecstasy and end...
FIFA - Latest News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... pundits assured the public that the task would be a straightforward one. Legendary manager Brian Clough's pre-match comments are perhaps the most celebrated. He likened the Polish defender Jerzy Gorgon to "a boxer in football boots", while long-haired keeper Tomaszewski, who wore a yellow jersey, red shorts and white stockings was labelled "a circus clown in gloves". That remark came...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
"When Sir Alex Ferguson said he was retiring I didn't think too much of it. He spoke to me about it and I was thinking 'what do you want me to do, cry over it?' "Brian Clough was having a hard time with Forest towards the end of his career. You look back and we let him down by getting relegated. So managers come and go. Managers aren't that important.
icWales (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... who know what their strengths are and they play to them – they can head and kick the ball and, as Brian Clough used to say, anything else is a bonus.Osian Roberts: Yes, I think they’ve proved a point since losing Glenn Loovens in the summer and while they’re commanding in the air around their own box, they can also be a big threat at attacking set-pieces which Swansea have struggled...
icWales (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... who know what their strengths are and they play to them – they can head and kick the ball and, as Brian Clough used to say, anything else is a bonus.Osian Roberts: Yes, I think they’ve proved a point since losing Glenn Loovens in the summer and while they’re commanding in the air around their own box, they can also be a big threat at attacking set-pieces which Swansea have struggled...
The Run of Play (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... important anniversaries happening on the same day. You'll also find some fresh reasons to love Brian Clough, Anderson's manager at Nottingham Forest, in case you're in need of them: In one game at Carlisle United, a rival player started whispering racist insults in his ear. Brian Clough was quickly out of his dug-out, telling him to kick his opponent and "call him a...
Premier League Tickets (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... two about dedication and non-violence from the Smoggies. Legends : John Hickton, George Camsell, Brian Clough American Sports Doppelganger : The Arizona Cardinals 2008/2009 Prediction : 10th
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Ray McKinnon learned at the feet of legendary master managers Jim McLean and Brian Clough but Mac maintains Willie Miller taught him most about man-management.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... of fantasy football, but despite having worked with giants of the game such as Jim McLean and Brian Clough, he considers Willie Miller to be the most influential. McKinnon was a pupil of McLean's during his time with Dundee United before Clough, a two-time European Cup winner, brought him to Nottingham Forest for £750,000. McKinnon, a player who did not achieve as much as his...
The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Meanwhile Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson payed tribute to his opponents on the night: "There are good signs that Manuel is creating his own identity at Villarreal," he said. "You get that with Arsène Wenger at Arsenal, you got it with Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest and perhaps you get that with me at United. He's doing the same thing. To finish second in their league without...
