There are more hooligans in the House of Commons than at a football match. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
If a player is not interfering with play then he shouldn't be on the pitch. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
If God had wanted us to play football in the sky, He'd have put grass up there. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
The RAF allowed me to play a lot of football, but like England later, they failed to recognise real talent when it… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
Come and see my coaching certificates - they're called the European Cup and league championships, — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
To me, scoring goals was just like other boys might regard delivering papers. I just did it - every day. — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
“I lost count of the number of referees who came to me both at Derby and Forest and said, 'I'd just like… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
Saturday comes again, welcome or not, it comes again like it always does, welcome or not, wanted or not, another judgment day… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard,… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
Bill eventually became Mr Tottenham Hotspur, and produced such a dazzling team at White Hart Lane that they won the double and… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
My early memories are full of football talk around the house, of Dad standing on the terraces at Ayresome Park, of the… — Brian Clough Copy Share Image
Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes. — Brian Clough Copy Share
I was never, ever physically afraid. My terms of reference were basic and simple: put the ball in the net. That was my job,… — Brian Clough Copy Share
If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right! — Brian Clough Copy Share
I gave my players a version of the same message at ten-to-three every Saturday: 'I would shoot my granny right now for three points… — Brian Clough Copy Share
If any one of my players isn’t interfering with play, they’re not getting paid. — Brian Clough Copy Share
Bill eventually became Mr Tottenham Hotspur, and produced such a dazzling team at White Hart Lane that they won the double and played the… — Brian Clough Copy Share
The RAF allowed me to play a lot of football, but like England later, they failed to recognise real talent when it was under… — Brian Clough Copy Share
Anybody who can do anything in Leicester but make a jumper has got to be a genius. — Brian Clough Copy Share
Women who choose to stay home and raise their families make one of the most valuable contributions to society. as far as I am… — Brian Clough Copy Share
What joy and adventure the youngsters of today are missing as they sit indoors mucking about with computer games and videos! — Brian Clough Copy Share
