EasternGreenSkyBlue
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I've just finished Brian Cloughs autobiography, What happend with the move to Cov? It wasn't mentioned. Clough and Taylor at Highfield Road, What might of been!
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skybluesam66
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he wanted too long a contract
we were not prepared to offer him
at the time
Clough turned down due to length of contract
Malcolm Allison was provisionally offered the post, but because he boasted to the press about the appointment he was discarded
Instead it went to Noel cantwell
we were not prepared to offer him
at the time
Clough turned down due to length of contract
Malcolm Allison was provisionally offered the post, but because he boasted to the press about the appointment he was discarded
Instead it went to Noel cantwell
EasternGreenSkyBlue
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Was he known at the time? if he was surely we should of given him a 10 year contract if that's what he wanted
DazzleTommyDazzle
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As I recall it was JH who wanted the longer contract - DR offered him 5 years but JH would only accept 10.
With Clough, I thought that it was all agreed in principle, but he kept stalling on resigning from Derby until eventually DR gave up on him, thinking that he was just using the offer to get a better deal out of Derby.
But I may have misremembered some or all of that....
thaiskyblue
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won the league championship with DERBY, HE WAS KNOWN.
NorthernWisdom
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We'd have probably got the Brighton or Leeds version anyway.
EasternGreenSkyBlue
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Or the Forest version? I think he was fucked off at Leeds, They missed revvie to much
jimmyhillsfanclub
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Cantwell succeeded Jimmy hill in 1967.....so that would have been the year Clough went to dodgy Derby after doing OK at Hartlepool......He certainly wasn't known as a top manager until after his achievements with Derby....
Cantwell took us to our highest EVER finish....6th in 69/70.
PS: I wasn't born until 1971....so I don't believe I qualify as an "older member".....
fernandopartridge
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I've read that, it was a decent read tbf.
EasternGreenSkyBlue
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I was born in 1992 so I'm defiantly not an older member. I've read some great books tho about people who were before my time, Alex "hurricane" Higgins is a great read.
jimmyhillsfanclub
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not at the time he hadn't....didn't win that until 72...
bringbackrattles
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When Clough was manager at Forest he wanted Trevor Francis but was told by Birmingham to pay a million quid,making him the first million pound player.One other club was willing to match it and the club was Coventry City !
Cloughie was down on record as saying I knew Coventry were ambitious.
Anyway we lost out but how times have changed.
Cloughie was down on record as saying I knew Coventry were ambitious.
Anyway we lost out but how times have changed.
jimmyhillsfanclub
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Ha....So ambitious in fact that the following season, we sold Forest wee Ian Wallace for even more than they paid for Francis....
bringbackrattles
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And we've been doing it on a regular basis since !
skyblueexile
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sadly as a supporter of over 55yrs I do qualify - from memory the reason was he made a press announcement before club so Robbins withdrew job offer
deanocity3
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ohitsaidwalker king power
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I didnt know that... Peter Taylor played for City..... every day you learn something... trouble is as you get older for every little lesson you learn.. you forget twice as many!!!
That is exactly how I remember it as well.
DazzleTommyDazzle
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I thought that that was Malcolm Allison.
