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Brian Clough Story

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He told that story at a sportsman's dinner that Gumbo and I went to.

 

It was his main bit, so he's fucked now as folk will all know it!

Heard this the other day in the car. I ended up late for an appointment with a customer as I just had to hear the end of it

 

Looks like it's doing the rounds on social media

 

Sounds like Dean Saunders has made it up but for those of a certain age you just know that it's true!!

 

http://talksport.com/football/brilliant-brian-clough-story-you-wont-believe-how-he-tried-seal-record-transfer-deal-must

Quality!!!

Does it get funny at any point?

 

I got bored after about 3 minutes

There's a really sad element to the story as it all due to Clough's alcoholism.

 

Once listened to Martin O'Neill interviewed soon after Clough died, he was asked did he have any anecdotes.

 

Once he wasn't playing that well, so Clough named him in the reserves. O'Neill went mad so he's looking for Clough. Two combustible characters he's expecting WW3.

 

Finds him, WTF you playing at etc.

 

It's very simple young man. You're too good for the third team.

 

Completely shut O'Neill up.

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Does it get funny at any point?

 

I got bored after about 3 minutes

 

It's the black humour about it

 

I've had the dementia with my Dad, the drug addiction with with my brother-in-law and the alcoholism with my mate

 

You listen to stories like that and think yeah I've been through that and although it's very sad there's a really fucking funny side to it

 

Listen to it in full 

Ace that.

Utter bollocks according to Alan Hill.

 

“It’s a good after-dinner speech but unfortunately most of it isn’t true, Brian wasn’t drunk, he wasn’t crawling on his hands and knees, he didn’t sit facing a wall, he didn’t mention the carpet once and there was no flowerpot… it just feels like he [saunders] has put this story through a very imaginative scriptwriter and this is what they’ve come up with.”

I heard Dean Saunders on Talksport yesterday, I thought he sounded like a right cunt.....especially when he virtually started piping Graeme Souness off and saung he's probably one of the most underrated managers ever

I heard Dean Saunders on Talksport yesterday, I thought he sounded like a right cunt.....especially when he virtually started piping Graeme Souness off and saung he's probably one of the most underrated managers ever

 

Aye, heard that too. Listened to the Clough thing and thought it was bollocks too, not surprised Hill says most of its not true, Saunders is a cunt.

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I'm going seeing Paul Merson on Friday night.....I'm fully expecting him to be absolutely full of shit

 

Anybody ever seen him on the after dinner circuit?

He is supposed to be very good

 

Kamara is the best ive booked

I'm going seeing Paul Merson on Friday night.....I'm fully expecting him to be absolutely full of shit

 

Anybody ever seen him on the after dinner circuit?

 

Supposed to see him at Bolton School a couple of years back, he bailed at the last minute, the cunt.

best one I've seen was Craig Hignett, think he was after the spurs game we won 4-2 in the PL under Coyle

 

his stories about gazza were v funny

 

can't remember any of them

 

other than being v funny

I'm going seeing Paul Merson on Friday night.....I'm fully expecting him to be absolutely full of shit

 

Anybody ever seen him on the after dinner circuit?

Saw him a couple of years ago. He has some decent stories from what I can remember. A few about garza were pretty funny.

All these cunts making a living off Gazza's back.

best one I've seen was Craig Hignett, think he was after the spurs game we won 4-2 in the PL under Coyle

 

his stories about gazza were v funny

 

can't remember any of them

 

other than being v funny

There was the Eileen Drewery ones that were belters

 

And summat about him always sleeping with a light on as he was scared of the dark

Sssssshhhh

I'm going seeing Paul Merson on Friday night.....I'm fully expecting him to be absolutely full of shit

 

Anybody ever seen him on the after dinner circuit?

He's decent gazza and Walsall stories funny - saw dave bassett once he was embarrassingly bad I upped and went for an imaginary 20 min piss I just couldn't take his public humiliation any longer

He's decent gazza and Walsall stories funny - saw dave bassett once he was embarrassingly bad I upped and went for an imaginary 20 min piss I just couldn't take his public humiliation any longer

Yes basset was bad,he kept calling us boltearians the tool

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Supposed to see him at Bolton School a couple of years back, he bailed at the last minute, the cunt.

Aye I was at that one. Was it Ronnie Irani they replaced him with??

 Was it Ronnie Irani they replaced him with??

 

 

Fucking Hell, that would be depressing.

 

What a penguin that bloke is

I got that bladders on red wine I can't remember to be honest! It was a do I was invited on, I think it was a rugby club do

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It was at The Reebok that I saw Irani when he subbed for Merson. Mate had booked a table at the Old Boltonians do.

 

Yeah sweep he wasn't good but had a chat with him later on and he was a genuinely nice bloke. Shite as an after dinner speaker though

i saw Duncan McKenzie a few weeks back, he was excellent

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