Great Brian Clough Quotes You Might Not Have Heard

Most of them are familiar at this stage. 'If God had wanted football played in the sky, he'd have put grass there' and all that jazz.

Here are some under-appreciated gems from Cloughie sourced from Duncan Hamilton's marvellous book 'Provided you don't kiss me'.

His thoughts on agents, the Anglo-Scottish Cup, life in 50's Middlesbrough and the nation of Holland all covered.

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See also: Neil Webb recalls how Clough used to make the Forest players run through the 'stingy nettles' at training