The heavy drinking and alcoholism really set in during the later days of his playing career at West Ham. He regretted the move to West Ham almost as soon as he went there. Didn’t get along at all with Ron Greenwood. Brian Clough wanted to sign him for Derby County but he didn’t want to leave London. Derby went in to win the league in 1971/72.
Forest made a balls of Clough’s retirement too.
There’s no sentiment in football. Or sport in general for that matter.
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The sky sports crowd posting here demand a happy ending (no, not that kind) to all their sports.
The footix lacking self-awareness
Thats why its lovely to see Man City treating their recent retirees so well. A classy club.
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Jimmy Greaves was one of the greatest of all time
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Agreed, one of the greatest goal scorers in the English leagues
Clough was a great manager but an awful bollix
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I believe the word you’re looking for is “complex”.
Ok then he was a complex bollix
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The Under The Cosh podcast with Mark Crossley is brilliant. Well worth a listen.
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A complete one off,
Him slapping the heads off the fans in the match with the crowd invasion summed him up really.
Wasn’t Shankly turning up looking to take training after he had officially left?
He turned up for the first few months to Melwood and would be keeping an eye on things. Phil Thompson was on the ‘Quickly Kevin’ podcast recently and said they were all still referring to him as “Boss” so Bob Paisley went to the Chairman and said it wasn’t on after a few months of it. The Chairman had to set Shankly straight.
Tony cottee is the 6th greatest goalscorer in English football history 
Who the fuck is that? Do you watch Sex in the City?
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I read that as Wille Carson. Carry on.
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