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What are some of the worst permanent/career ending football injuries? Brian McBride- If Fulham's
captain looks a bit poker faced all the time, it's for a very good reason: like a drunken sorority
girl dozing at the bar- he can't feel his face. During McBride's long career he's taken his share
of hits, and many of them have gone [.
Like Mark Hughes, Roy Keane seems fairly keen to distance himself from Manchester United, following
his departure from the club in 2005. It was only a couple of weeks ago he was tipping Chelsea for
the title, and now he's claiming that Brian Clough was by far the best manager he ever had, in an
interview [.
Like many of you, except that in my case it's actually deserved, I've learned from playing Football
Manager that I am the greatest football manager in the history of the world. It's true that my
abilities have, unaccountably, failed to create much of a stir in the outside world. Relatively
talentless men like Brian Clough [.
Is Phil Brown, the Hull City manager, the new Brian Clough?
This is a question posed to me by my lover earlier today.
I can see the cynicism on your face already. "Phil Brown is nothing like him" I hear you
saying.
And certainly they seem to be very different men.
When the pundits hand out the plaudits they can't help but buy into the great game of comparisons.
So Sir Alex Ferguson must be measured against Brian Clough, Bob Paisley, Matt Busby et al. They
point to his singular European triumph as evidence that Paisley and Clough surpassed him, they
point to his attitude as evidence that "gentleman" Sir Matt was somehow the bigger man.
All eyes seem to be on Spain for tomorrow's Euro 2008 final.
Neutral fans are mostly dreaming of a beautiful team who play the Beautiful Game slaying a 34-year
old jinx in a red and yellow climax. But if big-match history counts for anything, the winners'
enclosure will be black and white instead.
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On this day, Thirty-Six ears ago...Stan Bowles became an instant QPR Hero...
Stan Bowles made his debut at home to (pre-Brian Clough's) Nottingham Forest, September 16, 1972,
two or three days after signing from Carlisle for a club-record 110,000 pounds. Bowles, wearing
from that very first game, HIS #10 shirt.
Some nuts think the world will be no more in 2012 (hopefully after the Olympics is over), but for
English football's traditions the end is nigh once more after Tuesday.
The shock-horror arrival of Arab billions at Manchester City, followed by their first trophy,
Robinho, was mirrored by two old-style English managers, Alan Curbishley and Kevin Keegan, exiting
stage left.
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QPR take on Derby County on Saturday. Derby recently got their first win in a long, long, time
so that burden is now removed from their neck. One of the teams picked for promotion, if they beat
QPR, that would be a good start for them. Over the years had various momentous games between the
two clubs: Think Brian Clough and Dave Mackay getting knocked out of the FA Cup 5th Round in
1969.
Brian Clough, Alessandro Del Piero, Gamba Osaka and the craziest sending off you'll ever see all
feature on this week's the good, the bad and the ugly. The Good Brian Clough, or Cloughie to most
English football fans, is to get a statue put up in his honour in the centre of Nottingham. The
outspoken and colourful [.
