Stuff to read while you miss the sitter of the season........... Big Four is dwindling. (EPL Talk) Rogerio Ceni scores again. (See The Cup) Reviewing The Damned United. (Unprofessional Foul) Barca still the beesneeze. (SoccerLens) A cokehead's booze line. (Dirty Tackle) Just what is Southgategate? (Fisted Away) Help name that city. Click to continue reading...

Dirty, dirty Leeds. Dirty fucking Leeds. After reading David Peace's novel The Damned UTD these words cycled through my head for days. They work as an obsessive refrain in David Peace's account of Brian Clough's infamous 44 days as the manager of (dirty, dirty) Leeds.
I knew nothing about Clough, Leeds, and this bizarre story before reading Peace's novel - that I enjoyed the book, and felt as if Clough himself, in all his puerile genius, had wormed his way into my head is as good a testimony as I can give to the intensity and distinctiveness of Peace's writing. Click to continue reading...

To mark the US release of The Damned United in New York and LA on October 9, Sony Classic Pictures has asked us to give away a pair of movies posters (pictured above) to our awesome and super sexy readers. So, that's what we're doing. Right now.

Here's how this is going to work:

-Email me your favorite Brian Clough quote at Brooks[at]DirtyTackle.

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Headed to a screening tonight of The Damned United in Los Angeles. Special thanks to The Gaffer at EPL Talk for the arrangements. The film will be released in the US in October and you can also read my review of the film and experiences from tonight's screening exclusively at EPL Talk next month. Click to continue reading...

I'm one of those who likes to read obituaries. I think most people who like sport do given the fact that when you're reading a paper from the back - as any right minded gentleman should - they're the first thing you come across after the sport.br /br /On the other hand I don't have much time for biographies. Click to continue reading...

The young Brian Clough?Just seen Michael Sheen on Jonathan Ross (that's me crazy guy, crazy Friday night) and I'm looking forward to The Damned United film. And I enjoyed the book.I'm sorry that the Clough family have been upset but it is, essentially, a fictionalised account of real events involving Brian Clough. Click to continue reading...

The young Brian Clough?Just seen Michael Sheen on Jonathan Ross (that's me crazy guy, crazy Friday night) and I'm looking forward to The Damned United film. And I enjoyed the book.I'm sorry that the Clough family have been upset but it is, essentially, a fictionalised account of real events involving Brian Clough. Click to continue reading...

One of the most eagerly anticipated movies of the year is scheduled to debut on March 27 when "The Damned United," the story of Brian Clough's 44-day reign as manager at Leeds United, hits the silver screen in the United Kingdom. This promises not to be just another football movie. Based on the novel by acclaimed [. Click to continue reading...