Letter from Brian Clough

[stegnett]

https://imgur.com/a/34rtbGl

 

[Northumberland Rocks]

Fantastic

If only we could turn back time. He so should have been our manager.

Frightening what he could have achieved here when you see what he did elsewhere.

 

[Richie K]

Such a shame, never really contributed much to English football after this!

 

[JaFlan86]

Made my night this. Cheers for sharing.

 

[cluffy]

Aw what a nice young man

 

[davoak]

Class that!

 

[The Ram]

I found myself reading it in his voice, class

 

[Rhubarb]

Class that like.

 

[HarrogateMackem]

Pathetic our board at the time were too scared of him to bring him in as manager, despite him applying for the job twice.

 

[BumbleBee]

Pathetic our board at the time were too scared of him to bring him in as manager, despite him applying for the job twice.

Aye - wouldn't happen now would it?

 

[Swindon On Tour]

Still remains my favourite non Swindon Manager.
Loved that Forest team and that era.

 

[tynevalleyblackcat]

Pretty certain 'miss Baillie' was heavily involved with the supporters club in the 80's and 90's. I recognise the name and someone will know.

 

[Big Duke Six]

Such a shame, never really contributed much to English football after this!

Is this a whoosh?

 

[HarrogateMackem]

Aye - wouldn't happen now would it?

yeah I guess nowt's changed. No wonder we've won basically fuck all for what's rapidly approaching a century.

 

[E Tenebris Lux]

I’m certain I’ve seen this letter before and the young lady was the late Audrey Bailey. Audrey was a stalwart at SAFCSA. She worked along side George Foster and the Committee at SAFCSA and she was a regular at away games as well as Roker Park. She along with the Committee used to visit our Branch at Houghton in 1970’s where we had some fantastic, sell out, nights in the Buffs Club.

 

[oddbod]

The three worst things to happen to our great club... the bung/payments bollocks in 1957..they were all at it ....the refusal of the board to appoint mr big heed as boss and the day those three shits took ownership of our great club ........of all of those cockups i think not signing clough in the mid seventies was the biggest mistake of them all .i think we would have become big enough to survive his decline and would be a top six club now............................sad days and the lament of what could have been...nothing to see here younguns just the maudline rememberings of an old fekka ..move on!

 

[Richie K]

Is this a whoosh?

Ehm yes, Cloughie took the set back of early retirement, dusted himself down, and then embarked on one of the greatest management careers if all time.

Winning the league with Derby and Forest, and then back to back European Cups will never be beaten.

 

[Northumberland Rocks]

Pathetic our board at the time were too scared of him to bring him in as manager, despite him applying for the job twice.

3 times i believe. From the man himself.

 

[Alfies Hat]

The three worst things to happen to our great club... the bung/payments bollocks in 1957..they were all at it ....the refusal of the board to appoint mr big heed as boss and the day those three shits took ownership of our great club ........of all of those cockups i think not signing clough in the mid seventies was the biggest mistake of them all .i think we would have become big enough to survive his decline and would be a top six club now............................sad days and the lament of what could have been...nothing to see here younguns just the maudline rememberings of an old fekka ..move on!

Nottingham Forest won the European Cup twice and still went down to Division 3, no certainties.
As for being manager here, could you imagine Brian Clough in his prime having to report to Speakeasy?

 

[hank williams]

3 times i believe. From the man himself.

Keep saying it wedve been his Brighton