Brian Clough

Wombwell Main director of football Mark Crossley (right), with manager Terry Simon (left).

Big interview: Mark Crossley on being the Main man back home
WHEN it comes to grassroots football, Mark Crossley has a lot to be thankful for. It was where he was spotted prior to earning his cherished break in the profes...

Hull City head coach Sergej Jakirović. Image: Gareth Copley/Getty Images.

'Day off and Merry Christmas and see you in Sheffield': Hull boss

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: Former player and manager Martin O'Neill looks on as he prepares to present prior to the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest FC and Manchester United FC at City Ground on April 01, 2025 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

O'Neill on why Clough & Revie would have prospered in the 'changing game'

Middlesbrough Football Club forward Alan Peacock at Charlton Athletic for a League Division 1 match, London, September 20th 1958. Charlton Athletic won 1-0. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Yorkshire born striker who missed out on 1966 World Cup through injury

Alan Peacock.

The ex-Leeds and Boro striker loved by Don Revie and Brian Clough

Those were the days: Leeds-born Kevin Hector of Derby County, left centre, playing against Arsenal for the Rams in 1974. Derby emerged as champions 50 seasons ago.

Clough, a crazy title race & ignominy for Owls - story of the 1974-75 season

Sheffield United goalkeeper Michael Cooper receives treatment during the recent home game with Derby County. It represented a rare moment of concern for the ex-Plymouth Argyle custodian, who has kept four successive clean sheets. Photo: Richard Sellers/PA Wire.

Blades v Swansea: 'Tidy' and 'calm' keeper earns praise from Wilder

Brian Clough Photo credit: PA/PA Wire.

Failure at Leeds United doesn't take from the genius that is Brian Clough

SIDELINED: Rotherham United forward Andre Green has not played since October

Rotherham's Andre Green on the long road back from football's biggest injuries

Yorkshire are looking for a new head coach to replace Ottis Gibson. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

If you can be flexible about the apples, I can be flexible about the salary

TOUGH BUT NICE: Daniel Farke wants his Leeds United team to be respected, but also representative of the area it lies within

Farke looks for Leeds to marry class and style with true northern grit

Manager Terry Venables holding a cup of tea at a training session of the England national football team at the Bisham Abbey sports centre in Berkshire, 4th June 1996. (Photo by Phil Cole/Getty Images)

Obituary: Terry Venables - Charismatic manager so nearly brought football home

Guard of honour for Huddersfield Town boss Neil Warnock and Ronnie Jepson as they leave the John Smiths Stadium after their final game. Picture: Bruce Rollinson

Huddersfield 2 Stoke 2: Thrills & spills - Warnock was never going to go quietly

Mike Yarwood death: Impressionist and comedian dies aged 82

Tributes: Sheffield Wednesday striker Trevor Francis celebrates after scoring the winning goal during a First Division Match between Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest at Hillsbrough in 1991.

Trevor Francis: Beloved former Wednesday manager so much more than the £1m man

Milestone: James Anderson after taking the wicket of Azhar Ali of Pakistan to reach 600 Test match victims. Picture: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

Form should decide if James Anderson makes Ashes tour - Waters on Cricket

Leeds United's owner Andrea Radrizzani. Picture: PA

Dirty Leeds? Fighting for the shirt is what makes us Leeds United, says Andrea R...

Hanging up his microphone: Commentator Geoff Boycott. Picture: Jason O'Brien/PA

Only Yorkshire CCC’s Michael Vaughan can pick up Geoffrey Boycott’s microphone

Mark Crossley: Has formed the charity WATCH.

How former Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday No 1 is helping to walk away fr...

Ayresome Park (Illustration: Graeme Bandeira)

Remembering Ayresome Park, 25 years after Middlesbrough’s final home game there

Neil Redfearn: Finally became Leeds manager.

How Brian Clough blocked Neil Redfearn’s move to Leeds United
Brian Clough’s bitterness towards Leeds United may have stopped Neil Redfearn playing for his boyhood club.
Stuart Rayner

Sleep time: Rotherham manager Paul Warne.

Up with the larks, Rotherham United’s Paul Warne and the ‘sleep geek’

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder: Former Brighton player.

Sheffield United v Brighton - Why Seagulls hold a place in Chris Wilder’s affect...

Leeds United and England striker Mick Jones. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Remember when Leeds United beat Liverpool and Manchester United - and still didn...

Alan Finney: Former Sheffield Wednesday footballer

When double-headers on Christmas and Boxing Day were the norm

Businessman Graham Leslie has a new venture.
Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

The moving reason Yorkshire business tycoon who sold his company for £68m is tun...

On target: Lys Mousset celebrates scoring during the Premier League match at Goodison Park. Pictures: Simon Bellis/Sportimage

Everton v Sheffield United: This was our worst performance of the season, says C...

Luke Dickson as Brian Clough in The Damned United.

Review: The Damned United, West Yorkshire Playhouse

Paul Warne: Keeping his players fresh.

Mind games could work for Rotherham United ahead of play-offs

Australia's David Warner, left.

Chris Waters: Gentlemen's game needs urgent intervention from cricket chiefs

Luke Dickson, the actor playing Brian Clough in The Damned United.

Strife of Brian! Actor brings Clough back to Leeds United's Elland Road ground

BRIGHT PROSPECT: Sheffield United's David Brooks battles with Sheffield Wednesday's David Jones on Sunday. Picture: Simon Bellis/Sportimage

Leon Wobschall: Why Sheffield United is the ideal place for golden boy David Bro...
OSTENSIBLY, this is a column chronicling the rise of Sheffield United's new golden boy David Brooks.
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John Prescott chatting about Regional Assembly during an interview in Leeds on Saturday 17th Januray 2004.

Forum's vision for the North: The week that was September 19 - 25, 2004

Standards of English are in the spotlight.

YP Letters: I'm driven to shouting over this decline

Ten books about Leeds to read

Superstar: Neymars move would shatter the existing world transfer record. (Picture: PA).

Can astronomical fees for star players ever be justified?

Leeds United fans in full voice before the atmosphere turned nasty at the Parc des Princes in 1975.

Nostalgia: When it all turned sour for Leeds United in Paris final

Actor George Costigan has made his home in Yorkshire.

What's your first Yorkshire memory? Growing up in Lancashire, with a father who ...

Huddersfield Town head coach David Wagner.

Huddersfield Town v Cardiff City: Wagner feels EFL's '˜disrespectful' stance wil...

Burton Albion's manager Nigel Clough and players celebrate promotion at the Keepmoat Stadium.

Doncaster Rovers 0 Burton Albion 0 - Rovers demotion confirmed as Brewers head t...

Don Revie

The Leeds United Don Revie inherited 55 years ago today - and how he turned it a...

Andrew Lancel plays Brian Clough in Red Ladder's production of The Damned United at the West Yorkshire Playhouse

Review: The Damned United, West Yorkshire Playhouse

Sheffield Wednesday goalscorer Gary Hooper, left, and Barry Bannan rush to thank goal provider Fernando Forestieri.

Nottingham Forest 0 Sheffield Weds 3: Resurgent Owls issue statement of intent t...

Andrew Lancel who plays Brian Clough in Red Ladder's production of The Damned United.

The Damned United: Can Andrew Lancel make Brian Clough come alive on stage?

Matt Burman, centre, with David Lascelles, chair of the Yorkshire Festival, and artist Martino Gamper.

A tour de force of the best of cultural life in Yorkshire

Author David Peace

David Peace: Why Leeds United's '˜Damned' story plays out better on the stage th...

Andrew Lancel plays Brian Clough in Red Ladder's production of The Damned United at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, in the dugout during a visit to Leeds United's Elland Road ground. Picture: Tony Johnson

Elland damnation: On the day Leeds face Clough's old club, how they're staging T...

The Damned United

Yorkshire calendar: Upcoming events

2nd April 1986: Mark Ellis scores City's third goal at Odsal.

Bygones: Odsal exile in aftermath of fire compounded troubles for Bradford City

Michael Sheen stars at Brian Clough in The Damned United

Brian Clough’s ill-fated time at Elland Road retold in play

Andrew Lancel.

Making a drama out of a crisis at Leeds: The Damned United comes to the stage

Can Keegan Hirst’s courage help to level the playing field?

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Are the days of the great mavericks finally numbered?

Ron Atkinson.

25 years ago: ‘Injustice’ of relegation still rankles with Atkinson 25 years on

Michael Sheen as Brian Clough in the film version of The Damned United

To be re-staged before a live Leeds audience: Brian Clough’s Elland Road debacle

FIRST IMPRESSION: Leeds United head coach Darko Milanic issues instructions to Stephen Warnock at Brentford. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Leeds v Reading: Each game will make this job easier – Milanic

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Can Cameron deliver change?

The bust of former Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough, at the City Ground in Nottingham.

Derby, Leeds, Forest: Brian Clough remembered, 10 years on

Brian Clough (Picture: Adam Butler/PA Wire).

Chris Waters: Return of plastic pitches would be good news for smaller clubs

Like father like son - Brian Clough and Nigel Clough

‘No way was BC going to let Nigel leave, he was a very proud father’

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