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How Ange Postecoglou surpassed Liz Truss in 39-day Nottingham Forest disaster

His appointment was a hubristic failure on the part of owner Evangelos Marinakis – but Postecoglou must now count the cost of the shortest managerial reign in Premier League history

The Independent UK

Tuchel takes aim at silence of the fans and helps answer a Cloughie what-if

In today’s Football Daily: England’s manager says the unsayable

The Guardian - UK

‘Expected goals is a clueless development’: Martin O’Neill on the changing world of management

Martin O’Neill tells Donald McRae about how he was sacked by Forest, the role of data in football and not getting the England job

The Guardian - UK

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Brendon McCullum mulls appointing Harry Brook as England vice-captain for Ashes

Harry Brook could replace Ollie Pope as England vice-captain for the Ashes after Brendon McCullum revealed it was up for discussion

The Guardian - UK

Postecoglou targets trophies and ‘true believers’ at Nottingham Forest

Former Spurs manager had his 60th birthday plans upended by job offer but feels ‘things happen for a reason’

The Guardian - UK

When Nottingham Forest ruled Europe: The story of Brian Clough's continental conquerors

With continental competition set to return to the City Ground this term, FFT relives the story of how Old Big ’Ead captured Old Big Ears and then retained it the following season

FourFourTwo

Football quiz: test your knowledge of the game’s most remarkable phone calls

Following Mikel Arteta’s claim that Eberechi Eze called him to ask about an Arsenal move, here are more examples of the humble telephone’s big role in football

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Modern football’s off-field dramas are pushing games into the background

Owners and directors are fast becoming the stars in a sport increasingly obsessed by storylines other than actual football

The Guardian - UK

Football transfer rumours: Gianluigi Donnarumma to Manchester City?

Real Madrid in for Adam Wharton? | Liverpool to sign Marc Guehi? | Mateus Fernandes to West Ham?

The Guardian - UK

After 17 years at the top, a tough job is taking its toll on Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola may still relish a title chase but, as the declines of Mourinho and Wenger prove, nothing lasts for ever

The Guardian - UK

‘The balance of power has shifted towards owners. Brian Clough dominated the board – because Evangelos Marinakis is so hands on, Nuno Espirito Santo’s role is more like Peter Taylor’ Stuart Pearce discusses Nottingham Forest, as part of new game launch

In an exclusive interview with FourFourTwo, the City Ground legend has his say on the combination that's brought success back to his former club

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‘It’s a lonely job’: Neil Warnock on management, Guardiola and his ire for Ferguson

Veteran manager tells Donald McRae about his 45-year-career, upcoming tour and missing out on Virgil van Dijk

The Guardian - UK

‘Players think it is a quick fix’: Livingston’s Brian Rice on breaking free of gambling addiction

Livingston’s head of football operations on the fallout from his 10-game ban for betting on matches

The Guardian - UK

‘Clough and Alex Ferguson were good friends, and Brian would often arrange friendlies between the youth teams so he and Fergie could enjoy a few wines’ Paul McGregor lifts the lid on an iconic rivalry

Old Big ‘Ead and Fergie remain two of the greatest football managers of all-time

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“Clough had me running errands and fixing his drinks. Occasionally we’d meet in the corridors and he’d say, ‘Cut that bloody hair, young man, it’s too long!’” Paul McGregor on coming through at Forest under Old Big 'Ead

The music-loving McGregor and veteran boss were cut from a different cloth

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Jordan Gray’s cracking supermarket sitcom

The first TV show from the hit YouTube comedian also stars Nick Frost as a hapless boss. Plus: Emilia Fox looks into an unsolved murder. Here’s what to watch this evening

Evening Standard

‘Forgotten’ England football manager Don Revie to be honoured in home town

Revie managed England from 1974 until he quit for the United Arab Emirates in 1977.

The Guardian - UK

Past Lives to The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Ahead of her hotly anticipated new film Materialists, dive into Celine Song’s tremendous, heartbreaking tour de force – or try the new Hunger Games musical … the best in the franchise yet

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The Guardian - UK

Cloughie’s notes, Hillman Imps and Bela Lugosi: my glorious trove of old Forest programmes

Dusting off a pile of matchday gems from the City Ground spanning 50 years reveals a rich seam of cultural and sporting delights

The Guardian - UK

How bad was Spurs v United in comparison to other European club finals?

Wednesday’s fare in Bilbao was low on quality, bringing to mind some other high-stakes stinkers, such as the 2003 Champions League showpiece between Milan and Juventus

The Guardian - UK

What are the worst European football finals … based on league position?

Plus: more strange player-of-the-match awards and shot-shy winners; and did Brian Clough deliberately go down to 10 men?

The Guardian - UK

Red or Dead review – Peter Mullan never walks alone as Liverpool FC hero Bill Shankly

A cast of more than 50 delivers an inspiring adaptation of David Peace’s epic novel about a manager who prized socialism

FourFourTwo

‘Newcastle’s board said I was over the hill, so I left and played 108 consecutive games and won the European Cup – not a bad way to answer that accusation!’: Ex-Magpies defender reflects on career highlight after proving former side wrong

Newcastle made a mistake in letting a defender go at just 31, who then went onto win the European Cup at 35

FourFourTwo

‘Brian Clough locked me in his office for three hours, gave my new wife flowers and chocolates, and told me I wasn’t leaving until I signed for Nottingham Forest’ Martin Keown discusses the grilling he got from Old Big ‘Ead’

The former Arsenal and England defender recounts an audience with Brian Clough in detail to FourFourTwo

The Guardian - UK

Nottingham Forest and Liverpool revive rivalry forged in late 1970s

Classes of 2025 meet on Tuesday, echoing trophy-dictating matches between sides coached by Clough and Paisley

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