Cloughy Was A Boot Boy
Posted on March 19, 2009 | Filed under: Music | Tags: DerbyCounty, Leeds, NottsForest | 1 Comment »
At the end of this month there will be a film released based on Dave Peace’s book, which is a fictionalised account of Brian Clough’s short tenure at Leeds.
Some of the postings and reviews I’ve read have either forgotten or not mentioned this. Please remember when you do go and see it that most of what happens is from the imagination of the author – and subsequently the screenwriters.
And by the looks of the trailer below it might be one of the better football movies.
But this post isn’t about that, or about his 44 days at Leeds.
This is a blatant attempt to pull some traffic here because of the interest in the current subject.
Cloughy was one of those who easily divided opinions. To some he was an arrogant big mouth. To others he was the best man never to be the manger the England team. I am with the former and although I recognise that he was one of the best English managers, he wasn’t for the top job.
Club-wise he was outstanding and those of use longer in the tooth will remember his days at Forest.
Again I’m not going to write all that much about him because that’s not what F&M does. There are plenty of other places which will fill your needs on that.
We are here for the music and about a few tunes done about him »
The Toy Dolls did this one in 1989 about the incident when a fan ran onto the pitch (after Forest beat QPR) and Brian gave him a cuff round the ear:
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Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. » The Toy Dolls – Cloughy Is A Bootboy - Cloughy’s Lads Are Full O’ Gloom Coz Cloughy’s In The Changin’ Room Why Can’t He Nick Off & Leave Them Be? He Screams & Yells & Just Because Cloughy Knows That He’s The Boss Cloughy’s Rough & Tough Cloughy’s Barmy Cloughy’s In A Huff & Tense Cloughy Is A Football Hooligan Brian Brian Kicks & Slaps & He Shouts Oi! The Judge Tells Cloughy To Keep Calm Cloughy Is A Football Hooligan Cloughy Is A Football Hooligan He Kicks & Slaps, He Thumps & Cracks |
Next up is one that I don’t have clear info on. I’m sure that the name of the artists and the title of the song have got swapped, but I may be wrong. Some sampling of Brian talking included in:
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Lastly, for now is this one which was done around the time of the 1991 FA Cup Final… the one cup he could never win…
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- Songs above provided by Through the seasons before us – an NFFC Blog.
- Next up with be the conclusion to this journey of Clough with a couple involving the man himself.
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Great stuff these posts.
Really looking forward to this film….I found the book riveting…all three times that I’ve read it