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Not a lot of people know this, but Brian Clough never managed the England football team. Despite winning two Bigger Cups, a league title and a few Milk Cups, Clough was overlooked for Big Job, largely because the prevailing blazers were terrified of his unyielding attitude regarding the administration of home truths. Clough as England manager is one of football’s great what-ifs. We’ll never know, no matter how many times it comes up on the Stick to Football podcast, but Thomas Tuchel is starting to give us a glimpse into what it might have been like.
I demand a stewards’ review of the decision on yesterday’s letter winner. Mr Davies’s ‘tale’ is ‘interesting’ but fails to stand up under scrutiny. The match in question attracted a crowd of only 18,629. The capacity of The Hawthorns in 1985 was just under double that figure. There was never a need to plan an ‘unauthorised entry’ for this game. Attendances were in steep decline in this decade. West Brom’s average gate in 1985-86 was 12,164; Villa’s was 15,237. The lock out one hour before kick off was never going to happen. Surely therefore a case of ‘false memory syndrome’ on the part of Mr Davies? Yours in the spirit of Noble Francis” – Richard Worrall.
If Big Sir Jim Ratcliffe has never been given a free lunch in 50 years in the corporate world (yesterday’s News, Bits and Bobs – full email edition) then he must be even more unpopular there than he is in football” – Ian Casson.
This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions.
Continue reading…Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Not a lot of people know this, but Brian Clough never managed the England football team. Despite winning two Bigger Cups, a league title and a few Milk Cups, Clough was overlooked for Big Job, largely because the prevailing blazers were terrified of his unyielding attitude regarding the administration of home truths. Clough as England manager is one of football’s great what-ifs. We’ll never know, no matter how many times it comes up on the Stick to Football podcast, but Thomas Tuchel is starting to give us a glimpse into what it might have been like.I demand a stewards’ review of the decision on yesterday’s letter winner. Mr Davies’s ‘tale’ is ‘interesting’ but fails to stand up under scrutiny. The match in question attracted a crowd of only 18,629. The capacity of The Hawthorns in 1985 was just under double that figure. There was never a need to plan an ‘unauthorised entry’ for this game. Attendances were in steep decline in this decade. West Brom’s average gate in 1985-86 was 12,164; Villa’s was 15,237. The lock out one hour before kick off was never going to happen. Surely therefore a case of ‘false memory syndrome’ on the part of Mr Davies? Yours in the spirit of Noble Francis” – Richard Worrall.If Big Sir Jim Ratcliffe has never been given a free lunch in 50 years in the corporate world (yesterday’s News, Bits and Bobs – full email edition) then he must be even more unpopular there than he is in football” – Ian Casson.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading…
