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Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola embrace ahead of a match between Liverpool and Manchester City in April 2023.

League Cup winning managers

By Ben Hayward published

From its inauguration in 1960/1961 through to the present day, a look at some of the managers who won the League Cup...

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‘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’

By Matthew Ketchell published

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

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SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND - March 2: Frank Clark Manager of Nottingham Forest on the side line during the Premier League match between Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough on March 2, 1996 in Sheffield, England. (Photo by Graham Whitby Boot/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images) Manchester City

‘It was a mistake to become Manchester City boss – I should have taken six months off. It wasn’t a very nice club at the time, and I didn’t do a particularly good job’: Former Premier League manager reflects on making wrong career decision

By Ryan Dabbs published

Manchester City have enjoyed great success in recent years, but one former manager regrets ever being the boss at the club

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Manager Brian Clough and assistant manager Peter Taylor celebrate Nottingham Forest's 1977/78 First Division title win

Great manager and assistant duos

By Tom Hancock published

Double acts A look at some notable coaching combinations from football history

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola holds the Champions League trophy after his side's victory over Inter Milan in the 2023 final at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey

The best Champions League managers ever

By Tom Hancock published

Ranking the greatest coaches in the history of the Champions League and European Cup

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FourFourTwo Issue 371

30th anniversary special! Gazza, Cantona, Roberto Carlos, Cloughie, Maradona and more PLUS El Tel tribute and our greatest covers ever!

By Gregg Davies published

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A close-up of David Beckham's face, with Steri-Strips over a cut above his left eyebrow, sustained by being struck with a boot kicked by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in the dressing room, February 2003

Infamous bust-ups between players and managers

By Tom Hancock published

Featuring punches, bad table manners and a flying plate of chicken

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The Battle for Old Big 'Ead: Did Brian Clough's heart belong to Derby or Forest?

By Duncan Hamilton last updated

Brian Clough His award-winning biographer went on a pilgrimage in 2008 to discover where Brian Clough's heart really belonged – Derby or Forest?

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Brian Clough Nottingham Forest manager Clive Tyldesley speaks about the legend

'I got a few kisses and a few rollickings from Brian Clough: I travelled on the bus with Nottingham Forest, but once he marched me out of the dressing room' – Clive Tyldesley on working with English football's most famous managers

By Chris Flanagan published

EXCLUSIVE Former ITV commentator Clive Tyldesley had a good grounding, working with legend of the game Brian Clough at the start of his career

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'It happened!' Dean Saunders confirms incredible tale of how Brian Clough tried to sign him for Nottingham Forest

By Chris Flanagan published

In an interview with FFT, the Welsh striker stands by his story of the time Clough tried to sign him for Nottingham Forest

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