Calderwood's first season in League One as Forest manager started with two new signings in the shapes of goalkeeper Paul Smith and Ghanaian International striker Junior Agogo. Forest won their first four matches of the season, including their opening match against Bradford City. Forest's first defeat of the campaign came in the League Cup first round with defeat at Football League newcomers Accrington Stanley. Calderwood was named League One's Manager Of The Month for August after 7 matches unbeaten, including a 4–0 home win against Chesterfield. The Reds then went four games without a win, with a home defeat to Oldham and were then thrashed 4–0 against Scunthorpe United, yet again at home. Redfern, Simon (9 December 2007). "Provided You Don't Kiss Me, by Duncan Hamilton". The Independent. London . Retrieved 26 November 2012. The Brian Clough Trophy". brianclough.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015 . Retrieved 1 January 2007.

For once, Brian Clough had nothing to say. He replaced the telephone receiver. It was October 1990 and Peter Taylor had died. Brian Clough remains Nottingham Forest's most successful manager. All but two of the club's major honours - their 1898 and 1959 FA Cup wins - were won during his reign. Since his departure, Forest have not won a major trophy and have only spent four seasons in the top-flight; their last Premier League campaign ended in 1999. The Executive Stand at the City Ground was renamed the Brian Clough stand in his honour. In 2008, a statue of Clough was unveiled by his widow Barbara on King Street, just off Old Market Square in the City Centre. In 2015, the main stand at the City Ground was renamed the Peter Taylor stand, in recognition of Taylor's contribution to the club. The 2010–11 season saw Forest, after a season of highs and lows, finish sixth place in championship table with 75 points, putting them into the play-offs for the fourt When the board decided not to renew Atkinson's contract, several high-profile names were mentioned for the vacant manager's job, including Glenn Hoddle (ex- Swindon, Chelsea and England), Roy Evans (ex- Liverpool) and Brian Little (ex- Leicester and Aston Villa). [ citation needed] The club's eventual choice was 33-year-old former England captain David Platt, whose brief spell as head coach of Italian Serie A side Sampdoria had just ended in relegation. Glanville, Brian (21 September 2004). "Obituary: Brian Glanville". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 11 April 2011.Brian Clough was appointed manager of Nottingham Forest on 6 January 1975, twelve weeks after the end of his 44-day tenure as manager of Leeds United. [10] Clough brought Jimmy Gordon to be his club trainer as Gordon had been for him at Derby County and Leeds United. [11] Scottish centre-forward Neil Martin scored the only goal beating Tottenham Hotspur in Clough's FA Cup third round replay first game in charge. [12] Gorgazzi, Osvaldo (13 February 2005). "Intercontinental Club Cup 1980". RSSSF . Retrieved 5 December 2017. On 27 April 1972, less than two weeks before taking Derby to the league title, Clough and Taylor had briefly resigned for a few hours to manage Coventry City before changing their minds after Longson offered them more money.

The League and European Cup winning squad was broken up to capitalise on player sale value. Clough and Taylor both later said this was a mistake. [41] The rebuilt side, comprising youngsters and signings such as Ian Wallace, Raimondo Ponte and Justin Fashanu, did not challenge for trophies. Taylor said in 1982, [75] Clough played for Great Broughton Juniors and, while working for ICI, Billingham Synthonia (scoring three goals in four games [16]) before his national service in the RAF between 1953 and 1955. He combined playing football in the forces, though he was never selected for the RAF National team, [17] and playing for the Boro third team when on leave. [17] Middlesbrough [ edit ] British Armed Forces & National Service". Britisharmedforces.org. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012 . Retrieved 11 July 2009.Prentice, David (27 March 2009). "DAVID PRENTICE: Brian Clough was the greatest manager Everton never had". liverpoolecho . Retrieved 14 January 2019. Clough’s information was that Burns drove around in a battered Vauxhall Viva with no MOT or insurance (“Not true,” Burns always insisted). A picture developed of an untamed, hard-drinking pub-brawler. Clough didn’t want someone bringing bad headlines to the club and was so opposed to the idea it caused friction between him and Taylor. “Forget it,” Clough said when Taylor came up with the idea. “I don’t want troublemakers, I don’t want shit-houses and I don’t want an ugly bastard like Kenny Burns littering my club.” Woodward, Hamish (2 July 2021). "When Brian Clough Almost Took Charge of Wales". Atletifo Sports . Retrieved 8 July 2021.

Clough played as a striker for Middlesbrough and Sunderland, scoring 251 league goals in 274 matches; he remains one of the Football League's highest goalscorers. He won two England caps. He entered management after his playing career was ended by a serious injury at the age of 29. As a manager, Clough was closely associated with Peter Taylor, who served as his assistant manager at several clubs in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He is also remembered for giving frequent radio and television interviews in which he made controversial remarks about players, other managers and the overall state of the game. The Partnership: Clough and Taylor". Thisisnottingham.co.uk. 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012 . Retrieved 14 June 2012. The two men shared a philosophy of football that placed an emphasis on offensive play and swift, incisive passing. They also favoured developing a strong sense of camaraderie and a sense of family among the athletes. Both of them were passionate about developing new potential and thought that young players might become elite athletes. Clough was born on 21 March 1935 at 11 Valley Road, an inter-war council house in Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, [8] He was the sixth of nine children of a local sweet shop worker, later sugar boiler and then manager. The eldest, Elizabeth, died on 11 February 1927 [9] of septicaemia at the age of three. [10] When talking of his childhood he said he "adored it in all its aspects. If anyone should be grateful for their upbringing, for their mam and dad, I'm that person. I was the kid who came from a little part of paradise." On his upbringing in Middlesbrough, Clough claimed that it was "not the most well-appointed place in the world, but to me it was heaven". "Everything I have done, everything I've achieved, everything that I can think of that has directed and affected my life – apart from the drink – stemmed from my childhood. [11] Maybe it was the constant sight of Mam, with eight children to look after, working from morning until night, working harder than you or I have ever worked." Thirty Years Ago – August 1972". Dspace.dial.pipex.com. 9 January 2005. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010 . Retrieved 29 August 2010.

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Clough replaced Allan Brown as manager of Nottingham Forest on 6 January 1975, just over sixteen weeks after the end of his 44-day tenure as manager of Leeds United. [40] Clough brought Jimmy Gordon to be his club trainer, as Gordon had been for him at Derby and Leeds. [41] Forest won Clough's first game in charge, an FA Cup third round replay against Tottenham Hotspur, with Scottish centre-forward Neil Martin scoring the only goal. [42]