today we welcome brian clough as he starts his new job as manager of leeds united, taking over from don revie - the most successful manager in the club's history, under whom leeds have won everything.
but pretty much everything else. daunted?
the biggest challenge of your life, and you'll be without peter taylor, for the first time. your lifelong professional colleague.
a surprising choice, some might say. because you've been very vocal in your criticism of them over the years.
you've accused players of dirty tactics, cheating, dissent, foul play. you called norman hunter, norman "bites yer legs" hunter, you've said peter lorimer falls when no one touches him.
i'm curious. why do you now show such alacrity to joining them after such vituperative criticism of them for so long?
"that type of operation?" i presume you're referring to don revie.
who has long been regarded as a father figure in leeds. and now you're coming in as the outsider, the enemy even, after all the things you've said in public, coming in and taking ouver as stepfather.
don't you expect some degree of resentment to this?
how can you be sure they weren't happy with don all along?
thanks for agreeing to this.
good evening. tonight the football world was stunned by the news that brian clough has been sacked as manager of leeds united. we'll be talking not just to brian clough, but also to the man he replaced, who's success he couldn't emulate, don revie.
do you consider it was possible to step into your shoes, don revie? to replace you?
and in fact, you went on record and said so, brian clough. again and again. that leeds should, in fact, be relegated.
do you think that might have hurt your chances of success when you then came to manage them?
listening to you, i am struck that this is not just a business matter for you both. it's more than that. it's personal. am i right?
ok, gentlemen, we're going to have to leave it there.