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Nigel Clough arrived at Eton Park, there has been an unprecedented amount
of media interest in goings-on at Eton Park. In this section of the site, brewersnet scours the press and online media to see if any journalist can achieve the impossible, and write an article on the Brewers boss without using the words 'Ol' big 'ead', 'young Man' or 'green sweatshirt'. |
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| 2002 articles | Source |
| 'Clough - Liverpool will win title under Houllier' | liverpoolfc.tv, 5/02 |
| Could Sami Hyypia really be on his way to Eton Park?? Cloughie talks to the official website of former club Liverpool... | |
| 'The red letter day in Burton Albion's history' | Burton
Mail, 25/4/02 |
| The Burton Mail's Albion correspondent Rex Page reflects fondly on the Brewers championship success, and it's context in the history of the club... | |
| 'We won't keep Nigel' | Non-League
Paper, 21/4/02 |
| The NLP does it's bit for recycling with this tired old re-hash of the same story they've been publishing for the past three and a half years. Yawn... | |
| 'Clough keeps it clean for Old Boys' reunion' | Daily
Telegraph, 16/3/02 |
| Sue Mott catches up with Nigel Clough on the eve of the Brewers' FA Trophy quarter final against Chester, managed by Clough's former team-mate Mark Wright... | |
| 'Young man on target' | The
Observer, 10/3/02 |
| Excellent piece by Ian Ridley, in which Clough - fans of clubs who've just sacked their manager take note - says he's not planning on going anywhere just yet... | |
| 'Burton granted dream draw to exert Clough's influence' | The
Times, 26/2/02 |
| Reaction from Albion chairman Ben Robinson, and manager Nigel Clough, to the FA Trophy Quarter Final draw, which pitted the Brewers against Conference side Chester City... | |
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| 2001 articles | Source |
| 'Nice guys sometimes do succeed' | Non-League Paper, 21/10/01 |
| Three years on from his appointment, the NLP's Hugh Jamieson assesses Nigel Clough's managerial career so far, and hears from Brewers skipper Darren Stride, and chairman Ben Robinson... | |
| 'Clough's burning ambition won't go for a Burton' | Non-League
Paper, 12/8/01 |
| On the eve of the new 2001-2002 season, Cloughie on losing the title to Margate, the switch to the UniBond, and his hopes for the new campaign... | |
| 'Young man doing well' | The
Guardian, 20/1/01 |
| Excellent article from Richard Williams, who manages to avoid the usual cliches, with some insight on Cloughie's memories of his early playing career... | |
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| 2000 articles | Source |
| 'Relaxed Clough on easy route to the top' | Non-League
Paper, 5/11/00 |
| 'Gosh he's so laid-back' notices an amazed Richard Rae, in this more reflective centre-page spread in the NLP... | |
| 'Chesterfield want Clough' | Non-League
Paper, 9/4/00 |
| The super-soaraway NLP get it completely wrong, claiming that ' Nigel Clough will almost certainly be unveiled as the new chief of Chesterfield next season'... | |
| 'Tough Clough hits gossips' | Non-League
Paper, 8/10/00 |
| ...then six months later run a piece in which Cloughie blasts the 'rumour mongers who link his name with every major non-league managerial post'. Hmmm... | |
| 'Burton pedigree has Clough seal of quality' | Non-League
Paper, 26/3/00 |
| The first of many articles on the Brewers boss in the newly launched Non-League Paper... | |
| 'Nigel Clough' | MOTD
magazine, April 00 |
| Cloughie reveals his - far from hectic apparently - daily routine, in this article taken from Match of the Day magazine... | |
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| 1999 articles | Source |
| 'Clough keeps tabs on No 9' | The
Express, 18/9/99 |
| Clough and Crosby are 'the new Clough and taylor' reckons John Wragg in the Express... | |
| 'Passion play for Clough family' | Mail
on Sunday, 31/10/99 |
| Another report on the Rochdale match, from the Mail on Sunday's Bill Day... | |
| 'Burton suits Clough' | The
Observer, 31/10/99 |
| Poor David Davies comes in for more stick, as Will Buckley sees 'Ol' Big 'Ead watching Nigel's boys in the Cup' against Rochdale... | |
| 'Yes, old big 'ead must be proud of son Nigel' | The
Sun, 18/10/99 |
| The Sun's Dave Kidd on the FA Cup trail with the Brewers at Woking: "When the face of David Davies first beamed from the TV screen, I have never heard the word 'tosser' growled by so many people in such perfect harmony'... | |
| 'Notts going anywhere' | Burton
Mail et al, 20/4/99 |
| ...says the Burton Mail. Others are not so sure, claiming the Brewers boss is on his way back to Forest, as part of a 'dream ticket' with former Trickys team mate Stuart Pearce... | |
| 'The day football changed forever' | Football365, 15/4/99 |
| Ten years on from Hillsborough, Nigel Clough reflects on his own memories of that fateful day, and the impact it had on British football... | |
| 'Rovers rubbish speculation' | Burton
Mail, 7/1/99 |
| Then Gresley chief Lance Luckhurst hits back at malicious rumours originating on a dubious website called 'BrewersNet'... | |
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| 1998 articles | Source |
| 'Tough and rough for Clough' | Independent on Sunday, 15/11/98 |
| The Independent on Sunday's report on the Brewers FA Cup First Round defeat at Kingstonian... | |
| 'Brewers dreams go for a Burton' | The
Guardian, 16/11/98 |
| ...and a similar feature on the same match from the Guardian | |
| 'Birtles still driven to win' | The
Express, 14/11/98 |
| In which the former Moat boss admits what we knew all along - that the Brewers are superior to Gresley in every way... | |
| 'Clough mixes new brew for Burton' | The
Times, 12/11/98 |
| More imaginitive writing from Fleet Street's finest... | |
| 'Nigel determined to mould his own Clough style' | Sport
First, 1/11/98 |
| An early interview with Cloughie. Try not to mention the words 'green sweatshirt'.. oops... too late... | |
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