Now bugger off! Craig was never bullied again. The lockdown YouTube comedian paints a picture of Mok as an abusive wife, and he makes dirty jokes about her treatment of him and the divorce itself. Soon enough, he was sitting in the dugout with Clough as Forest won two more League Cups. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Cite this record . First thing we say is, Whats the worst feeling in football? Players always say losing. [41] After signing the deal, Derby took just four points from their next five fixtures and slipped out of the playoff places. "I never felt safe in my own home." But before all that this is a story of hope where there had seemed to be none. He would be asked to tell them something about himself, hed talk about Clough and get the job. I have moved back up to Sunderland to live which is probably a mistake. I would have had no chance if they had done what they could have done. [43] However, two defeats to Middlesbrough and Cardiff City in 4 days ended Derby's play-off chances. If the boys came back in the morning, Swain said, hed get them the players autographs. Goal Rush: Football League Tonight (2016)as Himself - Burton Manager, Shaun Barker: One More Time (2017)as Himself - Interviewee, Football League Tonight (2016)as Himself - Burton Manager, Your email address will not be published. But a game goes in a flash so you mustnt have regrets. Clough didn't score it for Liverpool, however. Soon after, Sunderland drew Forest at home in the League Cup. This is a good club with good owners and we are enjoying it.. He laughs: Within 10 minutes of the fans being back a player will give the ball away and it will be, Oh youre crap!. His is a story of poverty and of vivid tales of racism in the 1980s - his elder brother Aaron was mixed race. That was when you realised the extraordinary side of what he had done. "Nigel has an outstanding pedigree," chairs John and Carolyn Radford said. hen Craig turned 16, his parents announced that they were moving to London and had no plans to take him. When you spend nearly 18 years associated with the club, supporting it and then playing for it, its inevitable to still have feelings for it. He came close once. When Craig turned 16, his parents announced that they were moving to London and had no plans to take him. Parents, Barbara and Brian Clough. Since being appointed as manager in 2016, Guardiola has won every available domestic honour, while also claiming four Premier League titles in his six full seasons at the helm. How the fuck do you follow life with Brian Clough? He didnt know who Brian Clough was. "Some good is going to come out of it which is very nice," he says. Mansfield Town Manager League Two Appointed: Nov 6, 2020 Contract until: Jun 30, 2023 Getty Images + Date of birth/Age: Mar 19, 1966 (56) Place of birth: Sunderland Citizenship: England Coaching Licence : UEFA Pro Licence Avg . Thats the club without a doubt where it would be still great to have an opportunity at some point, Clough says. I had a great childhood.". I didnt tell him how bad life was, Craig says. Or maybe it will come when he can see how the money raised from this book is helping others. What was Clough like? Brian did say that he had brought me down to give me a better life and if he had called the police my life would have been over. When Craig was 13, Clough invited the boys to stay with his family for a couple of days in Quarndon, a well-to-do village in Derbyshire. You know us, son. I regretted it at times, definitely. For him to have saved my life, to have welcomed me into his heart and home, and given me open access to everything, and then for me to do that. The first time, a few months later, Clough had just rewritten his will and Craig had got a mention. Whatever happens when his Conference side meet Second Division Hartlepool United - although beating them in front of the BBC cameras to reach the tnird round "would be like being in the final" - his reputation will continue to grow. All Nigel wants is to spend time in his Matlock farmhouse with wife Margaret and their two young children, five-year-old William, and Helena, three. "They did not want to ruin my life. But he was a manager for 27 years and I have done 22. He did not play for the club again. Top corner. He was about 5ft 9in but had the presence of a giant and an unbelievably beautiful smile. Updated 18:27, 26 JAN 2014. Craigs first memory of his biological father is him smashing a mirror over his mother, Gillians, head. Read about our approach to external linking. Bookmark this page and come back often for updates. After two years with the Cloughs, he moved into a flat. There would not be another opportunity. He would send newspaper cuttings of his success in Poland to the Clough family, perhaps in the hope that they would feel some pride and vindication in their decision. A young Nigel Clough pictured during his childhood with his legendary father Brian, Our players know their responsibilities and we dont cut corners with protocols, Clough says. It would take me to 60. But clearly there was a bit more to it than that. "There are conflicting emotions. I changed as a person. When key players returned from injury, Clough was able to start picking a regular team, and results began to improve. Clough gave Craig the nickname Rigor, short for rigor mortis. Nigel Clough was born in 1960s. So what went wrong? So we cut you loose. Clough told him they still loved him. A waste of time. Nigel Cloughs mothers name is unknown at this time and his fathers name is under review. One day he discovered 300 in bags of 1 coins under Kevins mattress. He helped Burton Albion into the Championship during two stints in charge, and also had managerial spells at Derby County and Sheffield United. 'Be Good, Love Brian: Growing up with Brian Clough' by Craig Bromfield can be purchased online through Amazon Prime and in all good book stores from November 11. Clough is back in the action with Mansfield and admits he has missed the winning feeling. The pandemic presents challenges. When discovered by the Clough family, it was handled delicately. Craig Bromfield was a ragtag youngster when the legendary football manager changed his life by inviting him into his family. As long as you are responsible. Nowadays, he says, the only true happiness he gets is from following Nigel Clough around the country, watching whichever team hes managing. At Burton Albion during Nigel's first spell there, but stopped himself. He was in pieces. On reflection, Clough feels he should have left then, in the summer of 2017, but he is not the type to mull for long. I ask what he would prefer his book is a bestseller or he makes things up with the Cloughs. On it went. His looks and personality come from his mother, Barbara. It was the best day of their lives. my wife certainly didn't!" . Forest returned to Sunderland just before Christmas for a league match and brought the boys presents a ball signed by the team and padded jackets. On the bus, Clough sat at the front and told them to bugger off to the back where the chocolate, crisps and fizzy drinks were stored (a footballers diet was very different in those days), to fill their boots and not disturb the lads. [12], After playing 15 times for the England under-21 side from 1986 to 1988, scoring three goals, Clough finally made his senior international debut on 23 May 1989 against Chile at the age of 23. By. Did their parents think it was strange that Clough had taken such an interest in them? [fetch instagram= display=posts show=2 ]. "They have told me on numerous occasions whenever I have met them that I need to forgive myself, let it go and move on. He left halfway through the 200809 season to follow in his father's footsteps as manager of Derby County, being dismissed in September 2013. I was like his little sidekick. He was close to Nigel and would go on to work for the eldest brother Simon. Whos the richest Soccer Player in the world. I just hope everybody gets through this.. "[40], Clough signed a new three-year deal, to take him through until summer 2015, on 17 October, two days after a 11 draw with league leaders Southampton had kept Derby in the play-off places. A year later, he saw Cloughs widow, Barbara, at Burton Albion, where Nigel was manager. They made for unlikely siblings back in the 80s: Craig was fair and pale skinned, Aaron dark haired and mixed race. Craig didnt know that his brother, by then an alcoholic, had died a few weeks earlier after drinking heavily and taking too many antidepressants. 'Old Big 'Ead' once said that being thick helped his career in management. Clough left Burton in May to help cut costs amid the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the reins to assistant Jake Buxton. Social distancing means only 18 people can sit on the team bus for away games so some have to drive. The results came during discussions over Clough's contract which was due to expire at the end of the season[38] with Forest allegedly interested in securing their former-player's services. [57], Clough returned to Burton Albion for a second spell as manager in December 2015, after Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink left the post to join Queens Park Rangers. It would be nice to do him on longevity, wouldnt it?. So Craig wrote him a letter. Having spoken to BBC Radio Derby about his departure from Burton last summer, he immediately called back to impress upon them that job losses at Derbys Rolls-Royce plant were much more important. Girlfriends List, Dating Histo Nigel Clough, Clough, Nigel, Nigel Howard Clough. He left after two seasons to sign for non-league Heanor Town, but was back at the City Ground on a professional contract in December 1984. This is where our heart is. Clough formerly played for Nottingham Forest (1984-1993, 1996-1997 - Loan), Liverpool (1993-1996), Manchester City (1996-1998), Sheffield Wednesday (1997 - Loan), and Burton Albion (1998-2009) where he was player-manager. He said I wouldnt score more goals or be as good a manager. Copy and paste this as text into your genealogy software or website Nigel Clough believes Pep Guardiola has left a unique imprint on Manchester City during his time at the Club. The club might go full-time. The only way I can show him Im loyal now is by following Nigel. Inside Conor McGregor's Fight Island hotel suite: Red carpet Ben Stokes speaks after England's 'agonising' defeat to New Zealand, Liverpool midfielder Arthur Melo seen training after injury, Waleed Aly compares T20 Women's World Cup to under 12s cricket, Footballer Danny Simpson talks meeting Ronaldo while on a date, Tyson and Tommy Fury's dad asks Jake Paul to pay up after loss, Liverpool's April visit ticket allocation slashed by 20%, Michael Vaughan arrives at court for Yorkshire cricket racism hearing, 'Family of b***hes': Logan Paul insults Tommy Fury's family on TV, Celebs flock to Saudi Arabia for Jake Paul and Tommy Fury fight, 'Sh*t, I'll be back! Why does Craig think Clough took to them? He remains committed to his trade and proud of work done on limited budgets throughout his career. [citation needed], Clough was widely expected to leave Forest in order to continue playing Premier League football, and was sold to Liverpool that summer for 2.25million. Sometimes he would make a joke without people realising he had made a joke. The 56-year-old soccer player was born in England, United Kingdom. We were talking about thousands of people losing their jobs and mine didnt matter by comparison, he says. "He did not even give us tickets! Like many famous people and celebrities, Nigel Clough keeps his personal life private. No. Brian said we used to make him laugh his socks off.". People of this zodiac sign like romance, to sleep, spiritual themes and dislike the know-it-all, to be criticized, and cruelty of any kind. CelebsMoney has recently updated Nigel Cloughs net worth. Craig was in Warsaw when he heard. I question myself. It is something I struggle with, letting them down as I did when they had shown me such love. Suggest an alternative. "We consider Nigel's appointment to be a real coup for Mansfield Town and he will have our full and unwavering support.". [8] Clough played in all of Manchester City's remaining 15 league appearances after his arrival at Maine Road, scoring twice, but could not stave off relegation and shortly afterwards he lost his place in the team due to injury. A book takes me away, he says. Life since has felt like an attempt to atone. Yeah. "It is a bizarre thing. The family (Gillian had an older son and daughter from her first marriage) was dysfunctional in the extreme. Copy to clipboard. I hope that I haven't. Soaked to the skin on a cold night in Oldham, Nigel Clough still enjoys being back in the game, Waking up knowing that you gave everything and it worked out. He subsequently had spells with Liverpool, Manchester City and Sheffield Wednesday before moving into non-league football at the age of 32 when he became player manager with Southern Football League Premier Division side Burton Albion in 1998. He threw Gillian out of the bedroom window on one occasion, and broke her fingers on another. She said Brian would have been proud of what he had achieved but made it clear there was no way back. Siblings, Simon and Elizabeth. Give over! Laughing, with tears streaming down his face. He recently told his 14-year-old grandson, who wants to become a footballer, that he "couldn't play". Wife, Margaret. It was last May that he decided to walk away from Burton Albion. He won 14 caps for England between 1989-1993. With the League One season suspended, he sacrificed his job so that other club staff would keep theirs. Working for Simon in his shop, Craig found out that money was being taken by his colleague and friend. See also Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro Getting Started | Contributor Zone Contribute to This Page He goes to games home and away. Right now, scientists are probably trying to crack this genetic code for football management. It was a tough upbringing. Over the next decade, during half of which he continued to play a regular role on the field, Clough took Burton up from the seventh tier of the English football league system to the brink of promotion to League Two. The final chapter was too difficult. Gradually, as the story unfolds, I begin to realise why. ", The war on British tourists stinks of class snobbery, Russia will run out of money in 2024, oligarch warns - live updates, Heat pumps twice as expensive as gas boilers to maintain, Marlborough racing tips and best bets for today's races, How a faded family photo led me on the safari adventure of a lifetime, Stamford Bridge special: Chelseas 1.5bn stadium decision. He feels empty, he says partly because of the betrayal, partly because he misses the Cloughs so much. No kind, no decent person would do what I did.. He was dismissed in May 2015 and returned to Burton in December, leading them to promotion to the Championship for the first time in the club's history in May 2016 and the League Cup semi-final in January 2019. ': Jake Paul speaks after defeat to Tommy Fury, Ange Postecoglou hails 'outstanding' Kyogo Furuhashi after Hampden heroics, Newcastle fans get ready ahead of Carabao Cup final with Man Utd. Underneath it all, am I still that scruffy little kid?". He estimates they stole around 5,000 over a 12-month period in chocolate, crisps, cigarettes and cash from the family of the man who offered him a new life. Looking forward, Mansfields young chief executive David Sharpe, grandson of former Wigan owner David Whelan, and Clough have a target of promotion next season and feel that is attainable. Please check back soon for updates. At the same time, their parents brought them up to be polite and respectful (partly because it enabled them to manipulate strangers better). He apologised to her and thanked her for everything they had done for him. It is dark but it is funny. Everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment. When is Nigel Cloughs birthday? "Our chief executive, David Sharpe, led the process of selecting our next manager and we, along with the board of directors, unanimously approved when Nigel was recommended. Brian Clough with his wife Barbara, at Burton Albion's game versus Hartlepool United to watch the team managed by their son Nigel, during their FA. Nigel Clough is a hero in the eyes of Nottingham Forest supporters. He was in pieces. Clough jnr has been a big hit in Staffordshire. People born on a Saturday enjoy an optimistic and positive disposition. Thats not happening here now. He told them he was a footballer called Kenny Swain, that he played for Nottingham Forest and the team were staying at the Seaburn hotel in Sunderland because they had a match against Newcastle the next day. If I ever needed money, Brian would say, Help yourself but dont take more than 20 quid, and I wouldnt., He becomes tearful. It happened to me as a player so you have to have a degree of empathy with a player who has given absolutely everything and still lost. Craig says Clough believed he could transform peoples lives for the better, and often did. It was the start of the relationship. "I broke down in the office and could not stop crying for 10 to 15 minutes. He hoped it would be cathartic, but hes yet to make peace with himself. Then Aaron gets out and runs up these steps, waving at me, and Brians just walking along here with his entourage.. He returned to Burton in December 2015 after Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's mid-season move to QPR to help them achieve promotion to the second tier for the first time, where they remained for two seasons before being relegated back to League One. Clough is 54 now and more than 22 years and 1,000 games into his career as a manager, It was the same when my dad was at Derby in the 70s. The couple's children - Nigel, Simon and Elizabeth - said: "She will be greatly missed by. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. The pair will again work together at the Stags, with Crosby joining as his assistant, while his older brother Simon Clough has been appointed as head of recruitment. Siblings, Simon and Elizabeth. I have had a fantastic life since meeting Brian but nothing can follow that. Craig also witnessed Cloughs descent into alcoholism, accelerated by his experience of the Hillsborough tragedy (Forest were playing Liverpool the day dangerous overcrowding in two terrace pens led to 97 Liverpool fans being killed). We'll sort things out otherwise it looks an untenable situation. Clough said they could go to the match with them on the team bus, but first he would have to ring their parents to check that it was OK. So in three or four years, if Chris Hughton has had enough, then you never know. But they were wrong. Am I doing it for the right reasons or am I doing it to make myself feel better? He signed for Premier League relegation battlers Manchester City for 1.5million. In the book, Craig describes nightly dog walks with him on the common, breakfast time with Cloughs wondrous bacon butties, car journeys with Clough singing along to Sinatra. Clough, 54, returned for a second spell in charge of the Brewers in 2015 and helped . "Growing up around heroes and having amazing experiences. When Aarons father, Jerry, moved in with Gillian, they brought Craig home from care and Jerry became his new dad. So its about smiling and confidence. Hed be in the Forest dressing room at matches making drinks, tidying stuff away. As a player, it was the happiest part of his career, and he had two of his kids here. He joined the clubs senior squad 2 years later. Winning still means everything. They're only five and three once. Chinese Zodiac: Nigel Clough was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Sport. By the time they met him, they had been in and out of care much of their lives. Clough, 54, replaces Graham Coughlan at the Stags, who are without a win since March and third from bottom in League Two, albeit losing only four games. We have been clear about that continuously. It still feels like a cry for forgiveness and some people have reached out as a result of the recent media attention, reminding him of the positive impact that he had on their lives and urging him not to worry any more. The book tells stories of Clough saving Craig and Aaron from bullies and even allowing him to sit on the Forest bench. And whoever was in the room would be in stitches., Clough always called himself a socialist. So, how much is Nigel Clough worth at the age of 56 years old? The boys were also racially abused Aaron because he was mixed race, Craig because he was his white brother. It sounds like an infatuation, but he was just a beautiful human being when he wasnt being a twat. He laughs. I started it 16 years ago, but could never finish it, Craig says. Nigel Clough Birth Name: Nigel Clough Occupation: Soccer Player Born In: England, United Kingdom Birthdate: March 19, 1966 Age: 56 years old (as of 2023) Ethnicity: Unknown Nationality: British Sexuality: N/A Nigel Clough was born on the 19th of March, 1966. Clough denied the claim and, though Davies put in an official complaint to the league, nothing came of the incident. It is not them stopping me moving on, it is me. Its ruined me as a person. Now youve no excuse for not bringing your coats, Clough said. They just crushed your enjoyment of it.. He was 11, Aaron was 12, and Clough was a legendary football manager and former player. Of Cywka, Clough said: "He's an extremely inexperienced and not very bright footballer he can go back to Wigan or wherever he came from I'm not really bothered until he learns the game." Wife, Net What is Lamman Rucker doing now? No kind, no decent person would do that.. The family didnt have a phone, so Craig and Aaron simply ran home and asked. But, yes, we miss them. I immerse myself in it., He says he doesnt know what he wants to do with his life. Nigel Clough. The decade was dominated by the Vietnam War, Civil Rights Protests, Cuban Missile Crisis, antiwar protests and saw the assassinations of US President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Clough's players were booed at the end of a 31 home defeat against Doncaster Rovers on 1 March 2011. Play for free, entries by 7:45. Now Nigel is at Mansfield, with Simon alongside him as chief scout. I love any club he goes to. I could go to a bigger club, but it's not about the level that you're working at, but the people that you're working with," he said. Nigel Clough stepping down as Burton Albion manager saved an "unbelievable" number of jobs at the League One club, new player-boss Jake Buxton has said. Then Aaron gets out and runs up these steps, waving at me, and Brians just walking along here with his entourage.. I saw someone I loved deeply start to decline. Clough, 54, left on Monday, with chairman . Nigel Clough is to step down as manager of League One club Burton Albion and will be replaced by Jake Buxton. They were also FA Cup semi-finalists in 1988 and 1989 and runners-up in 1991. After guiding the Brewers up the non-league pyramid, during which they famously took Manchester United into an FA Cup third-round replay in 2006, the club were on course for League Two when he left for Derby in January 2009. [14], Having passed his 32nd birthday, Clough was still registered as a player which possibly explained his apparent lack of ambition to move into League management (his father bitterly lamented the premature curtailment of his own playing career). He was right. It was a life transformed. The glitz of the FA Cup will not change him tomorrow lunchtime. Anyone can lose. He looks at me, astonished. But Craig Bromfield seems a decent person a gentle, empathic man who made a terrible mistake and has paid for it since. Dec 1989: Relatives. Fact Check: We strive for accuracy and fairness. Majority of Nigels money comes from being a soccer player. He finally left Anfield in January 1996. I just bottled it at the last minute because I did not know what to say.". On this occasion, the reference is only fleeting. I said that when he scored in European Cups he just got a pat on the back, Clough says. The visits became more regular. No parties or anything. His wife is Margaret Sharp Clough (m. 1989) Nigel Clough Net Worth His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Beyond that? Jerry died 31 years ago, and today Craig is close to Gillian: Shes a fighter, a survivor shes incredibly strong., The boys would be sent out begging, telling strangers they had to walk 12 miles to see their grandmother because they didnt have the bus fare. He stepped down in May 2020, and returned to work in November at Mansfield Town. "They said he had just done it for publicity and it would not be happening again." [21], On 5 January 2009 he was officially approached by Derby County, one of the clubs his father had previously managed, to take over as their manager as a replacement for Paul Jewell. But my mam and my dad would say, Dont get used to it because they wont invite you back again. It used to destroy me. 19. We made him laugh: Craig Bromfield (left) and his brother Aaron with Clough at Nottingham Forests City Ground. Imagine what its like for someone to come from where I came from and suddenly be in the dressing room at Wembley on Cup final day, and to be surrounded by heroes, Craig says. Craig worked in Simons shops, rapidly proved himself and was made assistant manager. Once youre out of our circle, youre out of our circle, she said. I don't think he planned for it to last as long as it did. We will continue to update information on Nigel Cloughs parents. He signed it: Be good, Love Brian. The books title becomes particularly poignant in light of what was to happen later. On 23 October 2013, Clough was appointed new manager of Sheffield United on a two-and-a-half-year deal. That would be a time when we know we are back to normal. Who Is Nigel Clough's Wife? Clough said they could go to the match with them on the team bus, but first he would have to ring their parents to check that it was OK. Hed be in the Forest dressing room at matches making drinks, tidying stuff away. Clough joined Nottingham Forest as an apprentice on leaving school in 1982. Dad's ego drove him to two European Cups with Nottingham Forest, every major domestic prize except this one - and alcohol addiction. Nigel Clough is delighted to have taken yet another Premier League scalp. [56] Sheffield United parted company with Clough on 25 May 2015. They arrived at the Seaburn hotel a couple of hours before the team. [51] Clough's tenure got off to a winning start as Sheffield United comfortably beat Crewe Alexandra 31 at Bramall Lane. "[35] Ultimately, nothing came of the incident but the outbursts, coupled with Derby's poor results on the pitch, led to some unrest among supporters. Be good, and dont be a stranger were Cloughs last words to him. We suddenly had bicycles and sports gear, experiencing things others weren't. [19] In the replay at Old Trafford, Burton were beaten 50, but earned a reported 600,000 in the process. My brother Aarons in the sea just in his pants and Im running along here, backwards and forwards, thinking Im the bloke off Chariots of Fire. Dancers Wiki, Age, Height All About Harry Lloyd: Age, Height, Net Worth, Wif Who has Tyga dated? "It was totally my fault. Brian was from the north-east, and loved Sunderland. Kenny Swain, the European Cup winning full-back, gave them a fiver and told the two brothers to return in the morning for autographs. Instead of reporting it to Simon, he was persuaded not only to remain silent but take a cut, trying to justify it to himself on the basis that they were being underpaid. Amid that, there is the extraordinary humour and kindness of Clough, the man who shared his home with him, showing him adventures, holidays and cup finals. Cloughs younger son, Nigel, took him aside and said they were suspending him from work for a week. We had been brought up to believe nobody could love us; that we were unlovable. 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