So, in the first chapter, Brian Clough's unusual approach to managing footballers is revealed. After only five minutes of a training session, Clough stopped play and sent his players into a nearby meadow to look for wild mushrooms. Larry Lloyd declared that he had found some "magic ones", so Clough was unfazed and said throw them in as well.
On a coach trip to the airport, preparing for a mid season "tour" to Kuwait, Clough asked the driver to pull over to the side of the road. He had heard Gary Birtles moaning about the trip from the back seat and so told Birtles to fetch his suitcase and get off the bus with him. Clough hailed a passing motorist to stop and asked him to give Birtles a lift back to Nottingham, suitcase and all and that is what happened!
On the other hand, Tony Woodcock was getting married mid-season, so he asked Clough for permission to miss a day of training. Bit cheeky. Forest had lost the previous week and he wasn't sure how Clough would react! Clough had a friend who owned a hotel in Jersey, so he sent Woodcock and his newly wed wife on holiday for a week, flight and all paid for.
On another occasion, Chic Thompson, Forest's 1959 Cup winning team goalkeeper, came across Clough helping at a local residential care home, on his knees mopping the toilet floors. Chalk and cheese, Old Big 'Ead certainly puts Mourinho into the shade.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2015/sep/15/i-believe-in-miracles-trailer-documentary-nottingham-forest-video
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