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Brian Clough , Peter Taylor , Jimmy Gordan Signed Programme

Brain Clough , Peter Taylor and Jimmy Gordan ( hand signed Nottingham Forest programme from the Football League Division one match v Liverpool on 26th December 1977 .

Jimmy Gordan was the first team coach at Nottingham Forest and Clough described Gordon as “the character I needed most at Forest” and as “the fair-minded old pro whom I could trust with my life and my wallet if I carried one” , It was Gordan who also took Shilton to a traffic island near to the team hotel in Madrid prior to the European Cup Final in 1980 as Shilton was concerned about the hard training pitches in Madrid , Shilton wrote in his autobiography: “Jimmy and I dodged the cars and climbed on to the roundabout. He put down two tracksuit tops as makeshift goalposts and I set to work, against a background of tooting horns from passing cars.”

And very rare set of autographs by all 3 masterminds behind the Clubs greatest ever period in History .

Comes with certificate of authenticity .

Rare Brian Clough hand signed photo

Picture hand signed on the front by the former Nottingham Forest manager and one of the best managers in the history of the game

Picture measures – 8.5 x 5 inches

Signed Best Wishes Brian Clough

In 1977, Forest were promoted to the top flight and the following season won the league title (the first in the club’s history), making Clough one of only four managers to have won the English league with two clubs. Forest also won two consecutive European Cups (in 1979 and 1980) and two League Cups (1978 and 1979), before Taylor retired in 1982. Clough stayed on as Forest manager for another decade and won two more League Cups (1989 and 1990) and reached the FA Cup final in 1991, but could not emulate his earlier successes. Forest were relegated from the Premier League in 1993, after which Clough retired from football.

Charismatic, outspoken and often controversial, Clough is considered one of the greatest managers of the English game. His achievements with Derby and Forest, two struggling provincial clubs with little prior history of success, are rated among the greatest in football history. His teams were also noted for playing attractive football and for their good sportsmanship.[3] Despite applying several times and being a popular choice for the job, he was never appointed England manager and has been dubbed the “greatest manager England never had”.

Rare hand signed picture from the Nottingham Forest legend