The Damned United

[Bailey]

Available on BBC iplayer for free viewing.

What an enjoyable and insightful film. I'm not much of a footy man but, this was a great and entertaining insight into both Brian Clough and Peter Taylor. And leaves you that kinda warm feeling in the end about human nature and all it's frailties.

A real nice film particularly if your old enough to have lived through and remembered their football careers.

 

[Pred]

Brian Clough was brilliant
they don't make them like that anymore, more's the pity

the players and managers are like clones nowadays

if you want entertaining reading , look into 'Robin Friday'
what a character, tragic too though

 

[Bailey]

Cheers Pred - I do love my books, so long as they're factual. (can't be doing with other's dreamscape - unless they're close)

If the film was an accurate portrayal. Then, Brian Clough and to a certain account, Peter Taylor where both 'needful' men. Most of us are - we just don't have to play it out in such a public arena.

I think the film was clever (recreated the 70's and 80's) and hopefully insightful into driven characters

 

[DaveP]

A very good film imo. BBC iplayer has some good films on there sometimes always worth keeping an eye out. Last week they had A Bronx Tale for example, one of my favs.

Edit: A Bronx Tale is still on there! If you haven't seen this film before I highly recommend it.

 

[retired_member32]

Never watched it out of respect to the Clough Family...and being a hardcore DCFC fan....if Clough had 100th of Fergusons kitty he would have ruled the world, to do what he did with limited budget with two provincial sides like Forest and Derby was outstanding.