Manchester Unirah nil, Leeds Unirah 1

Lex Foutish said:
Burger, Ceist Beag, Liamos, MrMan, Gipi and RMCF, did ye see the film of The Damned United? Anyone else think it's wasn't at all as good as the book?
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Not yet Lex, but the book was a good read alright. Johnny G isn't a happy camper about it all tho, did ye hear him on Off the Ball back when the film came out? He was threatening legal action back then but not sure what came of that.
 
Ceist Beag said:
Not yet Lex, but the book was a good read alright. Johnny G isn't a happy camper about it all tho, did ye hear him on Off the Ball back when the film came out? He was threatening legal action back then but not sure what came of that.
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No, I didn't hear that interview but I knew that "The Irishman" was very unhappy about the way he was portrayed in the book and there was talk that he was thinking of taking legal action then also. Must start googling.
 
Nottingham Forest bid £1.5 million and Joe Garner for Jermaine Beckford.
Newcastle will not persue bid as they will walk the championship with current squad and Chairman Gibson will not spend as he seeks to sell club.
Middlesborough will not bid as they have no hope of a sustained promotion bid.
West Brom are not interested.

Beckford out of contract in the summer so Leeds need to offload Beckford during the transfer window.
My understanding is the Forest transfer is a done deal.
What will Leeds do without their one man team, wither and fail perhaps??
Joe Garner, the makeweight in the deal is a very good striker so perhaps all is not lost, Forest paid over a million for his services as he was phenominal at league 1 standard, so perhaps all is not lost.

Loved seeing Leeds win by the way.
 
Yes, Lex, I saw the film (after reading the book) - film was okay, but not a patch on the book because it had to tread carefully (or just ignore!) through some of the darker, nastier bits!

I read The Damned Utd and a book about Brian Clough around the same time (written by a journalist who had unprecedented access to him for years - I'll google it and get the name!), it was interesting to read the fact and the fiction.

I recall "The Irishman" saying that one of the reasons he took legal action was because he was the only one of the 3 main characters in the book (him, Clough and Revie) still alive to do so - the others were no longer around to fight their corner. Saw an interview with Mrs Clough, and I don't think she was too happy with the book either.

Still smiling, by the way....

Edit: The Clough book I read was called "Provided you don't kiss me - 20 years with Brian Clough" by Duncan Hamilton.
 

Yeah I think he was helped by the Clough family because they couldn't sue, though Johnny did have a case (seeing as he won). I think their main objection was that while it was fictional it didn't separate the fiction enough from the fact and so it ended up being seen as fact.

Though it has meant the early editions of the book are now more valuable (thanks Gilesie). And I actually thought the film was pretty good, if only for the actual footage shown demonstrating that Leeds genuinely did earn their Dirty Leeds tag and Cloughie had a point about throwing their medals in the bin....
 

Be careful, Latrade. Norman Hunter might call around to have a little chat with you, about your ankles!
 
And should we dispose of the Spurs, we've yet another awayday to a premier league side (Bolton).....the FA aren't making this easy for us, are they?

MOT!
 
You're right there, Gipimann. Still, as you lay down to sleep tonight, console yourself in the knowledge that Man. U. would love to be playing Spurs in a Cup replay.
 
What a penalty! Bring on the replay - mad how many games they've played already this season - just hope it doesn't impact on the main aim which is to get out of that forsaken division! MOT.
 
was listening to the match on the radio for the second half and when the penalty went in i went nuts inside the car. was rocketing down the M50 at the time too. i thought spurs should have finished us off in the first half, i would not have been too disappointed if we had lost as like others i just want to see us out of that division and playing in the championship.
 
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