1978-79 | The self-implosion of Manchester City

dennishasdoneit said:
Correct.
Late December was indeed the time of the FA committee decision...
Very interesting story ,which will delight all true City Fans...

Nottingham Forest were due at Old Trafford just before Xmas,having come up from the old 2nd division, promoted under Clough,and had taken the 1st Division by storm.Their players were all worried about Clough,leaving Forest midseason for the england managers job...Seasoned veterans like John Mcgovern,John Robertson John O hare,Archie Gemmil and Kenny Burns had seen their careers transformed by the manager...the team was going places..stepping onto the Players coach at Nottingham to make their way to Manchester ,the atmosphere was said to be tense...these players could see their brilliant young manager being taken away for international duty...

By the time the bus pulled into Old Trafford,the news had leaked,that Ron Greenwood ,not Clough, had been chosen as the new England manager..The FA decideding that a polite quietly spoken former westham manager would be the ideal man for the job ,over the direct talking ,brash mannerisms of Clough and Taylor....

The Forest players all breathed a sigh of relief....the Boss was staying after all...and Forest went out and smashed manchester utd 4nil in their own backyard,counter attacking at break neck speed,and opening up huge gaps all over the swamp...(sound familiar?)
Those players were so happy that the manager was staying ,they played " the game of their lifes" beating utd on their own turf,but of course...bigger games were to come very soon,not least the return to Old Trafford early next year(78) for the league cup final replay with Liverpool which Forest won 1nil....etc etc etc etc

It should be noted that utds team in those days was nothing special,but that 4nil result did wake up the whole country to what was going on...nobody gave Forest a hope of winning the league,after just being promoted.That 4nil win made folk sit up and take notice.

I believe Dave Sexton would have been in charge at the swamp..
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That was fantastic by Forest. It was a classic pass and move display all executed at breathtaking pace. They looked years ahead of any other team that season.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Correct.
Late December was indeed the time of the FA committee decision...
Very interesting story ,which will delight all true City Fans...

Nottingham Forest were due at Old Trafford just before Xmas,having come up from the old 2nd division, promoted under Clough,and had taken the 1st Division by storm.Their players were all worried about Clough,leaving Forest midseason for the england managers job...Seasoned veterans like John Mcgovern,John Robertson John O hare,Archie Gemmil and Kenny Burns had seen their careers transformed by the manager...the team was going places..stepping onto the Players coach at Nottingham to make their way to Manchester ,the atmosphere was said to be tense...these players could see their brilliant young manager being taken away for international duty...

By the time the bus pulled into Old Trafford,the news had leaked,that Ron Greenwood ,not Clough, had been chosen as the new England manager..The FA decideding that a polite quietly spoken former westham manager would be the ideal man for the job ,over the direct talking ,brash mannerisms of Clough and Taylor....

The Forest players all breathed a sigh of relief....the Boss was staying after all...and Forest went out and smashed manchester utd 4nil in their own backyard,counter attacking at break neck speed,and opening up huge gaps all over the swamp...(sound familiar?)
Those players were so happy that the manager was staying ,they played " the game of their lifes" beating utd on their own turf,but of course...bigger games were to come very soon,not least the return to Old Trafford early next year(78) for the league cup final replay with Liverpool which Forest won 1nil....etc etc etc etc

It should be noted that utds team in those days was nothing special,but that 4nil result did wake up the whole country to what was going on...nobody gave Forest a hope of winning the league,after just being promoted.That 4nil win made folk sit up and take notice.

I believe Dave Sexton would have been in charge at the swamp..
Click to expand...
They breezed a trail through the old First Division to take the title and then beat Liverpool to lift the League Cup after a replay. Just to prove they had the sign over the Dippers they then knocked them out (Liverpool were the holders) in the first round of the European Cup (2-0 home, 0-0 at Anfield) before going all the way to life the trophy vs Malmo. Next season 1979-80 they retained the European Cup beating Keegan's SV Hamburg team.
Quite incredible what Clough and Taylor achieved with basically two provincial clubs.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
That was fantastic by Forest. It was a classic pass and move display all executed at breathtaking pace. They looked years ahead of any other team that season.
Click to expand...
I've watched the Old footage on you tube many times and it's breakneck speed counter attacking.The ball moves faster than any man.Clough and Taylor dissected utd that mid week evening.it was clinical,
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Correct.
Late December was indeed the time of the FA committee decision...
Very interesting story ,which will delight all true City Fans...

Nottingham Forest were due at Old Trafford just before Xmas,having come up from the old 2nd division, promoted under Clough,and had taken the 1st Division by storm.Their players were all worried about Clough,leaving Forest midseason for the england managers job...Seasoned veterans like John Mcgovern,John Robertson John O hare,Archie Gemmil and Kenny Burns had seen their careers transformed by the manager...the team was going places..stepping onto the Players coach at Nottingham to make their way to Manchester ,the atmosphere was said to be tense...these players could see their brilliant young manager being taken away for international duty...

By the time the bus pulled into Old Trafford,the news had leaked,that Ron Greenwood ,not Clough, had been chosen as the new England manager..The FA decideding that a polite quietly spoken former westham manager would be the ideal man for the job ,over the direct talking ,brash mannerisms of Clough and Taylor....

The Forest players all breathed a sigh of relief....the Boss was staying after all...and Forest went out and smashed manchester utd 4nil in their own backyard,counter attacking at break neck speed,and opening up huge gaps all over the swamp...(sound familiar?)
Those players were so happy that the manager was staying ,they played " the game of their lifes" beating utd on their own turf,but of course...bigger games were to come very soon,not least the return to Old Trafford early next year(78) for the league cup final replay with Liverpool which Forest won 1nil....etc etc etc etc

It should be noted that utds team in those days was nothing special,but that 4nil result did wake up the whole country to what was going on...nobody gave Forest a hope of winning the league,after just being promoted.That 4nil win made folk sit up and take notice.

I believe Dave Sexton would have been in charge at the swamp..
Click to expand...
Swales was at Chester branch soon after Greenwood was appointed he said when they interviewed Clough the first thing he said if there are any more interviews don't make at 9 00 clock in London when you know l live in Nottingham.
Swales said everyone was shocked you can't speak to us like that so he was rejected straight away
 
dennishasdoneit said:
I've watched the Old footage on you tube many times and it's breakneck speed counter attacking.The ball moves faster than any man.Clough and Taylor dissected utd that mid week evening.it was clinical,
Click to expand...
If you haven't already seen it, try to watch I believe in miracles, documentary about the Forest team that Clough and Taylor moulded into a brilliant team for 3 or 4 seasons , highly recomended
 
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