The Damned United
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Ahhhhh. Missed the start.0
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Great film. I've seen it loads of times.
Billy Bremner having a fag on the training ground lol.
I think Leeds would have all 11 sent off these days.1 -
The state of The Baseball Ground !0
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Even better book. But, great film.3
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Cracking film one of my faves0
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Damn, missed it. Bloody love that film. And the book.0
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Great film. That and the Stoke kitman0
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Great film, I am a straight male but Michael Sheen is an incredibly attractive bloke!
Timothy Spall is also brilliant as Peter Taylor.0 -
One of the best sports films ever made0
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Great bookCovered End said:The state of The Baseball Ground !
Great film
Archive footage from the baseball ground. Filming done at saltergate.1 - Sponsored links:
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That's right! I was racking my brains remembering where they filmed it.SheffieldRed said:
Great bookCovered End said:The state of The Baseball Ground !
Great film
Archive footage from the baseball ground. Filming done at saltergate.0 -
Appeared to paint main stand green for filming. Can't understand why.Ormiston Addick said:
That's right! I was racking my brains remembering where they filmed it.SheffieldRed said:
Great bookCovered End said:The state of The Baseball Ground !
Great film
Archive footage from the baseball ground. Filming done at saltergate.
Also did derby really have a red away shirt?0 -
As Clough, Blair, Frost or... Kenneth Williams!Ormiston Addick said:Great film, I am a straight male but Michael Sheen is an incredibly attractive bloke!
Timothy Spall is also brilliant as Peter Taylor.0 -
The Belgian propaganda version of the film is based on the maverick Karel fraeye and, whoever the hell his assistant was at charlton. (Not Euell the other one).
It was there job to keep us up and they did
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Also very poignant from a Charlton point of view.
Notice the league table sequence 1969? Yep, we were 2nd behind Palarse when Clough's Derby came crashing through. Palarse of course fell over into Division 1 and we missed out, the rest is history!2 -
Filmed an interview with Sheen once and chatted afterwards. Nice fella. Said he wanted to be a footballer for a time. Nearly signed for Arsenal as a kid.0
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Apparently Sheen did that juggling sequence and banging the ball into the net on his first morning at training in one take.2
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He plays in a lot of charity games0
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On iPlayer too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t61gx/the-damned-united
The original Yorkshire TV interviews with Clough are on YouTube - the interviewer is Austin Mitchell, later a Labour MP.
Clough Comes To Leeds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Bov4woon4&feature=youtu.be&t=1s
Clough v Revie
https://youtu.be/7SQbLb4vFtg?t=1s
An old BBC clip of Clough and Revie after Derby had been "put through the Leeds machine" (beaten 2-0 in their first league match) in 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw4gQO_Nbew 2 -
Great film & seen it a few times now. Didnt realise it was on & just turned over from watching the BBC news to see it starting.
Love the bits where he tells his (Derby)chairman who in charge & who picks the team - should be shown to RD. Also when the same chairman then tells him the order of the club with the chairman first & the manager last and he replies that we he took over the team they were bottom of the 2nd division & he got the promoted & then champions.
No-one like Cloughie.0 - Sponsored links:
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also good as half robot barman in "passengers".killerandflash said:
As Clough, Blair, Frost or... Kenneth Williams!Ormiston Addick said:Great film, I am a straight male but Michael Sheen is an incredibly attractive bloke!
Timothy Spall is also brilliant as Peter Taylor.
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Neither the film nor the book are popular with the Clough family.golfaddick said:Great film & seen it a few times now. Didnt realise it was on & just turned over from watching the BBC news to see it starting.
Love the bits where he tells his (Derby)chairman who in charge & who picks the team - should be shown to RD. Also when the same chairman then tells him the order of the club with the chairman first & the manager last and he replies that we he took over the team they were bottom of the 2nd division & he got the promoted & then champions.
No-one like Cloughie.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7950412.stm1 -
Yeah, there's a *lot* of artistic licence - BBC radio's Pat Murphy, who was close to Clough, has said the scene where Clough hides away rather than watching the Derby-Leeds match is made-up.LenGlover said:
Neither the film nor the book are popular with the Clough family.golfaddick said:Great film & seen it a few times now. Didnt realise it was on & just turned over from watching the BBC news to see it starting.
Love the bits where he tells his (Derby)chairman who in charge & who picks the team - should be shown to RD. Also when the same chairman then tells him the order of the club with the chairman first & the manager last and he replies that we he took over the team they were bottom of the 2nd division & he got the promoted & then champions.
No-one like Cloughie.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7950412.stm0 -
Michael Sheen outcloughs Clough .. terrific light heartedish film with a serious edge .. I still have not read the book .. been on my shelf for errrrrrrr .. FAR too long0
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The Damned United is fantastic, but the real go-to book about Clough is Provided You Don't Kiss Me by Duncan Alexander, a local journalist who knew him for 20 years.1
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WdfOrmiston Addick said:Great film, I am a straight male but Michael Sheen is an incredibly attractive bloke!
Timothy Spall is also brilliant as Peter Taylor.0 -
Good film but the book is excellent.0
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The Alexander book is an excellent portrait of Clough, really sad to see his declineInspectorSands said:The Damned United is fantastic, but the real go-to book about Clough is Provided You Don't Kiss Me by Duncan Alexander, a local journalist who knew him for 20 years.
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