Editing Brian Clough (section)

==Childhood==
[[File:11 Valley Road, Grove Hill.jpg|left|upright|thumb|11 Valley Road, Grove Hill]]

Brian Howard Clough was born on 21 March 1935<ref>{{Hugman|3684|access-date=26 January 2025}}</ref> at 11 Valley Road, an inter-war council house in [[Grove Hill, Middlesbrough|Grove Hill]], [[Middlesbrough]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]],<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--lead container name-->Brian Clough |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/content/articles/2007/05/15/brian_clough_feature.shtml |title=Tees – People – Brian Clough |publisher=BBC  |date=16 May 2007 |access-date=11 July 2009}}</ref> He was the sixth of nine children of a local [[sweet shop]] worker, later sugar boiler and then manager. The eldest, Elizabeth, died on 11 February 1927<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/114203280/person/102196914970/facts|title=Elizabeth (Betty) Clough|website=www.ancestry.co.uk|accessdate=13 March 2025}}</ref> of [[Sepsis|septicaemia]] at the age of three.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=156559899:5015&d=bmd_1694426109 | title=FreeBMD Entry Info }}</ref> When talking of his childhood he said he "adored it in all its aspects. If anyone should be grateful for their upbringing, for their mam and dad, I'm that person. I was the kid who came from a little part of paradise." On his upbringing in Middlesbrough, Clough claimed that it was "not the most well-appointed place in the world, but to me it was heaven". "Everything I have done, everything I've achieved, everything that I can think of that has directed and affected my life – apart from the drink – stemmed from my childhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football.co.uk/derby_county/theres_only_one_brian_clough_why_we_-_and_some_leeds_fans_-_love_old_big_ead_and_his_green_jumper_rss70081.shtml |title=Theres only one Brian Clough Why we – and some Leeds fans – love Old Big Ead and his green jumper – Derby County News from |publisher=football.co.uk |date=11 March 2009 |access-date=11 July 2009}}</ref> Maybe it was the constant sight of Mam, with eight children to look after, working from morning until night, working harder than you or I have ever worked."

Clough failed his [[Eleven-plus]] examination and attended Marton Grove Secondary Modern School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brianclough.com/boro_statue.htm |title=Middlesbrough'S Statue |publisher=Brianclough.com |date=16 May 2007 |access-date=11 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329203552/http://www.brianclough.com/boro_statue.htm |archive-date=29 March 2009 }}</ref> He later admitted in his autobiography, ''Walking on Water'', that he had neglected his lessons in favour of sport, although at school he became Head Boy. He also said that cricket, rather than football, was his first love as a youngster, and that he would have rather scored a test century at [[Lord's]] than a hat-trick at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]]. He left school in 1950 without any qualifications, to work at [[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ltlf.co.uk/managers/clough_brian.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504033417/http://www.ltlf.co.uk/managers/clough_brian.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 May 2006 |title=lost that loving feeling – Brian Clough, 1935–2004 |publisher=Ltlf.co.uk |date=21 March 1935 |access-date=11 July 2009 }}</ref> and did his [[National Service Act 1948|national service]] in the [[RAF Regiment]] between 1953 and 1955.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britisharmedforces.org/pages/nat_brian_clough.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802011429/http://www.britisharmedforces.org/pages/nat_brian_clough.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2012 |title=British Armed Forces & National Service |publisher=Britisharmedforces.org |access-date=11 July 2009 }}</ref>