Editing Brian Clough (section)

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Clough was a popular choice to be appointed [[England national football team manager|England manager]] throughout the 1970s and 1980s. However, it was widely felt that the FA were unwilling to consider appointing him on account of his numerous outspoken comments about the English football authorities. He was interviewed for the job twice, in 1977 and 1982, but lost out to [[Ron Greenwood]] and [[Bobby Robson]] respectively. Such was the demand for Clough to be given the job that incumbent manager Robson told then-FA chairman Sir [[Bert Millichip]]: 'I'm having a rough time and everybody wants Brian – give the job to him. If he's successful, everybody's happy. If he fails, that's the end of the clamour for Brian Clough to be England manager'."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3691056.stm |title=Players lead Clough tribute |work=BBC News |date=26 September 2004 |access-date=14 June 2012}}</ref>

Clough was still a popular choice to be given the job of England manager before [[Graham Taylor]]'s appointment in 1990.<ref name="Brian Clough Obituary">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1472206/Brian-Clough.html| title=Brian Clough | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | date=21 September 2004}}</ref> Clough himself quipped: "I'm sure the England selectors thought, if they took me on and gave me the job, I'd want to run the show. They were shrewd because that's exactly what I would have done."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3674210.stm |title=Clough in his own words |work=BBC News |date=20 September 2004 |access-date=14 June 2012}}</ref> He has been called the "greatest manager England never had."<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk"/> In 1977, Clough was reportedly interested in the [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] manager's job, but [[Gordon Lee (footballer)|Gordon Lee]] was appointed instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/david-prentice-brian-clough-greatest-3458090|title=DAVID PRENTICE: Brian Clough was the greatest manager Everton never had|last=Prentice|first=David|date=27 March 2009|website=liverpoolecho|access-date=14 January 2019}}</ref>

Following [[Mike England]]'s dismissal as manager of [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in February 1988, Clough was offered the position as manager of Wales on a part-time basis, something later done with [[John Toshack]]. Clough was keen on the chance to become an international manager, but the directors of Nottingham Forest refused to let him split his loyalties.<ref name="Brian Clough Obituary"/> According to Hamish Woodward writing in ''Atletifo Sports'', Clough used the Wales job to earn himself an improved contract with Nottingham Forest.<ref>{{cite web|last=Woodward|first=Hamish|date=2 July 2021|title=When Brian Clough Almost Took Charge of Wales|url=https://atletifo.com/football/brian-clough-wales/|access-date=8 July 2021|website=Atletifo Sports}}</ref> In April 1986, Clough had declared that he intended to spend the rest of his managerial career with Nottingham Forest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Clough to end career at Forest|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7ZNUAAAAIBAJ&pg=3575,962803&dq=brian-clough&hl=en|date=4 April 1986|newspaper=New Straits Times}}</ref> In June 1986, Clough was linked with the job of Scotland manager, but the vacancy was filled by [[Andy Roxburgh]] (a long-serving member of the Scotland coaching set-up) instead. Clough had also been linked with the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] job the previous year, before it was filled by fellow Englishman [[Jack Charlton]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YNJAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6630,3393659&dq=manchester-united+ferguson&hl=en|title=Fergie steps down|newspaper=Evening Times|location=Glasgow|date=16 June 1986}}</ref>