Editing Brian Clough (section)

==Later life==
[[File:Brian Clough Nottingham Statue 1.jpg|thumb|upright|A statue of Clough in Nottingham. The statue was funded by fans of Nottingham Forest and unveiled in 2008.]]

Much of Clough's retirement was spent concentrating on his fight against [[alcoholism]], ill-health and corruption allegations. His battle with alcoholism dated back to the 1970s and was chronicled in part by [[Duncan Hamilton (journalist)|Duncan Hamilton]] in his award-winning book ''Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/provided-you-dont-kiss-me-by-duncan-hamilton-763980.html |title=Provided You Don't Kiss Me, by Duncan Hamilton  |work=[[The Independent]] |first=Simon |last=Redfern |date=9 December 2007 |access-date=26 November 2012 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/nov/29/literary-news |title=The week in books |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=John |last=Dugdale |date=28 November 2007 |access-date=26 November 2012 |location=London}}</ref> He considered applying for the job as manager of [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] on the sacking of [[Graham Taylor]] on 13 November 1995. Nothing came of it, however, and Clough's managerial career was over.

In November 1994, Clough caused controversy over comments he made about the [[Hillsborough disaster]]. He wrote in his autobiography: "I will always remain convinced that those Liverpool fans who died were killed by Liverpool people. They brought the tragedy on themselves—they were drunk, unruly and disorderly." He defended the comments in an interview with [[Clive Anderson]]. In 2001, he said: "I now accept the investigations have made me realise I was misinformed. I wasn't trying to be vindictive or unsympathetic, but my opinion has altered over the years. It was never my intention to hurt anyone."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/brian-clough-see-light-over-3457927|title=Brian Clough DID see the light over Hillsborough – but it took him 12 years|first=Paddy|last=Shennan|date=25 March 2009|work=Liverpool Echo}}</ref>

Nottingham Forest honoured him by renaming the [[City Ground]]'s largest stand, the Executive Stand, the Brian Clough Stand. Clough was made an inaugural inductee of the [[English Football Hall of Fame]] in 2002 in recognition of his success and influence as a manager. In 1993, he was awarded the [[freedom of the city]] of [[Nottingham]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1472206/Brian-Clough.html |title=Brian Clough |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 September 2004 |access-date=14 June 2012 |location=London}}</ref> In 2003, the city of [[Derby]] followed suit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/features/2003/05/clough/overview.shtml |title=Cloughie's big day |publisher=BBC |date=4 May 2003 |access-date=14 June 2012}}</ref> He wrote a column for ''[[FourFourTwo]]'' magazine up until his death.