Editing Brian Clough (section)

==''The Damned United''==
The story of Clough's turbulent 44-day spell in charge of Leeds United was the subject of a novel by [[David Peace]] titled ''[[The Damned Utd]]'', published in 2006, which focuses on the rivalry between Clough and Don Revie. Despite critical acclaim, the novel was also the subject of controversy for its perceived negative portrayal of Clough as an obsessive, and for some historical inaccuracies. The publishers of the novel were successfully sued by Irish midfielder and former Leeds player [[Johnny Giles]]. He wrote: "Many of the things Peace talks about in the book never happened and, for that reason, I felt it necessary to go to the courts to establish that this was fiction based on fact and nothing more".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/publish-and-be-damned-giles-fights-back-for-revie-and-clough-2132719.html| work=The Independent | title=Publish and be Damned: Giles fights back for Revie and Clough|date=13 November 2010|access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/exclusive-clough-portrayal-helped-drive-giles-s-libel-bid-1-3025001| work=Yorkshire Post| title=Exclusive: Clough portrayal helped drive Giles's libel bid| date=12 November 2010| access-date=27 January 2020| archive-date=27 January 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127170325/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/exclusive-clough-portrayal-helped-drive-giles-s-libel-bid-1-3025001| url-status=dead}}</ref> 
The Clough family expressed disappointment at the publication of the book.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nikkah|first=Royah|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4952562/Football-manager-Brian-Cloughs-family-to-boycott-film-about-his-life.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4952562/Football-manager-Brian-Cloughs-family-to-boycott-film-about-his-life.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The Damned United: Football manager Brian Clough's family to boycott film about his life|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=7 March 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It includes a scene with Clough in the Elland Road car park burning Revie's old desk, for which there is no factual source.<ref name =film/>

The book was later adapted into a film called ''[[The Damned United]]'', starring [[Michael Sheen]] and released in 2009. It too was successfully sued for defamation, this time by Dave Mackay, who in 2010 received an apology and an undisclosed sum from the producers. The Clough family declined to co-operate with the film, despite efforts by the film-makers to lighten the dark tone of the novel.<ref name = film>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/mar/07/2 |title=Damned: Clough family boycott film of legendary manager's life |first=Owen |last=Gibson |work=The Guardian |date=7 March 2009 |access-date=15 February 2013 |location=London}}</ref>