'I got a few kisses and a few rollickings from Brian Clough: I travelled on the bus with Nottingham Forest, but once he marched me out of the dressing room' Clive Tyldesley on working with English football's most famous managers

"I came out of university in the late 17th century 1975, and talked my way into a runner's job at a radio station that was opening in Nottingham, just to make the tea and feel part of the industry. I had a late night rock show for a while, but I wanted to work in football. As fate would have it, Nottingham Forest were a mid-table Second Division team who'd recently taken on Brian Clough, little knowing that within five years they'd be successfully defending the European Cup."

"It was an era when a local reporter was much closer to the club - I used to travel on the Nottingham Forest team bus to away games, I socialised with the players. The same was true when I got my second job in Liverpool - probably with the best team in the world, but I'd still be out having lagers after the match with these guys, and travelling on the team coach with the mighty Liverpool."

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