Old Big 'ead dies

One of the most entertaining figures in English football, Brian Clough, has died. Clough was notoriously outspoken, so to mark his passing, some his memorable utterances:

"If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right."

"If God wanted us to play football in the air, then he would have built a pitch in the clouds."

"Manchester United in Brazil? I hope they all get bloody diarrhoea." (on ManU opting-out of the FA Cup to play in the World Club Championship).

"I can't even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball - he might grab mine."

"I like my women to be feminine, not sliding into tackles and covered in mud." (on women playing football)

"That Seaman is a handsome young man but he spends too much time looking in his mirror, rather than at the ball. You can't keep goal with hair like that."