
The Damned United
One - nil
Coming in, number two
This is what's wrong with the play.
Bye-bye, Hunter.
Bremner
So it's sheer bedlam.
Oh, dear.
And now what?
More trouble off the ball.
This match has been riddled
with free kicks...
... from the start.
Leeds have got
what they deserved.
They've taken the F.A Cup
for the first time.
Domarski coming up square,
number 10.
And it's there. And England
are out of the World Cup.
The end of an era, Sir Alf Ramsey.
What sort of manager
is the F.A now looking for?
I presume a new-- A young--
With perhaps new ideas
and a track-suited manager.
Thank you.
I'm just gonna make
a brief statement.
Yesterday afternoon at 3:00...
...I accepted
the F.A's offer to become...
...the next manager
of the England national football team.
Now, obviously, this involves me
leaving Leeds United...
...after 13 happy
and successful years...
...which makes me very sad.
I'd like to think
I built the club into a family.
Now, there must be sadness
However...
...when one man leaves,
another steps into his place.
I know who I think
...the man to replace me.
And I have made my feelings clear
to the board of directors.
Thank you. No further comments.
-Someone from the team?
-Billy Bremner?
Is it someone
from Leeds' team, Mr. Revie?
-Give us a name, Mr. Revie.
-Giles?
-Is it Johnny Giles?
-Is it Johnny Giles?
Can you give us a name, Mr. Revie?
Can you give us a name?
-When are we there?
-Any moment now. On the right.
-There it is!
-It's there, Dad!
Where are you going?
-Brian!
-Brian!
Stop!
-Dad?
-You missed it.
There's something else to do first.
It won't take long.
We welcome Brian Clough who starts
his job as manager of Leeds United...
...taking over from Don Revie...
...the most successful manager
in club history...
-...under whom Leeds won everything.
-Not quite everything.
Not won the European Cup.
But pretty much everything else.
-Daunted?
-Daunted? Not at all, Austin.
Looking forward to it.
The biggest challenge of your life...
...and you'll be without Peter Taylor
for the first time...
-...a lifelong professional colleague.
-Yes, Pete's at Brighton now.
He had the opportunity
to come with me.
But Brighton was his choice,
Leeds was mine.
A surprising choice,
some might say...
...because you've been very vocal...
...in your criticism of them
over the years.
I have.
You've accused the players
of dirty tactics...
...cheating, dissent, foul play.
Norman "Bites Yer Legs" Hunter.
Peter Lorimer falls
when no one touches him.
-And I was right.
-But I'm curious.
Why do you now show such alacrity
to joining them...
...after such vituperative criticism
of them for so long?
Goodness. It will take me half an hour
to explain all those words for a start.
Football is a beautiful game, Austin.
It needs to be played beautifully.
I think Leeds
have sold themselves short.
They've been champions,
but they've not been good champions.
In the sense of wearing the crown well.
They've not been loved.
But then, you know,
that's hardly surprising given...
...the type of operation
that's been in place there.
"That type of operation"? I presume
you're referring to Don Revie...
... who has long been regarded
Now you're coming in
as the outsider...
... the enemy, even, after all the things
you've said in public.
Coming in and taking over
as a stepfather.
Wouldn't you expect some degree
of resentment to this?
I would accept...
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