KILBURNFLYER

Sandwiched between Wishbone Ash and Metallica I went to see "The Damned United" the biopic about Brian Clough's stupidly short reign as Leeds United manager in 1974. It felt like a bit of a guilty secret with about 200 people in the audience and from what I could tell only 2 were women. A really enjoyable film superbly well acted and it broight back so many memories of that era. The dreadful pitches, the crunching tackles and just what a bloody dirty team Leeds were in those days. I grew up calling them dirty Leeds - still do - but they were the superstars of their age but sadly underachieved with a team including the likes of Harvery, Cherry, Madeley, Bremner, McQueen, Clarke, Jones, Lorimer, Hunter, Giles they should have won more than they did. Strange I was never a Leeds fan but I just rattled those names off in the cafe with a mate before we even went in - shows just how famous they were.

Michael Sheen has rightly taken a lot of plaudits for his portrayal of Brian Clough but Colm Meaney as Don Revie, Timothy Spall as Peter Taylor and Jim Broadbent as the chairman of Derby were extremely good. A really enjoyable couple of hours - I really hope they continue the story - taking Forest to two European Cups, his never resolved bust up with Taylor and his gradual descent into alcoholism. A great story still to be told.