0% Villa. The Damned United.

[Pete3206]

The documentary was excellent.

[Greg N'Ash]

read a few of david peaces books where he takes a story that actually happened and inserts a story into the thread which is totally fictional! I am not sure yet after 5 books whether this is real clever or a bit of a cop out. Watch the film but do not treat it as gospel, i cannot imagine cloughie getting on his knees to anyone!

Nor were Leeds ever quite as dirty as is portrayed though they could dish it out on occasions. They also played some superb football, which is never remembered and particularly since The Damned United surfaced. On their day, Giles, Eddie Gray, Lorimer, Jones, Madeley and Clarke were sublime...

oh come on. half of them would play about 5 games a season between suspensions now. All teams of that era had their hard men, but leeds were full of them

[Karlos96]

read a few of david peaces books where he takes a story that actually happened and inserts a story into the thread which is totally fictional! I am not sure yet after 5 books whether this is real clever or a bit of a cop out. Watch the film but do not treat it as gospel, i cannot imagine cloughie getting on his knees to anyone!

Nor were Leeds ever quite as dirty as is portrayed though they could dish it out on occasions. They also played some superb football, which is never remembered and particularly since The Damned United surfaced. On their day, Giles, Eddie Gray, Lorimer, Jones, Madeley and Clarke were sublime...

oh come on. half of them would play about 5 games a season between suspensions now. All teams of that era had their hard men, but leeds were full of them

They could dish it out but as Richard said they did play some superb football.

[cdbearsfan]

It's easy to play good football when you've crocked the opposition's three best players and intimidated the other eight. Fuck Leeds. Scum then, scum now.

[cdbearsfan]

Except for Simon Grayson, obviously...

[bobcat]

Dirrrrty Leeds!

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Nor were Leeds ever quite as dirty as is portrayed though they could dish it out on occasions.

Dish it out on occasions ? Probably about 42 occasions per season in the league.
Dirty Leeds !
Dirty Leeds and Lucky Arsenal !

[TimTheVillain]

Excellent acting by Martin Sheen.

Not sure about Timothy Spall as Peter Tayor but a great film, Revie was a clever arsehole of a man, less emotional than Cloughie but far more sinsister.

Cloughie was in love with the beautiful game, that came through loud and clear.

Nice to see MON and John Roberston - appeared like together they want to emulate 'Clough and Taylor' .

'Take your hands out of your pockets young man' !

[lordmcgrath5]

Nor were Leeds ever quite as dirty as is portrayed though they could dish it out on occasions. They also played some superb football, which is never remembered and particularly since The Damned United surfaced. On their day, Giles, Eddie Gray, Lorimer, Jones, Madeley and Clarke were sublime...

Hear hear! Too often brushed under the carpet by the legions of Leeds haters.

[richard moore]

Nor were Leeds ever quite as dirty as is portrayed though they could dish it out on occasions. They also played some superb football, which is never remembered and particularly since The Damned United surfaced. On their day, Giles, Eddie Gray, Lorimer, Jones, Madeley and Clarke were sublime...

Hear hear! Too often brushed under the carpet by the legions of Leeds haters.

Exactly. My point is not to deny they weren't dirty on plenty of occasions but that this is all they are now remembered for, particularly since the Damned United. I lived up in Leeds through the early 70s and used to go a lot to Elland Road, as I was too young to travel down to the Villa and so had to follow them at a distance. I saw some of the best, free flowing football I have ever seen there. People very easily forget games like the European Cup Final at the Parc Des Princes where Leeds played Bayern off the park, only to be denied by one of the most incompetent refs ever to referee a major final.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

One of the worst inaccuracies was the tv appearance of Clough with Revie towards the end of the film.
It made believe that Revie ripped Cloughie a new arsehole.
Quite the opposite in reality.

[Deano's Mullet]

It also glossed over the time Clough spent at Brighton. The movie gives the impression that he got the job, went straight on holiday and then was tapped up by Leeds.

[UK Redsox]

It is a really enjoyable film to be fair.... not sure over how accurate it actually is but Sheen is excellent as Clough.

I watched this on my iPod on the way back from the States. Sheen is superb.

Did anyone see him in "30 Rock" recently ? He was great in that as well

[john e]

the Don Revie in the film looked more like Don Revie than Don Revie,
spooky

[Concrete John]

the Don Revie in the film looked more like Don Revie than Don Revie,
spooky

That was Colm Meany.  Truely amazing how much he looked like him as when you see him normally he looks nothing like Don Revie.