Former Leeds United soccer coach Brian Clough — played by Michael Sheen — is depicted as having a dark side as well as being a comic genius in the new film The Damned United.Says film director ...

Before the rise of British soccer hooliganism, there was Leeds United. During its sucessful reign in the late 1960s and early '70s, the players were as belligerent and snotty as ...

We call it soccer, but for the Brits, it's football, and it's damned serious business. From 1968 to 1974, Brian Clough (Michael Sheen), a manager/coach from the tiny town of Derby, and his assistant ...

The Damned United is based on an extraordinary 2006 book by British novelist David Peace, an account from inside Clough’s head of the 44 days in 1974 when he managed Leeds United, a bunch of ...

‘Mesmerising’ sports drama from The King’s Speech director is available for free This modern British classic tells the story of one of the most controversial managers in football history ...

The confrontational and darkly humorous story of Brian Clough's doomed 44 day tenure as manager of the reigning champions of English football Leeds United. Previously managed by his bitter rival Don ...

The Damned United (2009) This is not only a great football film, but a fantastic film full-stop. The movie tells the true story of Brian Clough’s 44-day stint as manager of Leeds United football ...

The Damned United, directed by Tom Hooper, chronicles Brian Clough’s tumultuous 44-day tenure as manager of Leeds United in 1974. The film explores Clough's abrasive methods, his rivalry with ...

Two things that the British know that most Americans don't: Michael Sheen is the best actor in the English-speaking world; and soccer is the only football that matters.

So with that in mind, here are the best six soccer books to digest in these depressing EPL-free months. The Damned United (David Peace) "The subject of really tiresome media hyperbole, this ...

Housing now fills the site with nothing left of a venue that, thanks to its by-then archaic state, doubled as Derby’s Baseball Ground in the 2009 The Damned United film about Brian Clough’s ...