Overachieving and eccentric football manager brian clough was on his way to take over at the country's most successful, and most reviled football club: leeds united, home to a generation of fiercely competitive but agein...Overachieving and eccentric football manager brian clough was on his way to take over at the country's most successful, and most reviled football club: leeds united, home to a generation of fiercely competitive but ageing players. The battle he'd face there would make or break the club - or him.