Signing ‘a hooligan’ and a Shankly team talk: how Clough set up Forest for title The start of Nottingham Forest’s extraordinary journey from supposed relegation fodder to 1978 champions is told in this edited extract from I Believe in Miracles please log in to view this image Brian Clough told a visiting Bill Shankly to address his Nottingham Forest team after a victory at Everton on the opening day of the 1977-78 season. In May 1977 the team found out they had won promotion in mid-air when Brian Clough and Peter Taylor took them on an end-of-season trip to Majorca http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/11/nottingham-forest-brian-clough-i-believe-in-miracles
