The Brian Clough Story written by Nordic Chris The legend on the picture above was born in Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, on 21 March 1935 and came from a large family. He is now married to Barbara and they have three grown children together, Libby, Simon and Nigel, the famous number nine. The Player, Brian Clough Let's take a look at Brian's early days as a player. Brian left school and began to ...