Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
I make it that Brian Clough scored five times in eight appearances against City. We played Middlesbrough six times in the league in Division 2 between 1957 and 1960 and, although he played in all of them, he only scored in one match - he got both goals down here in a 2-0 win for Boro in 57/58, but it was another centre forward who would go on to play for England, Alan Peacock, who caused all the problems with a hat trick when we were beaten 4-1 in the reverse fixture. We next came up against Clough in our first ever League Cup tie in 60/61 when he scored twice at Ayresome Park, but couldn't prevent us winning 4-3 and the final time we faced him was after his move to Sunderland when he scored one of the goals in a 2-1 defeat at Roker Park in 62/63.