Evening Post from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England • 146

Iseague Cup Special VII Magical managers A WINNING COMBINATION So alike and so admired triumph over Manchester United three years ago and that he has had the cheek and confidence to rebuild his team almost completely since But his deeds before that show the fighting qualities of the man Within a year of being FROM OPPOSITES attract according to theory but similarities will be even more magnetic down Wembley Way to the League Cup Final on Saturday Both Nottingham Forest and Southampton will establish a record if they win Moth are dubs from the backwoods of the traditional world of football success Bath have star signing unable to play because Cup-tied Charlie George at Southampton and Trevor Francis at Forest Both are driven by irrepressible North Easterner-! who should be managing England instead of their clubs according to the hordes who idolise th-m Zfoti are as outspoken as they are admired So powerful are the personalties of Brian Clough and 1 -j -McMenemy that the trim it battle-hardened warrior of them all Alan Ball says: be' more worried if Clough was playing for Forest rather than managing And while McMenemy war- never more than a part-time pro in the non-Leagues bin influence on the game will be just as strong as Clough's Neither manager will find it difficult to mobilise his troops on Saturday Forest know victory will make them the first club ever to win the Cup two years running Southampton know victory will make them the first club ever to beat five First Division clubs in the competition in a season Even so neither Clough nor McMenemy will exactly freewheel their players to Wembley Driving and hard-driving at that is in their nature Born in the North-East both had to overcome horrifying setbacks: Clough had his playing career crippled at its height Mi Mem my' first ma ger 1 earned him the DSM Don- canter Sacked Me" And lioth have taken the route to the First Division and glory from the depths of Division Four Bluebird 1 8 litre SSS Coupe Violet 1 41 6 litre Logic suggests not Forest not only full of talent they have the experience to with the pre-sum of the They proved that six days when things refused to go i until the last few mir against European Cup Grasshoppers And Clough and his imni triumphs are legend around here Mi enemy's though not so spectacular are considerable Everyone knows he inspired Southampton then in the Second Division to an FA Cup final rably able assistant Taylor will make sure experience counts on Saturd-: But Bally" and McMe young brave will maki fight all the way for their entry in the record books 240K GT OD BOROUGH ROAD A fPCRLEY Brian Clough outwardly impassive with his victorious captain Kenny Burns after last season's 1-0 triumph in the League Cup final replay at Old Trafford HKsrrt MgtKrrt.