The Damned United

Michael Sheen as Brian Clough - The Damned United

This is an excellent film.   However, I spent much of the film trying to identify the faults with the  period dressing.   The one thing they did get right was the baseball ground.   It was a dump and that was well recreated in the film.   The stands were all wrong but you can forgive them that.   The pitch, if that is what you could ever call that mud bath, was spot on.  I have no idea why but I seem to remember that by October there was very little grass on the field.  I am sure this is not correct but it really was a disgrace.    There were other things, as usual the police men were all wrong, but this never really effected the film.   For me it was a trip down memory lane and much the better for it.

Colm Meaney as Don Revie - The Damned United

I know that much has been written about Michael Sheen' s portrayal of Brain Clough but this was nothing when compared to Colm Meaney's uncanny Don Revie.

I really liked the movie.  I know that they had to use BBC footage, it was part funded by the Beeb, but for me it would have been better if they had used footage from Star Soccer, the local football programme on ATV on Sunday afternoon.  Oh those were the days, listening to Hugh John's commentary, you can almost smell the High Karate