Nottingham Post published Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: Reds get the better of...

Dumped out of the FA Cup by Liverpool, Nottingham Forest were scrambling to prepare for their Super Cup first leg match against Barcelona at the City Ground in January 1980. Brian Clough's aim was to beat the Spanish giants "so comprehensively that they have to invite me to manage them." The Post wrote: "Barcelona asked Clough to become their manager ten years ago – but many supporters may view his latest comments as a reflex action to Forest's Cup defeat". But...