Green Jumper

The Green Jumper's 100th episode tells the story of how a young, rookie journalist managed to secure an interview with Brian Clough at the height of his European success. Alicia Rudzka was a trainee at the London College of Printing when she wrote to Cloughie at Nottingham Forest. What followed was a meeting that the young reporter would never forget. "I was mesmerised," recalls Alicia in her conversation with pod host Marcus Alton. "I couldn't believe I was sitting in the company of one of my all-time heroes. It remains the highlight of my life probably, as well as my career."This milestone episode also includes exclusive extracts from a live event of Clough nostalgia presented by Marcus.

"He was eccentric and a great man-manager. He knew the players inside out." There are some great Brian Clough stories in this conversation with former Nottingham Forest winger Franz Carr. He tells pod host Marcus Alton: "Your archive newspaper cuttings are fantastic - I've never seen some of them before!" Franz talks about the matchday instructions from Cloughie, the principles of life and football he learned from the Miracle Manager and even the nicknames he was given by Clough's captain, Stuart 'Psycho' Pearce. Franz was the flying winger whom Clough said he would run as a greyhound if he ever considered a change of career! Enjoy reliving those magical days in this entertaining and informative conversation. You can see some of the archive features, which are mentioned in the podcast, on the tribute website, brianclough.com.

"He knew when to put players in the team and when to take them out. He was a genius at that. He was a psychologist and a mentor."Brian Clough signed speedy winger Franz Carr when he was just 17. Carr became a key part of Clough's re-built Nottingham Forest sides that achieved huge success in the late 1980's and early 1990's. In this fascinating interview with Marcus Alton from brianclough.com, Carr recalls those magical times and enjoys reflecting on some archive newspaper reports he'd not seen before - including special praise from Cloughie himself. This is a trailer for the full forthcoming interview.

This Green Jumper episode looks back at an often overlooked part of Brian Clough's career. He had an incredible goalscoring record as a centre forward before becoming the Miracle Manager."He was my boyhood hero and I loved to watch him play at Middlesbrough," recalls Geoff Readman in this fascinating chat with pod host Marcus Alton. "As a young boy, I tried to copy everything he did - the way he kicked the ball and even the way he walked."Geoff also collected newspaper cuttings of his footballing hero and you can see some of those archive articles on the accompanying page on brianclough.com. Just visit the podcast page.

"I had some great times with Brian. He once paid me a wonderful compliment by saying if he could have chosen a brother, it would have been me."Colin Shields was a close friend of Brian Clough and in this fascinating chat with pod host Marcus Alton he describes life 'behind the scenes' with the charismatic Cloughie. Colin's book Champagne Memories, supporting good causes, is available at brianclough.com and contains many more great memories.