Never in the history of the game has a piece of pink bubble gum had such a major impact on a European Cup final. Larry Lloyd was about to ignore Brian Clough’s strict instructions and try to put the frighteners on England superstar Kevin Keegan.
Nottingham Forest’s man-mountain centre half reckons his timing couldn’t have been better as he had a word in the tunnel before Forest’s 1980 final against Hamburg in Madrid.
Keegan was THE poster boy of English football - European Footballer of the Year in 1978 and 79 and expected to sign off at the German club to join Southampton by delivering the European Cup.
Clough had specifically told his men to ignore Keegan, saying: “Don’t have anything to do with him. He’s not your mate and if you ignore
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