Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has recalled the first time he met managerial legend Brian Clough.

Bruce enjoyed great battles with Cloughie's Nottingham Forest with both Norwich City and Manchester United.

He recalled to the Daily Mail: "I'd never met him when he whacked me on the calf as I was having a pee at the PFA awards.

"He said 'that's what you've been doing to my son, young man, so have one on me'."

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