At the end of the 1970s, there were two teams dominating English football: Bob Paisley’s much-lauded Liverpool and an up-and-coming Nottingham Forest under the guidance of the inimitable Brian Clough.
Nottingham Forest and Liverpool revive rivalry forged in late 1970s | Will Unwin Classes of 2025 meet on Tuesday, echoing trophy-dictating matches between sides coached by Clough and Paisley.
Now the pair are rivals for trophies again; Liverpool travel to the City Ground on Tuesday at the top of the pile and, much to almost everyone’s surprise, Forest are only two places below and dreaming of reliving the glory days.
In the final two seasons of the decade, they were the top two in the old First Division, winning a title each.
Liverpool were head and shoulders above everyone in the country until a certain Mr Clough and his unlikely lads came along.
