Championship

CLOUGH CANNOT CATCH A BREAK

by
The LeaguePaper Team
8 April 2018

By John Wragg

COOL HAND: Lukas Jutkiewicz celebrates after scoring the equaliser, inset-
PICTURES: PSI/John Potts

NOTHING went right in the end for relegationthreatened Burton boss Nigel Clough.
He had his assistant Andy Garner sent off ten minutes from time as the Brewers desperately tried to hang on for a shock win. But Clough missed the incident having nipped off to the toilet in a break in play.
“At my age you can’t hold out as long as you used to,” said the 52-yearold.
“I wanted a wee. The dressing rooms are so far away I went into the stand, there&rsqu...

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