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EXCLUSIVE: 'I have been at Tottenham for 40 years and it's been a while since I've felt a buzz like this!': Club legend Gary Mabbutt on Antonio Conte's revival, Gazza's agony, Brian Clough in a towel and calling more than 6,500 Spurs fans since Covid

One assumes current Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper will be fully clothed when he meets Antonio Conte ahead of Tottenham's match at the City Ground today, but it wasn't always the case for his most famous predecessor.

'Brian Clough used to keep us waiting when the team sheets were handed in at the City Ground,' says long-time Spurs captain Gary Mabbutt.

'Captains and managers were meant to be in the referee's room for quarter-past-two. I'd be chatting away to Pearcey [Stuart Pearce] and Terry Venables, and Cloughie would rush in at the last minute, just a towel wrapped around his waist because he'd finished a sauna.