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Your support makes all the difference.When Nottingham Forest signed Larry Lloyd from Coventry in 1976, the former Liverpool and England centre-half appeared to have left his best days behind him. He was also regarded as arrogant and opinionated and he and Brian Clough soon disliked each other intensely. But mutual respect enabled their relationship to flourish and Lloyd went on to become the bedrock of Forest's double European Cup-winning side.
In fact, Lloyd developed a deep commitment to Forest, becoming a shareholder and failing only by eight votes to gain election to the board at his last serious attempt. Nowadays, aged 47, he still lives "only five minutes from the ground" and co-hosts coverage of their matches on local commercial radio. "My style is always to be honest, to say what I believe," he said.
After retiring as a player, Lloyd managed Wigan Athletic and Notts County without conspicuous success, then became a publican, keeping the Stage Door pub in Nottingham and, more recently, the Trent Hotel at Radcliffe. "With hindsight, I wish I had stayed in football on the coaching side because I quite miss it," he said.
Having left the pub trade he is now developing a PR company, organising sports forums and corporate golf days. He is an eight-handicapper himself. Divorced, he has a 25-year-old daughter, Yolanda, a son, Damian, 23, and became a grandfather shortly before Christmas.
Jon Culley
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