BRIAN STORIES

Brian McDermott celebrates Cup shock by being named Reading manager until end of the season

Brian McDermott is to be named Reading manager until the end of the season as reward for guiding the club to their shock 2-1 FA Cup win at Liverpool.

Sticking the boot into Rafa Benitez: Anfield isn't a fortress anymore, says Liverpool's FA Cup bogeyman Brian Howard

Brian Howard believes the current Liverpool side is a shadow of its former self and claims visiting Anfield no longer fills teams with dread after Reading's shock FA Cup win over Rafa Benitez's men.

Hillsborough: Brian Reade on the day that changed football forever

The morning could not have been more perfect. A cobalt blue sky, blood orange sun and a warm air filled with birdsong and blossom. Spring's optimism flooded Liverpudlian hearts.

QUIZ ANSWERS: 1 Stoke, 2 Notts County, 3 Prize question, 4 Brian Clough, 5 Honduras, 6 Prize question, 7 Germany, 8 Porto and Monaco, 9 Prize question, 10 St Helens, 11 Stranraer, 12 Swansea City, 13 Peter Ebdon, 14 Fabio Capello & John Toshack at Real Madrid, 15 Prize question, 16 Rahul Dravid 17 Wycombe Wanderers, 18 Preston, 19 Maidstone, 20 Gary Davies.

Hillsborough was a slow motion day of horror - Brian Laws

Luke Traynor and Rachel Cooper hear one player’s recollection of the day’s events

Brian Clough DID see the light over Hillsborough - but it took him 12 years

THE eagerly-awaited film The Damned United is released this Friday and, as a result, the late Brian Clough is back in the popular consciousness.