- Movie Goof (anachronisms): Brian Clough had a talk with the team in the tunnel facing the pitch. This was filmed on location at the real Elland Road stadium in Leeds. Visible was the East Stand with its two tiers and the North Stand- behind the goal - both sections were all seated. When Clough was at Leeds United the North Stand would have been completely terracing (ie standing space) and the East Stand would have had standing space at the bottom and seating at the top. It was obvious that the stadium was not a 1970s stadium
- Movie Goof (anachronisms): In the car scene where Brian Clough is going to try and sign Dave McKay, Pete (Timothy Spall) is seen eating a salt and vinegar packet of crusader crisps. Crusader crisps are a Netto own brand product, and Netto first opened in 1981, a few years after the film was set.
- Movie Goof (factual errors): Dave Mackay is named on the team sheet for the fictional game against Leeds prior to the Juventus game in 1973 and is the only Derby player not to support Clough's reinstatement as manager. In reality Mackay had left Derby County in 1971. Alan Hinton is also named as in the team for the Leeds game, but he was injured at the time.
- Movie Goof (factual errors): When Billy Bremner was punished after his sending off in the Charity Shield he was represented by Maurice Lindley, not Brian Clough. Kevin Keegan who was also at the hearing said that Bremner, who is shown as belligerently unrepentant in the film apologized to him and was close to tears after the sending off
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