FOOTBALL hero Brian Clough's life has inspired two educational projects in his home town of Middlesbrough.
A bronze statue of Clough was recently unveiled in Middlesbrough's Albert Park.
The man, who was known as Old Big 'Ed and died from stomach cancer in September 2004, scored 267 goals while playing for Middlesbrough and Sunderland, before guiding Nottingham Forest to two European Cup wins.
Youngsters from Marton Grove Primary School, are putting the photographs they took and information gleaned at the unveiling ceremony into a 12-page Brian Clough Special newspaper.
Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the newspaper will be distributed to schools, libraries, community centres, other community buildings and to homes in the Grove Hill area.
Pupils from five Middlesbrough schools spent their half-term holiday working with artists Derek Mosey and Helen Gaunt to create their own works of art in the legend's honour.
The results are two life-size figures, four mosaics and five banners.
The finished artwork will be exhibited in Middlesbrough's Dorman Museum in the autumn.
The schools involved in the project were Marton Grove Primary School, which Clough attended, St Joseph's RC, Beechwood, Ayresome and Archibald primary schools.
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