John McGovern

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John McGovern is a Scottish former association football midfielder and manager. McGovern is most famous for captaining the Nottingham Forest side that won the European Cup twice under the management of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor. At the age of 19 he became the youngest player to play in all four divisions of the Football League. During his playing career he won promotion with Hartlepools United, Derby County and Nottingham Forest. He won titles as English League champions with both Derby and Forest. At Forest he also won two League Cups among other trophies. McGovern won two Scottish under-23 caps, and played over 650 senior first team games during his career. He forged a long-lasting relationship with Clough and Taylor at Hartlepools, Derby, Leeds (Clough only) and Forest.