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It is just gone 6pm in the away dressing room at Anfield. Brian Clough is about to spring a major surprise not only on Liverpool but also on his own Nottingham Forest squad.
In the process, he will kick-start the career of a wiry young Irishman, just turned 19, who will go on to become one of the most heralded players of his generation, then a straight-talking coach, manager and, more recently, an even more vocal pundit.
On that Tuesday evening August 28, 1990 few people had heard the name of Roy Maurice Keane. But that would soon change.
“The gaffer would regularly get one of the young lads to put a tracksuit on and come on the team bus with us. It was a way to give them a taste of things,” Forest’s right-back Brian Laws that night tells
Independents refuse to guarantee support for Tory-led Plymouth City Council
The Conservative group is the biggest with 26 seats, but needs 29 votes for an overall majority
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The Conservative group’s chances of gaining enough guaranteed support for a working majority on Plymouth City Council look to be on a knife-edge.
That means the group has to rely on support from at least three of the seven Independents.
Five of them are former members of the Conservative group who left in October 2020 due to differences with the leadership, but remained members of the Conservative Party.
New Conservative era in Plymouth is looking likely after Local Election vote
The Conservative group is hoping to create a working majority on the city council to carry out its election pledges
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Conservative leader Nick Kelly is hoping former group members will commit to delivering the party’s policies after the local elections in Plymouth.
But the Tories will need to count on at least 29 votes to have a working majority.
The Conservative leader and his deputy Patrick Nicholson met the council’s chief executive Tracey Lee on Monday to explore options for running the council.
The Independents who hold the balance of power in Plymouth
The Tories need support from at least three to take control of the city council
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The Conservative group will need support from at least three breakaway councillors to take firm control of Plymouth City Council.