{"id":566586,"date":"2026-07-24T21:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/566586\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:24:20","slug":"middlesbroughs-brian-clough-statue-returns-to-albert-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/566586\/","title":{"rendered":"Middlesbrough&#8217;s Brian Clough statue returns to Albert Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A statue of footballing legend Brian Clough, which had to be cut above the ankles to be moved for repairs, has returned to &#8220;its rightful home&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 7ft (2.1m) bronze sculpture of the player and manager was installed in Middlesbrough&#8217;s Albert Park in 2007, but was removed in May due to a crack in its standing leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council said contractors had tried to move the statue along with its base but were unable to do so, so they sliced the statue above the ankles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Repair and restoration work saw the feet reattached to the rest of the figure and a new flower bed placed around the base to &#8220;gently deter visitors from climbing on or putting weight on the structure&#8221;, the council said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Clough sculpture was also set in a new foundation block to strengthen it, the Labour-led authority said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A statue of footballing legend Brian Clough, which had to be cut above the ankles to be moved&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-566586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}