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MICHAEL Sheen is back in cinemas from Friday in The Damned United, a fictionalised version of Brian Clough's 44-day reign at Leeds.

The Port Talbot-born star has previously played Kenneth Williams, Tony Blair and David Frost with great success, now he's Cloughie to a T.

But who does Michael support himself?

The answer, when I met him last week, turned out to be a curious one...

Brought up in Liverpool from the age of five to eight, Michael says he became a fan of the Keegan-Toshack era, the very team Clough faces when leading out Leeds United at Wembley for his first match in charge after succeeding title-winning Don Revie - the 1974 Charity Shield final.

But when his family moved back to Wales, Michael says his rugby-loving father didn't say he could keep his allegiance from afar.

"When Toshack became Swansea manager, I followed them," says Michael.

"Then it became Chelsea when my favourite player Glenn Hoddle became player-manager.

"Now, becuase of Brian and Nigel Clough, I'm a Derby fan!

"When I was growing up, I remember Leeds were the big time at the time, but how much I liked them depended on who I knew who liked them and what I thought of them.

"And how I was doing with my Panini stickers. I'd like them more if I had more stickers, and not as much if I had less."

Don't miss this Friday's Birmingham Mail for my full interview with Michael Sheen, director Tom Hooper and twice Oscar-nominated screenwriter Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon). We'll also be giving the final score for The Damned United...