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[Football] Paul Madeley - RIP
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Indeed. A legend.
RIP......
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Something of a rarity perhaps, in that great Don Revie Leeds side of the 1970's, a player with a lot of skill.
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
Weststander
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Brilliant player.
Like so many of Revie’s Leeds players, a gifted and accomplished footballer.
RIP.
Like so many of Revie’s Leeds players, a gifted and accomplished footballer.
RIP.
studio150
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Proficient in any position over the whole pitch.
RIP
RIP
... and. unlike so many, was not a clogger.
I like the story of him turning up for contract talks with a signed sheet of paper asking the club to fill in the details. If that's true, it's so far removed from current negotiations that it's like a different sport
Well said.
Always seemed a real ‘gentleman’ as well.
Really steady for England.
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Especially as he was Leeds-born (Beeston) and played for one club.
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
another big name from my childhood that has passed away
I most remember him playing full back,with Reaney on the other flank
I most remember him playing full back,with Reaney on the other flank
glasfryn
cleaning up cat sick
Rip Paul member of greattea.
Pavilionaire
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The word legend is used loosely these days but this guy is a proper legend. He played every outfield position for Leeds and wore every shirt from 2-11, he was - arguably - the best utility player England has ever produced.
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Totally agree with the sentiments expressed here: he was a class act.
Arthritic Toe
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Sad news. I have a photograph of me as a kid with him on the Leeds training ground. Seemed like a gent.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
As my ex was a Leeds fan, I saw him play quite a few times. He also had his own DIY stores in Leeds.
73 is comparatively young nowadays.
He played everywhere till Terry Cooper got injured and mobed on. I think that Cherry then came in and PM went back to playing everywhere to cover for whoever was injured.
Hunter, Giles and Bremner were the brutes of the team, yet Giles was also a gifted ball player. Most of the rest (Lorrimer, Grey, Clarke, Jones and later Jordan) were all gifted. Yorath, Madely and Bates were largely 'reserves' yet the first two are legends. Greenhoff went to Man U, and later on Ellam and Cherry came in from Huddersfield, and McQueen from scotishland. The saddest of the all was Albert Johannsen, who hit the sauce after retirement in the late 60s and didn't respond much to help offered by former team mates. Reanney and Charlton, plus the two keepers, Sprake and Harvey, and that's pretty much the lot : extraordinary side with no more than about 15 players being the regulars over a 10 year period. That's from memory so apols for the typos and any omissions. RIP Mr Madeley.
nb Leeds were dirty but never cloggers. Controlled possession football on the floor - 20 years ahead of their time for an English club side.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Even Bite yer Legs Hunter played good football. He just put in very robust tackles.
Yes.
They were overshadowed by their peculiar manager and the allegtions of attempted match fixing - not greatly alleviated by the fact it was (mad) Derek Dougan who came to their rescue.
I read Shoot magazine in 1970 and Alan Ball had a column - he slagged off the Leeds at every opportunity. The sawn of squeeky-voiced twerp. Ball demonstrated his own superior football insight during his ill-fated managerial 'career'
Would have benefitted from teamin up with this bloke, perhaps:
I prsonally think that Leeds team, 66 to 76, should be revered not reviled. The dreadful hair styles notwithstanding
Oh, and someone tell me this was not England's first 'black' player of the modern era:
