08 Apr 2026 21:36:48
Ok Leeds player Interaction Poker - I will go first:
(i.e. Leeds players you have met)
Noel Whelan
Gary Kelly
Matt Kilgallon
Who has everyone else got?
1.) 08 Apr 2026
08 Apr 2026 22:56:14
Gordon Strachan
Gary Mac
But my favourite, Ian Baird.. Legend.
2.) 08 Apr 2026
08 Apr 2026 23:14:01
Ian Baird, a superb warrior, 120%er. Class.. Every game!
3.) 08 Apr 2026
08 Apr 2026 23:19:28
Paul Madeley
Peter Lorimer
John Charles.
4.) 09 Apr 2026
09 Apr 2026 07:14:01
I had a few lock ins at our local with Gary Kelly, Hartey, Lee Bowyer, Michael Duberry. Met Viduka a few times in The Windmill in Linton near Wetherby. Bakke, Ferdinand, Dacourt, Batts, Gary Mac, Strachan, Yeboah, Whitlow, Haddock, Ormsby, Dorigo, Wallace, Vince Hilaire, Tommy Wright, Mills, Shutt, The Terminator, Hendrie, others, who don't just roll off the top of the head.
I had dinner and several bottles with Eddie on a few occasions, and I saw him at matchdays regularly while I was coaching his grandkids. He stands head and shoulders above any sports person I've ever met. A lovely, humble but strong man, with a cracking family.
5.) 09 Apr 2026
09 Apr 2026 07:36:44
Ian Baird's diving header under Wilko vs Newcastle (The Sgt's 1st full season, I think?) was a thing of beauty. I still remember the YEP headline: "He flies through the air with the greatest of ease...".
6.) 09 Apr 2026
09 Apr 2026 08:40:30
Fortunate to meet a few legends including Peter Lorimer, Gordon McQueen, Gary Mac, and Eddie Gray almost daily.
7.) 09 Apr 2026
09 Apr 2026 08:48:32
Eddie Gray, Frank Gray, Paul Reaney, and others, but they are the ones I remember. In the days when you could watch them train at Elland Road. Now the car park is one of the many travesties of the modern game.
8.) 09 Apr 2026
09 Apr 2026 10:07:02
Wow, Bright. That's some roll call. Nice one. Only footballer I ever met face to face was Trevor Brookings and Gordon Banks at Watford Gap Service Station when I cleaned tables as a lad.
9.) 09 Apr 2026
09 Apr 2026 10:35:00
Too many to name, but here's a few. Billy, Eddie Gray, Peter Lorimer, Allan Clarke, Mick Jones, Paul Reaney, Big Jack, Norman, Roy Ellam, Rod Belfitt from the Revie era, then many more from later years.
10.) 09 Apr 2026
09 Apr 2026 13:36:52
Think Bright or maybe Feath are winning here!
11.) 09 Apr 2026
09 Apr 2026 17:36:22
Forgot my other fave: Ooh, Chris Kamara! Proper baller at 5 aside and sings like an angel!
12.) 09 Apr 2026
09 Apr 2026 19:40:30
Love Chris Kamara, a real stand up man, great baller in his day as Bright said.
Even with his Apraxia he still exudes positive happiness, or at least in public he does.
An example to us all who find trivial things to complain about every day.
13.) 09 Apr 2026
09 Apr 2026 19:58:14
Spot on that is, OP. He does have a "Bielsa-esque" air to him, and is quite openly an emotional fella. I'm pleased he hasn't done what most of us would possibly do, and retreat into hiding somewhat!
14.) 09 Apr 2026
09 Apr 2026 20:50:50
I missed a Revie legend, Terry Yorath. Also, Duncan McKenzie from that era. I was lucky enough, in 2004-5 and the season after, to be on the pre-season team photos due to my work being one of the Club sponsors. I spent a lot of time around Elland Road on work business.
15.) 10 Apr 2026
10 Apr 2026 02:31:28
My interactions were mostly beer related. Peter Lorimer used to be landlord of the Commercial Hotel on Sweet St, which was a regular meeting point for fans on match days. For midweek evening games, I'd go straight there from work, and have a few jars before walking on to ER. John Charles was landlord of the New Inn at Churwell, not far from my home in Morley, and I went there a few times just to meet the greatest footballer ever to play for LU.
When he retired from landlording, the job was passed to another ex LU player, Byron Stevenson, and John's son Mel was also for a time landlord of the Gascoigne Arms in Garforth.
Paul Madeley, of course, gave his name to a chain of DIY stores, although they were run by his two brothers - my only meeting with him involved a tin of Dulux paint - white of course.
16.) 11 Apr 2026
11 Apr 2026 12:23:34
New here so go easy on me! Slight cheat for me - I worked in the commercial dept in the early 2000's (selling hospitality, sponsorship, advertising etc) , so met a lot of the O'Leary squad. The highlight, though, was meeting and working with Paul Reaney. Not sure if still the case, but he had the company that 'supplied' the Legends for the hospitality areas on matchdays.
I was also lucky enough to be introduced to John Charles too.
Aside from working at ER, I lived 3 doors down from Cantona (when he was playing for us obviously!) - me and a few friends pestered him to play footy with us, which he did when he didn't have Leslie Ash over. ;)
17.) 11 Apr 2026
11 Apr 2026 21:03:38
Welcome aboard fella!