Alan Thompson ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Alan Thompson looked like everything when Leeds United were desperately trying to avoid relegation to League One in 2007. What he looked like, in essence, was a new Gordon Strachan.
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Up at the end of the eighties: three trips to Roker Park
Howard Wilkinson was never afraid that his way might be wrong — you could only do what you believed in and take your result. But if the result was that he was right, well, he absolutely loved that.
Alan Tate ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Outside Swansea, I doubt Alan Tate ever made anyone happier than he made Neil Warnock when he joined Leeds United.
Liam Cooper ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Fate might not always give our captains everything they deserve, but the good ones aren't playing for fate. They're playing for us.
Alan Smith ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Alan Smith did play for twenty seasons, but only six were for his hometown club, and like so much of the Ridsdale and O'Leary years, he left more questions than answers about what might have been made of everything Leeds, and Smith, had going for them.
Sol Bamba ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Sol Bamba, on his way out, was taking more responsibility for the club he was leaving than any of the people who actually held responsibility for it.
Alan Sheehan ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Marauding forward from left-back in the no.11 shirt, firing spectacular shots from long range, it always felt like the next game would be his game.
Alan Maybury ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Eddie Gray thought he could be the best right-back Leeds United ever had, but Leeds and Alan Maybury couldn't make a chance for each other.
Aidy White ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Aidy White was a cut above while still only sixteen years old, with speed to look like he had the world at his feet and velocity that would make it his.
Cry-laughing through history with Leeds United AFC
Leeds United have a lot of things to put right at the top level. Not just so that the club can have a successful future, but so it can make peace with its past.