Super Leeds: The Second Title - A new book.
I've just had my seventh book published about the club which you can get via Amazon.
1972
was the year when it all came together for Don Revie and Leeds United, when the
legend of Super Leeds was born and for a while blotted out the memory of Dirty
Leeds.
During
the spring, Revie's Leeds played some truly remarkable football. It was fitting
that they should commemorate the period by winning the FA Cup for the only time
in the club's history. It was just as fitting that Leeds chose the Centenary
Cup final to finally lift the trophy.
It
would have been even better if they could have got the draw they needed a
couple of days later to have added the league title. But wasn't that just like
Revie's Leeds, not being able to celebrate their Cup win as they sought in vain
for the next peak.
Sunderland
nearly did for Revie a year later, but he returned to lead United to their
second league title and more plaudits.
Revie
left for the England job in 1974 and Leeds would never be the same again,
though they almost won the European Cup under Jimmy Armfield.
Eight
years after Revie left Elland Road, the money had gone, Leeds were in the
Second Divsion and Revie was consigned to history as the man who betrayed
English football.
That
was the popular version of events but for those who love Leeds there is another
version, the tale of a man and a club that were cheated of glory again and
again and again, the story of the Fall of the Revie Empire and a legacy
squandered. But there were also good times, very, very good times and nothing
can destroy those memories.
Super
Leeds: The Second Title
is Dave Tomlinson's seventh book about Leeds United.
Contact me if you want a signed and dedicated copy