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Leeds United superfan author Gary Edwards says he owes the Whites a debt because of legendary former boss Don Revie. Lee Sobot "It was because of him that we are all going today basically," says the well respected writer and lifelong Leeds fan. "There's no two ways about it." It's also because of Revie that the popular author has now produced his latest book, the 'Summer of 63', something Edwards is counting his lucky stars he was around for as his own extraordinary Whites love affair was about to first begin. For Edwards, the 1966-67 season presented a first taste of cheering on the Whites from the terraces as a ten-year-old boy. By the time the 1967-1968 campaign came around he was going every week and amazingly that's been the case for absolutely every game since. "I was lucky enough to be born into that era," recalls the author, reflecting on a period in which the Whites secured two league titles, two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups...