We Are the Damned United
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McQueen, a central defender who was only 22 when Clough arrived at Elland Road, was harshly sent off against Barcelona in the European Cup semi-final of 1974, and he would miss the subsequent defeat to Bayern Munich due to suspension. He would go on to sign for Manchester United for £495,000, winning one FA Cup, and was awarded 30 caps for Scotland. Now 56, he is a European scout at Middlesbrough.
TERRY COOPER
Leeds’ left-back, now 64, had a career in management at the two Bristol clubs, Birmingham and Exeter. He is presently a scout at Southampton Football Club.
TREVOR CHERRY
Although he missed half of the season in 1975 due to injury, Cherry recovered in time to help Leeds in their European Cup campaign as it progressed towards the semi-finals against Barcelona. Cherry marked Dutch legend Johan Cruyff out of each leg as Leeds reached the final, but after he missed subsequent league matches through suspension, manager Jimmy Armfield did not recall him for the final.
In 1976, Cherry succeeded Billy Bremner as captain of Leeds and won his first England cap. He continued to play for Leeds until 1982, the year in which the club was relegated under the management of his former teammate Allan Clarke. Now 61, the ex-England captain runs a promotions and hospitality company in his home town of Huddersfield, as well as a waste-paper company and a five-a-side football centre. He tried to buy Leeds in 2004.
PETER LORIMER
The European Cup final defeat to Bayern Munich was the turning point for the great Revie team and for Peter Lorimer too as one by one the major players left the club. Lorimer, who also made his 21st and final Scotland appearance in 1975, was still not 30 and continued to play as an experienced head amidst a new generation of Leeds United players. Mediocrity summed up the rest of the 1970s for Leeds United and Lorimer left in 1979, no longer a regular player, to try his luck in the North American Soccer League.
The 62 year old writes a column in the club’s programme and is a summariser for Yorkshire Radio. A fans’ representative on Leeds’ board, he also runs the Commercial Inn pub in the city.
PAUL MADELEY
Leeds’ Mr Utility spent his entire 17-year career at Elland Road. He later ran a sports shop and entered his family’s DIY business. Now 64, he has suffered from ill health and in 2004 was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
JOE JORDAN
Having fought his way into the squad, and after playing in the European Cup final, Jordan would ultimately follow many of the great players of that era and leave for pastures new, signing for Manchester United in 1978 for £350,000. At Old Trafford, he would make 135 league appearances and play in the 1979 FA Cup final. In 1981, he made the dream move to AC Milan.
With more than fifty caps for his country, including two World Cup finals, Jordan has been inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame. Now 57, he was caretaker manager at Portsmouth but followed Harry Redknapp to Tottenham, where he is assistant manager.
JOHNNY GILES
Giles was outstanding in Leeds’ European campaign of 1974 but was no longer an automatic fixture in the side. After appearing in the 1975 final in Paris, Giles accepted an offer in June 1975 from West Bromwich Albion to become their player-manager, while still playing for and managing the Irish national team. This legend of the Revie era left Leeds after 12 years, 521 appearances and 114 goals.
At 68, he continues to work in journalism and is a leading football analyst on Irish radio station NewsTalk 106. In 2007, Giles successfully took legal action against the author and publishers of The Damned United over the portrayal of his actions at the time of Brian Clough’s tenure.
DUNCAN McKENZIE
One of Clough’s successes, Duncan McKenzie’s career would actually flourish at other clubs, most notably Everton, where his performance against Liverpool in the 1977 FA Cup semi-final is still admired by fans. Now 58, he has worked as a newspaper columnist and radio commentator, as well as being a successful after-dinner speaker.
TERRY YORATH
The midfielder, father of television presenter Gabby Logan, would leave Leeds in 1976, signing for Coventry City for £125,000, playing 99 games and scoring 3 goals. A spell at Tottenham Hotspur in 1979 followed and then Yorath completed his playing career with Vancouver Whitecaps in 1983. He won 42 caps for Wales.
Yorath has managed Bradford City, Swansea, Cardiff and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as being assistant at Huddersfield. He was in charge of the Welsh national team – just failing to win them admission to the 1994 World Cup finals. He has also managed Lebanon. Now aged 59, he manages non-league Margate.