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- Michael John Giles (born 6 November 1940) is an Irish former association football player and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Michael John Giles (born 6 November 1940) is an Irish former association football player and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s.
Nov 6, 2018 · Giles never regained that trust and was frozen out of the team. He put in a transfer request and bowed to Revie’s tenacious advances, signing for £33,000. Eyebrows were raised at Giles dropping a division to a parochial club who had achieved precisely nothing in a football backwater dominated by rugby league.
- Jon Howe
Johnny Giles is the oldest survivor from Leeds' great title sides of 1969 and 1974. The Dubliner who soon turns 80 reflects back on friends he's lost over the years. Legends Jack...
Jun 13, 2020 · Don Fletcher - Without doubt, Johnny Giles was THE best midfielder of his time, a genius. Graham Caney - Leeds United made the biggest mistake in their history not making him manager instead of...
Aug 29, 2020 · Surrounded by pictures of his family and former team-mates, Johnny Giles contemplates his own mortality. The Dubliner turns 80 this year and is the oldest surviving member of Leeds United’s great title-winning sides of 1969 and 1974.
Jan 2, 2023 · In the next part of our series, we will look at Johnny Giles’ part in the force of nature that was Leeds United in the Don Revie years. Looking at Johnny Giles, the Irish midfielder who played for Manchester United, Leeds and West Brom in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Jul 3, 2017 · JOHNNY GILES is a true legend of Irish football - who played for Ireland, managed the national team and went on to become a TV pundit on RTE. Giles is the subject of a television...
