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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. After retiring from management in 1985, Giles served as the senior analyst on RTÉ Sport 's coverage of association football from 1986 until 2016.
Nov 6, 2020 · What makes a great player? As mainstay on screen with RTÉ for three decades between 1986 and 2016, as well as in the pages of the Evening Herald and still on the airwaves with Off The Ball as he...
One of the Republic of Ireland's finest players, Johnny Giles began his career as a winger with Manchester United before being converted into a midfield player at Leeds United where he played a pivotal role in the club's greatest era.
Jul 3, 2017 · Giles made 99 appearances for the Red Devils before leaving for Leeds United in 1973 - where he forged his reputation as a world-class player.
It would be pointless and irrelevant to label Giles the greatest because what John Giles means to Irish football, as a child-prodigy turned serial winner, turned coach, turned manager, turned analyst, goes far beyond his reach as a footballer alone.
Nov 6, 2018 · Giles was renowned as a master of the passing art; dextrously two-footed and parading a sixth sense on a football field that combined obstinate composure with a fiercely competitive spirit.
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Nov 6, 2020 · JOHN Giles was asked, when he turned 70, if he could sum up life in three simple words. The great man paused in thought, giving characteristically dutiful deference to the question, before ...
