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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Johnny_GilesJohnny Giles - Wikipedia

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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.

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     Johnny Giles on the day Brian Clough came to Leeds United

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     JOHNNY GILES INTERVIEW (1978)

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     Johnny Giles' strike West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United 1976

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3. www.theguardian.com › 14 › john-giles-leeds-unitedJohn Giles on the Damned Utd, Leeds's reputation and Brian ...

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   Nov 14, 2010 · After coming from Dublin to Manchester United as a boy, Giles found his greatest motivation in rejection after Matt Busby, he claims, lost faith in him during a game between United and Tottenham...

4. www.bbc.co.uk › archive › football-legends--johnnyFootball Legends - Johnny Giles - BBC Archive

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   Johnny Giles, Republic of Ireland international and member of the 'Busby Babes', talks about leaving home at 15 to play for Manchester United, recalls the great Matt Busby and...

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6. www.youtube.com › watchA Leeds United Player Profile: Johnny Giles - YouTube

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   Apr 26, 2008 · Giles was a regular first team player over the next four years, playing alongside Bobby Charlton and Denis Law. Manchester United won the FA Cup in 1963, where Giles played the...

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7. www.leeds-live.co.uk › sport › leeds-unitedJohnny Giles was Don Revie's on-field tactician who ticked ...

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   Nov 6, 2018 · 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. But Giles had been enchanted by what Revie was planning, and how credible it sounded.

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8. www.dailymail.co.uk › sport › footballLeeds legend Johnny Giles reflects on Don Revie's glory years ...

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   Aug 28, 2020 · 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 Charlton, Norman...

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   Who is Johnny Giles?

   • Johnny Giles, Republic of Ireland international and member of the 'Busby Babes', talks about leaving home at 15 to play for Manchester United, recalls the great Matt Busby and remembers the Munich air disaster, which claimed some of the brightest footballing talent of the day.

   Football Legends - Johnny Giles - BBC Archive

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   Did giles'mix it'?

   • Make no mistake, Giles was a player who could most definitely ‘mix it’, but like that Leeds team in general, Giles is stigmatised as a sly and brutal purveyor of every trick in the book, in an era where everybody was ‘at it’ in some form or another. Perhaps Leeds were simply better at it, and that’s what the media and fallen opponents didn’t like.

   Leeds United Centurions - saluting the genius of Johnny Giles

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   Did Giles like being a manager?

   • In his later years in football, Giles pursued a managerial career which saw him installed as player-manager and manager of, among others, West Bromwich Albion, the Republic of Ireland, Vancouver Whitecaps and Shamrock Rovers. Despite having an outstanding knowledge of the game, Giles personally never liked being a manager.

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   What did Giles do for the Republic of Ireland?

   • Giles showed much promise as a young player-manager of the Republic of Ireland, as he combined his duties in charge of West Brom, where after a slow start, he won the majority of Baggies supporters over. Under his leadership, they were promoted from the Second Division in April 1976, and finished 7th in the First Division in 1976–77.

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   Did Giles 'change everything'?

   • Reading the Daily Mirror whilst on a training break with United in Blackpool, Giles’ teammate, Joe Carolan, discovered that both he and Giles had been named in the Republic’s side to face Sweden. Falling behind to two early goals, the outlook seemed bleak for the Irish but then came the moment that in Giles’ own words ‘changed everything.’

   Johnny Giles: a force of nature (part one) - Football Bloody Hell

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   Was Giles a good football player?

   • Either way, it worked perfectly. 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.

   Leeds United Centurions - saluting the genius of Johnny Giles

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10. footballbh.net › 2023/01/02 › johnny-giles-part-oneJohnny Giles: a force of nature (part one) - Football Bloody Hell

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    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.