Dacourt

Olivier Nicolas Andre (Olivier)

24-01-2002

2000-2003

RH

Montreuil, France

25-09-1974

He started with Aulnay sous Bois in 1989. He then joined Thouars in August 1992 and made six appearances for them before he moved to Strasburg in August 1993, where he stayed until signing for Everton on 27th July 1998 for £4 million. He had made ninety starts and thirty-one substitute appearances for Strasburg in the League, scoring four goals and also played four times in UEFA Cup matches. He was sold to Lens on 29th June 1999 for £6.5 million. He had played thirty games, two being as a substitute, for Everton scoring two goals, in the League. He also scored once in four League Cup matches and made two appearances in the F.A. Cup, without scoring. With Lens he played twenty-six League games, one being as a substitute, scoring two goals and made one appearance in European competition, before he signed for Leeds United on 15th May 2000 for a new club record £7.2million fee. He came into conflict with new manager Terry Venables and was loaned to AS Roma on 9th January 2003. When the loan arrangement ran out on 27th April 2003, after he had made fourteen League appearances, on 10th July 2003 he made the move permanent. Moving for a steal at £3.5 million, which was about half the £7.2 million they originally paid. He had scored three goals in fifty-three League starts and four from the bench and made twenty-two starts in European Competitions, together with one F.A. Cup and in the two League Cup, without scoring. He played regularly for AS Roma, making ninety-four appearances and scoring two goals in Serie A and a further thirteen games in European Competitions, before leaving for Inter-Milan at the end of 2005/06 on a two year contract under a Bosman ruling. He had made thirty-one appearances before sustaining a damaged cruciate ligament against Forentina on 2nd December 2007 causing him to miss the rest of the season. He was out of favour with new Manager Jose Murinho and was loaned out to Fulham in February 2009 and made nine appearances during his time at Craven Cottage. While at Inter he made thirty-four appearances in Serie A and eleven in European Championship games. He also won two League Championships and two Italian Super Cups. He signed a one year contract with Standard Liege on 23rd September 2009. However the Belgian club terminated this on 8th February 2010. He decided to retire in March 2010. He scored once in twenty-one appearances for France at full International level.(Leeds United Player Details)

Daly

Kevin

13-10-1992

1991-1993

LH

Leeds

17-10-1974

A central defender, he joined United from school as a Trainee in 1991 but did not sign professional forms at the end of his traineeship. He progressed through the Juniors, into the Reserves but was never a regular in either and never made the first team.

Daly

Peter

11-05-1977

1976-1979

WH

Hamilton

A midfield player, he joined United from school in Hamilton in July 1976 and became an apprentice before signing professional forms in February 1978. He progressed through the Juniors, had a fair number of games in the Reserves but never made the first team.

Dam

Jan Christian/Jan

29-11-1990

1990-1990

FB

Faroe Isles

07-09-1948

A 5ft 10ins tall Faroe Island International. He had a trial at Leeds along with his international teammate Alan Morkore, but neither had a game, even at Reserve level. The closest they came was that Dam was an unused substitute in one game. He scored once for his national team in thirty-nine appearances. He started at seventeen with HB Torshavn and scored twenty-two goals in one hundred and forty-four League appearances over a ten year period. In that time he had tried his luck abroad and, apart from Leeds, he had short spells in Norway, in 1991, and with Danish club Odense KS, in 1992-93 season. In 1995 he joined Danish Club Olstykke FC but returned to the Faroes after one season and joined Kl Klaksvik, where he scored once in eight games. He left after one season, joining HB in 1997 and there netted once in thirty-seven League games in two seasons. He had two seasons with B68 Toftir, in 2000 and 2001, making thirty League appearances, before rejoining HB in 2002 for two seasons in which he made thirty-five League appearances, without scoring. He had a couple of spells with Danish club IF Foroyar in 2004 and 2005.

Daniels

John Francis Charles/Jack

03-04-1935

1933-1935

Gk

Prestwich

06-10-1914

00-00-1970

He started his career with Stockport County as an eighteen-year-old amateur and played with their "A" team. He then spent time with ManchesterNorth End and Ashton National before joining Leeds, still as an amateur on 10th October 1933 and turned professional in April 1934. He made his debut in March 1935, but it was a game to forget and he left for Stockport County in June 1935. He made nine League appearances in two years before leaving for Accrington Stanley, where he had ten games in the 1938-39 season and had played three games for Tranmere Rovers in the aborted 1939-40 season, He gave Leeds good service as a guest in the war years, playing more than one hundred and twenty times. (Leeds United Player Details)

Danskin

Andrew/Andy

12-03-1969

1967-1970

OL

Otley

Joined United from school and became an apprentice before signing professional forms. 5ft 3 1/2 ins and 9st 10 1/2lb, he progressed through the Juniors, had a few games in the Reserves but never made the first team. It is believed he emigrated to Australia and his son, Matt, became a youth internaional and a professional there.

Danskin

Robert/Bob

08-09-1930

1929-1932

CH

Scotswood

28-05-1908

00-09-1985

He joined Leeds from Wallsend United in May 1929. He played in the Reserves until he made his first team debut in May 1931, scoring once in five League games as deputy for the consistent England International Ernie Hart. Understandably, he was ambitious and jouned moved to Bradford Park Avenue on 15th December 1932, where he became the rock of their defence, scoring five goals in two hundred and sixty-three League appearances in fifteen seasons, much of which was lost to WW2. (Leeds United Player Details)

Darbyshire

Harold/Harry

15-10-1949

1949-1952

OL/IF

Leeds

22-10-1931

Joined United from feeder club Outwood Stormcocks on 17th February 1950. He had several games for the Reserves but never made the first team. He joined Halifax Town in July 1952, where he scored thirty-two goals in one hundred and sixty-one League games before moving to Bury in August 1957. At Gigg Lane he scored twelve goals in twenty-nine League games and moved to Darlington in June 1959, where he scored twice in fifteen League games before retiring at the end of the 1959-60 season.

Dark

Alfred James/Alf

03-09-1921

1921-1923

RH/IR

Keynsham

21-08-1893

03-08-1964

Standing 6ft and weighing 12st, and after starting his carer with Wallsend United, he was signed from Newcastle United on 10th May 1921, and played two seasons with United, but failed to break into the first team, managing just three appearances, and spent most of his time with Leeds in the Reserves. He left for Port Vale in June 1923. (Leeds United Player Details)

Davey

Nigel Geoffrey/Nigel

07-03-1964

1964-1974

FB

Garforth

20-06-1946

Starting with Great Preston Juniors he joined the Leeds Junior staff before signing professional in February 1964. He remained at Leeds for ten years providing cover for several international full backs and only managed twenty starts and three substitute games in all competitions after making his first team debut in the League Cup in October 1965. He left Leeds for Rotherham in July 1974 but never played a first team game at Millmoor. His one chance to establish himself at Leeds came when Terry Cooper broke his leg in April 1972, but on the very same day Davey broke his leg in a Reserve game.(Leeds United Player Details)

Davids

Neil

23-09-1972

1971-1975

CH

Bingley

22-09-1955

The 6ft, 11st 3lb England Youth International, joined United as an apprentice straight from school. He soon made the Reserve side but never made the first team, after turning professional in August 1973, and joined Norwich City in April 1975, but made just two League starts for their first team. He did, however, start nine League games for Northampton Town, in September 1975, and scored once in five League starts for Stockport County in January 1976, when he had short loan spells with them. His next move was to Swansea City, in July 1977, where he started nine League games before joining Wigan Athletic one year later. It was there he finished his League career scoring once in sixty-eight League games of which two were as a substitute.

Davidson

25-11-1922

1922-1922

IL

A Scottish Junior, his debut was his only game for the Leeds Reserves and nothing further is known about him.

Davies

29-04-1972

1972-1972

?

Was named as a subsitute in one game for the Reserves, but otherwise unknown.

Davies

Byron

27-08-1952

1952-1956

HB

Llanelli

05-02-1932

Davies was signed from Llanelli in May 1952. He featured infrequently with the Reserves and made just one appearance for the first team in April 1954. He left for Newport County in June 1956, but never played at Somerton Park. (Leeds United Player Details)

Davies

Idwal

05-10-1935

1935-1936

LH

Swansea

Welsh Schoolboy and Youth International, he did not make the Leeds first team and was not a regular with the Reserves and left at the end of the 1935-36 season.

Davies

John

11-10-1989

1989-1989

A trialist, his only game for the Reserves was his debut and nothing further is known about him.

Davis

Lawrence

28-02-1996

1995-1997

Abergevenney

03-09-1977

The 6ft 1ins, 11stone 11lb striker joined Leeds in the summer of 1995 and scored nine goals in fourteen starts and four games from the bench for the Juniors in the 1995-96 season and also made four starts and one game from the bench for the Reserves. He followed this up with one goal in seven starts and three games from the bench for the reserves but was released at the end of the 1996-97 season. He joined Bradford City on a free transfer and remained at Valley Parade until 11th February 1999 starting one game and coming on as a substitute three times for the first team. He was loaned to Darlington from 1st December 1997 for three weeks, making two starts, and to Hartlepools United from 12th September to 3rd October 1998, where he started two and came on as a substitute once, before he was signed by Brighton and Hove Albion on a free transfer. He started twice and was a substitute in six others but was released at the end of that season. He then returned to his Welsh roots, joining Barry Town in the Welsh League and played the rest of his career in that League. He was with Barry Town for three seasons, scoring thirteen League goals in forty-seven starts and eighteen more from the bench, before leaving early in the 2003-04 season and also played for Carmarthen Town, where he started five games without scoring and Cwmbran Town where he started one and was a substitute twice without scoring.

Davison

Jackie

04-11-1947

1947-1948

OR

Joined Leeds from local feeder club Leeds UYMI, scoring twice in half a dozen games for the Reserves in 1947-48.

Davison

Robert/Bobby

14-11-1953

1987-1992

IF/CF

South Shields

17-07-1959

Davison started with Seaham Colliery, joining Huddersfield Town in July 1980. He showed promise and made one start and one game from the bench before Halifax Town paid £20,000 for him in August 1981. He fulfilled his early promise and scored twenty-nine goals in sixty-three League starts before Derby County paid £90,000 for him in December 1982. He gave the Rams good service scoring eighty-three goals in two hundred and six games before they sold him to Leeds United for £350,000 on 18th July 1987. He helped Leeds to gain promotion to Division One in 1989-90, scoring thirty-one goals in ninety-one League appearances, of which twelve were as a substitute. However, with the purchase of Rod Wallace, for the first season in Division One, his appearances became rare and infrequent. He was loaned to his former club, Derby County, in September 1991 and he scored eight times in ten starts and in March 1992 he was not as prolific with four in six starts and five off the bench for Sheffield United. He was sold to Leicester City in August 1992 for £50,000 and he scored six goals in twenty-one starts and four games from the bench. He then moved to Sheffield United in September 1993, where he scored once in twelve League games, of which three were as a substitute. In October 1994 he joined Rotherham United, but his career was coming to an end as he netted four goals in twenty starts and two more from the bench, after he had been loaned to Hull City in November 1995 where he scored four goals in eleven starts, he was released by the Millers in June 1996.(Leeds United Player Details)

Dawson

Robert/Bobby

14-11-1953

1953-1955

RB

South Shields

31-01-1935

Dawson was signed from his native South Shields in November 1953. Being understudy to the very consistent Jimmy Dunn was a thankless task, and though a regular in the Reserves, he only managed one game, in April 1954. On 7th November 1955 he moved back to his native North-East, joining Gateshead, and there he was able to get the first team football his skills deserved, scoring once in one hundred and eighteen League games in four years, before finishing his League career. (Leeds United Player Details)

Day

Mervyn Richard/Mervyn

01-10-1985

1984-1992

Gk

Chelmsford

26-06-1955

He was an Apprentice with West Ham United and gained England Youth honours before turning professional in March 1973. He started one hundred and ninety-four League games for West Ham and won a Cup-Winners medal in 1975, before joining Leyton Orient in July 1979 for £100,000. There were one hundred and seventy League starts for Orient before he signed for Aston Villa in August 1983 for £15,000. At Villa Park he was basically cover for Nigel Spink and after just thirty starts he was snapped by Eddie Gray for £30,000 in January 1985. He became an almost ever-present in the Leeds side through the times of Eddie Gray and then Billy Bremner, and even with Howard Wilkinson, but after he had helped United to promotion to the First Division, Wilkinson brought in John Lukic as first choice. He remained his deputy until July 1993 when he joined Carlisle United as player coach. He had been loaned to Luton Town in March 1992, where he started four games, and Sheffield United in April 1992, where he started one game and he had amassed two hundred and twenty-seven starts at Elland Road in his over eight years there. He played sixteen games at Brunton Park before hanging up his gloves at the end of the 1993-94 season.(Leeds United Player Details)

Deane

Brian Christoper/Brian

24-02-1994

1993-2005

CF

Chapeltown, Leeds

07-02-1968

Deane played for Leeds United’s Youth team in 1984 after starring for Leeds City Boys, but was not taken on and instead he joined Doncaster Rovers as an apprentice on 14th December 1985. A traditional target-man striker, he proved highly popular at Doncaster and his powerful displays saw him move to Sheffield United on 19th July 1988 for £30,000, which was increased to £40,000 after he had played forty games. He had scored twelve League goals in sixty-six games, of which twelve were from the bench. In his first season at Sheffield United he struck up a devastating partnership with Tony Agana and they netted forty-six goals between them as the Blades earned promotion to Division Two. He was top scorer in the following season when Sheffield United finished runners-up to Leeds in Division Two and went on the England tour of Australasia, earning two caps against New Zealand. A third followed against Spain to add to his three “B” International Caps. He became Leeds’ record signing when they bought him for £2.9 million on 14th July 1993. While at Bramall Lane he scored eighty-three League goals in one hundred and ninety-eight starts. Despite scoring a last minute equalizer on his United debut, Deane struggled to live down his big price tag and it was only when Tony Yeboah was signed that he really got a new lease of life, playing on the left side of the attack. He was voted “Player of the Year” in 1994-95. He scored just thirty-two goals in one hundred and ninety-eight League games for Leeds before returning to Bramall Lane on 1st August 1997 for £1.5 million. After eleven League goals in twenty-four starts, he left Sheffield United for Benfica of Portugal for £1 million on 15th January 1998, before returning to England to join Middlesbrough for £3 million on 12th October 1998 after scoring seven goals in eighteen appearances. He managed eighteen League goals in seventy-two starts and fifteen games from the bench for the Tees-siders before moving to Leicester City on 29th November 2001 for £150,000. He was a little more prolific for the Foxes getting nineteen League goals in only fifty-two games, of which eight were as a substitute, before being freed to West Ham United on 31st October 2003. After six League goals in nine starts and twenty substitute appearances, he had a short trial at Elland Road. He returned to Leeds United for a second spell, arriving on a free transfer on 21st July 2004. He considered offers from several clubs before deciding to return to Leeds, but after little more than half a season at Elland Road, in which he scored six League goals in thirty-one appearances, of which eight were as a substitute, he was off on his travels again and joined promotion-chasing Sunderland on 24th March 2005. His haul at Elland Road included four goals in one game at home to Queens Park Rangers on 20th November 2004 as Leeds won emphatically by 6-1 after a blitz of goals in the first half. For Deane in particular, this was a day to remember. The Thirty-six-year-old had never previously scored a hat-trick for Leeds United in two spells at the club spanning twelve years. In this game he needed less than half the game to complete the feat and even added a fourth for good measure later on. Not only did he bag four for himself, but he laid on the other two goals for David Healy and Jermaine Wright respectively. Not bad for a man who had only managed one League goal in the eighteen previous games that season. It was a game for everyone to remember Brian Deane by. His stay with Sunderland was brief, only four substitute appearances, and he was not retained at the end of the season. He went to Australia and played for Perth Glory in the Australian A-League. He left mid-season after failing to make an impact and sustaining what appeared to be a long-term injury. Rather than impede the club by sitting back and taking his wages while injured, he terminated the contract which then allowed the club to bring in other players within the salary cap system. After leaving Perth Glory, Deane re-signed for Sheffield United, returning for a third spell with the club on 23rd December 2005 to boost their striking options. He retired at the beginning of 2006-07 season having made just two substitute appearance on his third stint at Bramall Lane. Deane then became a Sports Consultant for Blacks Solicitors in Leeds.(Leeds United Player Details)

Dearneley

G.

26-01-1994

1994-1994

OR

A trialist, who played a full game on debut and was a half-time substitute two games later, which were the only games he played while at Elland Road.

Dearnley

17-01-1925

1925-1925

OR

A trialist, whose only game was his debut.

De Mange

Kenneth John Philip Petit/Ken

19-01-1988

1987-1988

WH/IF

Dublin

03-09-1964

An Irish Youth International, De Mange started with Home Farm in his home city before joining Liverpool in August 1983. He never made a first team appearance at Anfield, but was a regular performer for their Reserve team as they twice won the Central League champoinship. He was loaned to Scunthorpe United in December 1986 and scored twice in three starts for them. Leeds paid £65,000 for him in September 1987 and he scored with a fine diving header to score on his first team debut on 26th September 1987. It proved to be his only goal for Leeds in fourteen starts and one game from the bench at Elland Road, as he moved to Hull City for £65,000, in March 1988. He scored once in sixty-eight League of which twenty were made as a substitute. He was twice loaned to Cardiff City making five starts in November 1990 and ten starts in March 1991. He left the Tigers in June 1992 and he returned to Ireland, playing for several teams in both Irish Leagues. He was capped five times for the Republic at Under-Twenty-One level, once at "B" level and twice at full level, both caps coming as a substitute.(Leeds United Player Details)

Depear

Ernest Roland/Roly

21-08-1948

1948-1949

CH

Spalding

10-12-1923

00-01-2001

Standing 6ft 3ins and weighing 14st, Depear started with Spalding Athletic before joining Boston United, who received £500 when he was signed by Leeds on 7th May 1948. He played four games for Leeds before going to Newport County in part-exchange for Harold Williams in June 1949. He stayed there for one year, making sixteen League appearances before moving to Shewsbury Town in July 1950. There he scored five goals in seventy-four League games before moving to Bangor City in July 1952 as player/manager before returning to Spalding after the 1956-57 season. (Leeds United Player Details)

Devlin

Paul John/Paul

30-01-1992

1992-1992

OL

Birmingham

14-04-1972

He played his Junior football with Tamworth and then joined Stafford Rangers in the 1991-92 season. He had trials with Liverpool and Leeds, but with Leeds it was just one game for the Reserves. According to Devlin, Howard Wilkinson was keen to sign him, but he went to Notts County, for £40,000 on 22nd February 1992, who were also in the First Division. Leeds finished champions and County were relegated. However, it proved a good move for him, as he went on to score twenty-five League goals from one hundred and thirty-two starts and nine as a substitute. It proved a good move for County too, as, four years later on 29th February 1996 he was sold to Birmingham City for £250,000. He stayed at St Andrew's for two years, scoring twenty-eight League goals from sixty-one starts and fifteen from the bench. On 13th March 1998 he was signed by Sheffield United and remained there for four seasons scoring twenty-four League goals from one hundred and twenty-four starts and twenty-three games as a substitute. In his time at Bramall Lane he was loaned out to his former club Notts County, in October 1998, and made five League starts. He then joined another former club in Birmingham City, in February 2002, where he scored once and started eleven League games and made two appearances as a substitute. On 8th May 2002, Birmingham paid £200,000 to take him back to St Andrew's. It was there that he gained his ten Scottish caps and scored three goals in thirty-four League games, of which fourteen were as a substitute. On 12th September 2003, Watford paid £150,000 to take him to Vicarage Road, where he scored six League goals in seventy-five starts and four more from the bench. His next move was to Walsall, on a free transfer on 17th January 2006 and there he scored one League goal in making eight starts. On 7th September 2006, he again was given a free transfer, rejoining his first club, Tamworth, where he started one League game and came off the bench three times, before retiring on 30th November 2006. He had a short spell with Sutton Coldfield Town before signing for Halesowen Town on 19th February 2007. He joined Rugby Town as player/assistant manager in January 2008, but soon left. He joined Sutton Coldfield Town in March 2008 but left before the start of the next season, joining Stratford Town in October 2008. He then had a break of a number of years before returning to play for Romulus in June 2012.

Dewick

John Albert/John

10-12-1949

1949-1950

Gk

Rotherham

28-11-1919

He started with Notts County in October 1946, and played one League game for them, before he went into Non-League and he joined Leeds from Brinsworth WMC on 9th October 1949, when he was 22yo and 5ft 10ins and 12st. Did not make the first team.

Dickinson

Mark

27-08-1991

1991-1991

LB

Dickinson was released by Sheffield Wednesday at the end of the 1990-91 season after being a trainee with them. He was given a trial by Leeds, but only played in the subsequent game after his debut and it is safe to assume that he was rejected at the end of his trial and there is no record of his having subsequently played in the Football League for any other club.

Dickinson

Martin John/Martin

2-01-1980

1980-1986

WH/CD

Leeds

14-03-1963

A home-grown product, he joined Leeds straight from school in the summer of 1979 after being spotted in local schools football. He became a regular member of the Junior team before breaking into the Reserve team, where he operated mainly in midfield and scored several goals. He went on to make his first team debut soon after his seventeenth bithday in April 1980 and signed professional the following month. He went on to score twice in one hundred and nineteen games, of which three were from the bench before joining West Bromwich Albion for £40,000 in February 1986. There he scored twice and made forty-six starts and four substitute appearances in the League, before being signed by David Bassett for Sheffield United in July 1988. He had only played one game as a substitute for the Blades when his progress was halted by injuries resulting from a car crash. It caused him to retire from the game.(Leeds United Player Details)

Dingwall

23-03-1946

1946-1946

CH

Nothing is really known about this player, other than he was thought to have played one game for the Reserves in the 1945-46 season

Dixon

Andrew Paul/Andy

26-09-1990

1990-1990

FB

05-08-1968

A Trialist from Hartlepool, he played one game for the Leeds Reserves. He started with the Hartlepool Junior system, signing professional in July 1987 after joining them from Seaton Holy Trinity. He scored once in fourteen League appearances, of which seven were as a substitute. After his trial at Leeds he joined R.A.E.C. Mons but returned to Hartlepool as a non-contract player in November 1995 and made a further three starts, before leaving for Bishop Auckland.

Dixon

Kevin Robert/Kevin

11-05-1997

1995-2001

WH

27-06-1980

Easington, Co. Durham

Joined Leeds as a trainee from school in mid-1996. An England Youth International at Under-Sixteen, Seventeen and Eighteen levels, he was part of the fine Leeds Juniors team that won the Northern Intermediate League and the F.A. Youth Cup in 1996-97, when he scored three goals in twenty-nine League starts and one game from the bench, and started all eleven Cup games. He was also included in the Reserves early in the season, firstly as an unused substitute, then twice as a late substitute, before making his run on debut in the final game of the season. He signed professional in July 1997. He was allocated the Leeds United #24 shirt in 1998-99 and #34 in 1999-2000 and 200-01. He had a loan spell with York City in August 1999, in which he started three games for their first team, and in April 200 he had a trial with Birmingham City, and then, in October 2000, he had a trial with Aberdeen that fell through. He left Leeds on 2nd July 2001 to join Barnsley but after just three days of pre-season training he fractured his shin and that kept him out for the 2001-02 season. He had a trial with Port Vale from 18th to 22nd March 2002. He went on loan to Doncaster Rovers from 2nd October 2002 to 12th May 2003 but did not make their first team. In late September 2003 he left Barnsley when his contract was ended by mutual consent. He then had a spell with Seaham Red Star before moving on to Durham City in December 2004. In November 2005, Dixon joined Kettering Town but returned once more to Seaham Red Star in late January 2006. A month later he moved to Horden Colliery Welfare but was sent off for violent conduct after ten minutes of his club debut. He had brief spells with Newcastle Blue Star and Sunderland Ryhope before joining Bishop Auckland early in the 2007-08 season. He returned to join Seaham Red Star and was the Manager and was still playing for their Reserves making eight starts and one appearance from the bench in 2015-16 and two starts in 2016-17, but resigned in January 2017.

Doig

Russell

11-03-1986

1986-1988

OR

Millport

17-01-1964

He was capped by Scotland as a schoolboy and started with his local team Millport and St Mirren Boys Club. Joined St Mirren in 1981, but did not make the first team and moved to East Stirlingshire in June 1983. After one hundred and nine appearances he was signed by Leeds in July 1986 for £30,0000 after a trial. He had a couple of Reserve games in 1985-86 and after making his debut in November 1986, he went on to start three League games and come from the bench in three more. He also featured in around twenty Reserve games in 1986-87. He was loaned to Peterborough United in October 1986, where he started seven League games and after playing mainly in the Reserves in 1987-88 he was transferred to Hartlepool United in March 1988 for £10,000 and there he scored twice in twenty-two starts and eleven games as a substitute before being released at the end of the 1988-89 season. He then played with several Non-League teams before retiring.(Leeds United Player Details)

Donnelly

John

15-03-1983

1983-1985

IF

Glasgow

08-03-1961

He signed for Leeds on 3rd March 1983 and made his debut two days later. He started as an apprentice with Notts County, but went back to Scotland whare he joined Motherwell. He scored twice in twenty-one starts in Scottish League games, together with four games as a substitute before he moved to Dumbarton for £25,000. He had scored seventeen goals in eighty-eight games, of which five were as a substitute. Leeds paid £10,000 for him plus £5,000 for each League game up to fifteen appearances, a deal which eventually cost United £85,000. He went straight into the first team, and was a regular for much of the next two seasons but inconsistency cost him a place and he was replaced by Peter Lorimer when he returned to Leeds in December 1983. He regained his place towards the end of the 1983-84 season but fell out of favour in 1984-85 and he was loaned to Partick Thistle in November 1984, joining them permanently in March 1985 for a fee of £15,000. He had scored four League goals in forty League appearances, of which four we as a substitute, while at Elland Road. He scored seventeen goals in forty-five games, of which two were from the bench, before being sold to Dunfermline Athletic. He played a big part in the club's promotion from the Scottish Second Division in 1986-87, his first season with the club. He scored seven goals in thirty-four games, including two as a substitute before leaving the club on 19th April 1988. He went to East Fife on loan, where he played four games in 1987-88, and later joined Stranraer, where he scored once in seventeen games, of which one was as a substitute in 1988-89. He later played for Vale of Clyde and Pollok. Sadly, he never lived up to Eddie Gray's assessment of his potential ability. (Leeds United Player Details)

Donnelly

Paul

11-05-1997

1996-1999

IF

Dublin

31-08-1979

He started with Tolka Rovers and was with Home Farm when he went over to Leeds to become a trainee in 1996. He scored twice as he started six and came off the bench five times in the League for the Juniors as they won the Northern Intermediate League and made one appearance for the Reserves in their final fixture of the season after being an unused substitute on several occasions. That team featured Robbie Keane, Richard Dunne and Stephen McPhail, and several others that went on to better things. At Leeds during his time there were Irish players such as Ian Harte, Gary Kelly and Stephen McPhail and also Damian Lynch and Alan Maybury. A series of injuries halted his chances of making it at Leeds. He was sidelined in his first year there when he injured the cartilage in his knee in training. He had an operation and the doctor told him he had two options. Firstly, he could repair the knee totally, which would take a long time to recover from. Or secondly, he could get some cartilage removed and the recovery time would be shorter. Being young and naïve he took the second option, the quick fix, and that was the root of all his injury problems after that. He had five operations in total on his knee. Despite suffering these recurring knee injuries, his biggest achievement was playing for Brian Kerr’s Under-Eighteens in Cyprus in 1998, scoring a penalty in the final against a German side which starred future full-internationals Sebastian Deisler and Timo Hildebrand. Unfortunately, he did not make the grade at Leeds for his competition contained many young internationals or future internationals and he returned to Dublin and joined St Patrick's on a free transfer on 1st July 1999. St Patrick's signed him having been impressed by his form in the 1998 international tournament. However, he needed an operation at St Patricks after about five or six games because his knee went again. Then after a few years he needed another operation and that was why he eventually left, despite several successful years when plenty of silverware was won. He stayed there for seven seasons before he moved to Kilkenny City in July 2006. Aiden Fitzpatrick, who had played with him at St Patrick's, was with Kilkenny at the time and asked him to sign there. He took the operation which was needed, missed six months, and signed for them for the second half of the season. The travelling was a nightmare. The lads were young and mainly from Dublin so they weren’t really accepted there. After one season he moved to Kildare County in July 2007. John Ryan asked him to join him at Kildare and he enjoyed a good first year there. But he was advised by doctors to pack it in. John Ryan asked him to stay on another year so he did it, although he probably shouldn’t have but ultimately he was forced to retire. He the started coaching St Kevins Boys Under-Sixteen side in Drumcondra. He gained his youth certificate Coaching badge and later that year obtained his Uefa B Licence.

Dorigo

Anthony Robert/Tony

24-02-1994

1991-1997

LB

Melbourne, Australia

31-12-1965

His family moved from Australia to Birmingham where he had trials with Aston Villa as a youngster and was taken on as an apprentice in 1981. He turned professional in January 1982 and won eleven Under-Twenty-One caps for England before he left Villa for Chelsea in July 1987 for £475,000. At Villa Park he scored once in one hundred and six starts and five as a substitute in the League. In four years at Stamford Bridge, he helped Chelsea to the 1988-89 Second Division Championship and scored the winner in the 1990 Zenith Data Systems Final at Wembley against Middlesbrough. He also won six England full caps, including four games in which he came on for the second half in place of Stuart Pearce, and seven at “B” level. At Stamford Bridge he scored eleven goals in one hundred and forty-six League games. He was signed by Howard Wilkinson for £1.3 million in May 1991 and was an instant success being voted “Player of the Year” in United’s Championship winning season of 1991-92. He was a scorer at Wembley as Leeds beat Liverpool 4-3 to win the Charity Shield in August 1992. He continued to make progress on the International front but he was blighted by injuries in his last two seasons with Leeds. Instant control and acceleration marked Dorigo as United’s best left back since Terry Cooper. He was regular first choice until knee and hamstring problems interrupted his career and Ian Harte’s rise signalled competition for his place. Dorigo enjoyed an extended run in the side in 1996-97. After six years in West Yorkshire and just one season under the new management of George Graham, Dorigo found himself surplus to requirements at Elland Road. He had scored five League goals in one hundred and seventy-one League games, of which three had been as a substitute. In July 1997 he made the surprise move to Serie B side Torino, managed by former Liverpool boss Graeme Souness. Six games into the new Serie B season, Souness left Turin and was replaced by Edoardo Reja, who continued to use Dorigo's services as the team pushed for a return to the top flight. Promotion from Serie B to Serie A is automatic for the top three in the division, whilst a fourth place goes to the winner of a play-off between the fourth and fifth placed teams. Torino had a strong season and in the end finished just one point behind third-placed Calgiari and those automatic berths. Their play-off against Perugia, who had ended the season level on points with Torino, finished 1-1 after Ferrante had cancelled out Tovalieri of Perugia's opener with only ten minutes left. With no further goals in extra-time, promotion to the glamorous Serie A came down to a penalty shoot-out. After penalty heart-ache against West Germany in Turin eight years previously, Dorigo once again experienced the pain the shootout lottery can cause. With all nine penalties having been converted, Dorigo stepped up to take the last kick, but he let his shot drift too far wide and the ball struck the left-hand post, handing victory and promotion to Perugia. It was an awful way for his Italian experience to end and after thirty League appearances and two goals (scored against Ravenna and Foggia), the former England international left and returned to England, in October 1998, with Jim Smith's Derby County. Dorigo wound his career up by playing in the Premiership for the Rams for almost two years, scoring once in thirty-seven starts and four games from the bench in the League. On 12th July 2000 he was transferred on a free to Gudjon Thordarson's Stoke City, where he spent one final season. He started thirty-five and came off the bench twice in the League, before retiring on 1st June 2001. In his career he won fifteen Full, seven “B” and eleven Under-Twenty-One Caps for England. (Leeds United Player Details)

Down

William/Billy

03-09-1921

1920-1925

Gk

Ryhope

22-01-1898

00-00-1977

Standing 5ft 10ins and weighing 11st 7lbs, he signed from Ashington in July 1920, and played five seasons with United, alternating between being first choice and playing in the Reserves, being first choice in 1920-21 and again in the championship-winning 1923-24 season. He left for Doncaster Rovers on 18th September 1925. He later played with Burnley where he was first choice, until injured, then had a trial with Southern League Torquay United before joining Wigan Borough and finally returning to his first club, Ashington, on 29th January 1932. (Leeds United Player Details)

Doyle

Kevin

11-10-1997

1997-1999

Central Midfield

Wexford

13-10-1980

Little is known about the player but he featured mainly in the Juniors and very rarely in the Reserves, but even then mostly as a substitute or an unused substitute and did not sign professional forms.

Drain

Thomas/Tom

31-01-1931

1931-1931

LH

The son of Tom Drain, the former Leeds City, he was a trialist who joined Leeds on 12th November 1930 and played a handful of games for the Reserves before leaving.

Duberry

Michael Wayne/Michael

14-10-1999

1999-2004

CH

Enfield

14-10-1975

Duberry started at Chelsea in June 1993, where he was a trainee and had a successful loan period with Bournemouth in September 1995, making seven appearances for them. There seemed to be a dearth of English central defenders at the time and he was considered a prospect, but could not make the Chelsea first team on a regular basis. After seventy-seven starts and nine substitute appearances in which he got one goal, he moved to Leeds United in July 1999, for £4.5 million, but a younger Englishman, Jonathan Woodgate, stepping up to take the place alongside club captain Lucas Radebe in central defence. Charlton Athletic came close to signing Duberry and bringing him back to London. After getting his chance due to an injury crisis at Elland Road, he started to impress before he too became a victim of the club's injury hoodoo when he was ruled out for the season in September 2000. His involvement in the Woodgate and Lee Bowyer court case and his evidence which did not help the two, meant any future alliance with Woodgate would be unlikely, and his consequential dislike by the fans. His future appeared to lie elsewhere. At the start of the 2002/03 season, he had played just thirty-one games for Leeds in three years. Neither O'Leary nor Venables would use him. Duberry announced in the summer of 2002 that he wanted to leave for first team fooball but no one wanted or could afford him. He played in most of the 2003-04 pre-season games under Peter Reid and best friend Jody Morris signed for Leeds. Things were looking up for Duberry and it seemed like Reid would give him his chance but then bad luck and irony hit Duberry in the face as he broke a cheekbone in a friendly. This sidelined him for eight weeks. It seemed like Duberry had again missed his chance as Reid had to bring in central defensive cover in the form of World Cup winner Roque Junior and French international Zoumana Camara. Duberry finally got his chance after Eddie Gray sent Roque Junior packing. He made a number of vital goal-line clearances, won a number of penalties and even scored. He was often seen in the final minutes of games pushing forward as a makeshift attacker. One couldn’t blame him for lack of effort but sadly Duberry really wasn't in the class of the men he replaced. He was also too highly paid and Leeds needed to shift him as they couldn’t afford his wages now that they were in the First Division. Well, no one wanted Duberry AND his wages. Wolves wanted him but only if Leeds paid £18,000 A WEEK towards his wages. Blackwell decided at the last minute that Leeds might as well keep him as the squad was so small. However, after a few appearances Blackwell decided that he could do without Duberry and in October 2004 he was dispatched to Stoke City on loan for three months; much to the relief of the Leeds fans and the player, who had been coming in for a lot of stick. Duberry played well during his loan at Stoke, making fifteen League appearances, and Blackwell had to recall him one game earlier than expected due to a crisis in the Leeds United central defence for the Third Round FA Cup match versus Birmingham City. Duberry returned to form, within fifteen minutes, making a play that led to Birmingham's second goal. Blackwell substituted him almost immediately and that was the sad end to his jinxed Leeds United career. He had scored four goals in fifty-four starts and four games from the bench in the League, and started four F.A. Cup ties and came on twice as a substitute , was four times a substitute in the League Cup and started nine and came of the bench once in European games but did not score in any of the three competitions. Incredibly new Wolves manager Glenn Hoddle was strongly rumoured to be looking at him! He even turned down a move to Nottingham Forest under new Manager Gary Megson. In March 2005 Duberry agreed to accept a payout and a free transfer to Stoke City, signing a two-and-a-half year deal. He became a regular at Stoke making eighty more League appearances and scoring one goal as well as making five F.A. Cup, two League Cup appearances before Reading came along and signed him at the end of January 2007 for £800,000 to take up the challenge of again playing in England’s Premier League. He made forty-seven starts and one substitute appearance in the League and one F.A. Cup and three League Cup and two play-off finals appearances. Reading decided on 15th May 2009 not to renew Duberry's contract. On 10th July 2009 Wycombe Wanderers signed Duberry on a two year contract and made him club Captain. His contract was cancelled on 1st February 2010, after he had made just eighteen League and one F.A. Cup appearances. He signed with Scottish Premier League side St Johnstone, rejoining his former Chelsea and Leeds team-mate Jody Morris, initially to the end of the 2009-10 season. Despite family concerns he signed a further one year contract in May 2010. It was those family concerns which led to him leaving St Johnstone at the end of the 2010-11 season. He had scored one goal in fifty Scottish League appearances, of which one was from the bench. He had also starteded four Scottish Cup and three Scottish League Cup ties. On 1st June 2011, he signed a two year contract with Oxford United and at thirty-five his career was coming to an end and Oxford became his final club. His contract was not renewed at the end of the 2012-13 season. He had scored three goals in forty-five starts and two games from the bench in the League, started one and came off the bench once in the F.A. Cup and started one in the League Cup, but scored in neither. He trained with Ryman Premier League team, Hendon in the summer and signed for them on a week-to-week contract on 9th August 2013, but took part in only four games before announcing his retirement on 2nd October 2013. He collected five England Under-Twenty-One Caps, in his internatioonal career. (Leeds United Player Details)

Dudley

Frank Ernest/Frank

20-08-1949

1949-1951

IF

Southend

09-05-1925

14-09-2012

Started with his native Southend as a junior and signed professional in October 1945. He scored thirty-two goals in eighty-eight League games before being transferred to Leeds on 19th August 1949. He gave good service and was predominantly a first team player, featuring all along the forward line but mostly at inside left. He scored twenty-three goals in sixty-four games and then left for Southampton on 1st February 1951, where he claimed thirty-two goals in sixty-seven League games. He had a short spell with Cardiff City scoring once in four League games from September to December 1953 before joining Brentford and scored thirty-two goals in seventy-two League games in three seasons with the club. (Leeds United Player Details)

Duffield

Albert/Bert

25-11-1920

1920-1925

RB

Owston Ferry

03-03-1894

27-09-1981

He played two seasons with Gainsborough Trinity before the First World War, and after serving as a Bombardier he signed for Castleford Town after being demobbed. He had a reputation as a goalscoring forward on occasions but it was as a Full-Back that Leeds United signed him in July 1920. He had already established himself in the United first team, being an ever-present in the 1920-21 season. However, he did make one appearance in the Inside-Right position for the Reserves in a mid-week fixture before going on to make over two hundred starts with the first team before he joined Bradford Park Avenue on 4th November 1925. He later played in the local league with Rawcliffe. (Leeds United Player Details)

Duggan

Henry Anthony/Harry

02-05-1925

1925-1936

OR/CF

Dublin

08-06-1903

00-09-1968

He came over on trial , and after making his debut for the Leeds Reserves he was signed on 5th May 1925 from Dublin club Richmond United. A versatile Right-Winger or Centre-Forward, he gave the club fine sevice for more than a decade as he went on to become an International with the Republic of Ireland. He finally left United for Newport County on 15th October 1936, he had scored almost fifty goals in almost two hundred first team appearances.(Leeds United Player Details)

Dunn

James/Jimmy

14-06-1947

1947-1960

RB

Rutherglen

23-10-1922

24-01-2005

Probably the Best uncapped Scotland full-back ever and a true Leeds stalwart. A former Royal Marine in the Second World War, he was already twenty-four when he signed for Leeds on 14th June 1947 and made his debut for the Leeds Reserves the same day. He soon forced his way into the first team, making his debut in November 1947 and going on a long tenure of the Right-back position, making four hundred and forty-three appearances, and rarely missing a game in twelve seasons, before leaving for Darlington on 1st May 1959. There he made twenty-seven League appearances before finishing his playing career with Scarborough.(Leeds United Player Details)

Dunwoody

Robert

18-10-1947

1947-1948

IL

He joined Leeds on 11th October 1947 from Irish club Distillery playing three games for the Reserves before leaving at the end of the season.

Dutchman

John Arthur/John

08-09-1945

1944-1946

IF

Harrogate

08-10-1925

22-06-2004

A former pupil at Cockburn High School, he reamained an amateur throughout his football career and there is little doubt he could have made it his professional should he have so chosen, as his acievements in the unpaid ranks testify. He gave his services to Leeds for free and scored twice in five wartime games with the first team as well as many games with the Reserves. (Leeds United Player Details)

Duthoit

John/Jack

08-09-1945

1944-1946

RB

Beeston, Leeds

04-11-1918

00-11-2001

A local lad, he was signed from Carlton United in April 1945 and went straight into the first team, playing four times in the 1944-45 season. The 1945-46 season saw him play regularly, taking his first team tally to twenty-one, play twice in the F.A. Cup and spend the rest of the time with the Reserves. He joined York Ciy in May 1946, where he made thirty-six League appearances before going into Non-League football with King's Lynn and Boston United.(Leeds United Player Details)

Duxbury

Thomas/Tom

27-09-1924

1924-1925

RH

Accrington

00-00-1898

He signed for Leeds from Preston North End in June 1924, where he had gained an F.A. Cup final losers' medal in 1922. He left Leeds for Fleetwood at the end of the 1924-25 season, having made just two League appearances and found Jim Baker and Harry Sherwin firmly ensconced in the United first team.(Leeds United Player Details)

Dwyer

Simon

10-11-1983

1983-1983

CF

A trialist who started one game for the reserves but was replaced by Tommy Wright late in the game and was not involved further with the team.