Waddell

William/Willie

10-08-1968

1965-1969

OR/IF

Denny

18-04-1950

Was centre-forward for the Scottish Schooboys and joined Leeds straight from school in 1965 and signed professional forms on 18th April 1967. After progressing through the Leeds Juniors, he became a regular in the Reserves and a useful goalscorer, but never progressed to the first team in competitive matches. He joined Kilmarnock on 1st March 1969 and scored twice in nineteen Scottish League starts and five more as a substitute before returning to Yorkshire to join Barnsley in May 1971. At Oakwell he scored four League goals in seventeen starts and one more as substitute. However, he was there for less than a year before moving to Hartlepool United in March 1972. There he scored nine goals in forty-eight League games, of which five were as a substitute, and he also had a loan spell at Workington in February 1973, where he started one, and came on as a substitute twice, but did not score, in League games. His next move was in 1974 when he went across to Ireland to play with Dundalk.

Waddington

Anthony/Tony

18-01-1969

1969-1969

CF

Son of the then Stoke City manager of the same name, he was given a trial by Leeds, but despite scoring, it does not appear to have been extended.

Wade

16-04-1921

1921-1921

CF

Not much is known, other than he came from the North of England and he scored on debut for the Leeds Reserves at Centre-Forward in his debut game, which also proved to be his final one.

Wainscoat

William Russell/Russell

18-09-1926

1925-1931

IL

East Retford

28-07-1898

00-00-1967

After making his name with Barnsley, he joined Leeds from Middlesbrough on 29tht March 1925 and immediately became a first team regular, going on to score eighty-seven League goals in two hundred and fifteen games and went on to play for England against Scotland at Hampden Park, alongside Captain Willis Edwards, in April 1929. After six years of success the imposing 6ft, 12st 11lb forward joined Hull City on 29th October 1931, where he played for another two seasons before retiring. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wakefield

Albert Joseph/Albert

23-08-1947

1942-1949

CF

Pontefract

19-11-1921

Signed from Stanningley Works on 8th October 1942, he scored ten goals in twenty-two Wartime appearances foe United. He was posted overseas and spent most of his time in Italy before returning to Leeds in August and after one Reserve game he made his peacetime first team debut in August 1947 and went on to top the United scorers that season. He scored twenty-three goals in fifty appearances in the first team before going to Southend United on 19th August 1949 in exchange for Frank Dudley. He scored fifty-eight goals in one hundred and nine League appearances for Southend before leaving for Clacton in July 1953. (Leeds United Player Details)

Walker

24-11-1945

1945-1946

OL

Nothing is known of this player who appears to have played three games for the Reserves in November/December 1945 and January 1946.

Wallace

Raymond George/Ray

21-08-1991

1991-1994

RB

Lewisham

02-10-1969

He was marginally the youngest of the three Wallace brothers who all played for Southampton. Joining Southampton in July 1986 as a trainee, he turned professional in April 1988 and the following year won the first of his four England Under-Twenty-one caps. All three Wallaces, the twins and elder brother Danny, later to play for Manchester United and England, made history when they played together in a match against Sheffield Wednesday on Ray’s debut for Southampton on 22nd October 1988 and they became the first three brothers to have played together in the same team in English professional football. Ray was a virtual ever-present until September 1989, when he was suspended and lost his place to Jason Dodd, after which he made only one further appearance for the Saints. He scored twice in thirty-three League games at the Dell. Ray accompanied twin brother Rod to Elland Road and was rated at £100,000, a fraction of the £1.6 million on Rod’s head, when the twins arrived at Elland Road in June 1991. Although he had not figured in a senior game for twenty months, Ray was no novice and at Leeds he operated in midfield or defence and became a regular in the Leeds reserve team, but was confined to the shadows as his twin brother enjoyed the spotlight. He started five and came on in two League games as a substitute for the first team, while at Elland Road. He was loaned to Swansea City in March 1992, where he made two League appearances, and to Reading in March 1994, where he played three League games, before he signed for Stoke City in August 1994. After initially enjoying a run in the Potters’ first team he went to Hull City on loan in December 1994 for a couple of months and played seven League games. Back at Stoke he regained a starting place and helped them to the Division One Play-offs in 1995-96. He appeared one hundred and seventy-nine times for the Potters in League games, including twenty-seven as a substitute. He played in defence or defensive midfield and scored an impressive fifteen goals and was remembered with much adoration by the Potters fans for his impressive work ethic. At the end of the 1999-2000 season Wallace drifted out of professional football after a brief loan spell with Airdrieonians, where he made just one substitute appearance. He continued to play with Non-League sides, notably Witton Albion, Altrincham FC and Tyldesley United. He was also a fitness trainer in Manchester and obtained a UEFA ‘B’ category coaching certificate and worked with the Youth team at Bolton Wanderers for eighteen months. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wallace

Rodney Seymour/Rod

23-10-1991

1991-1998

IR

Lewisham

02-10-1969

He signed for the Saints as trainee in 1986 along with his twin brother Ray. Elder brother Danny had already become an established member of the Southampton first team. On 22nd October 1988, his two brothers Danny and Ray lined up alongside him in the Southampton team in a match at The Dell against Sheffield Wednesday; this was the first time three brothers had played in the same team in English professional top-flight football. His start at Southampton mirrored that of his twin Ray, but he was quickly being tipped for the top after some dazzling displays for the Saints and eleven England Under-Twenty-one caps and a couple of ‘B’ caps followed. He netted forty-five goals in one hundred and one League starts for Southampton and Leeds won the race to sign him, a tribunal setting the £1.6 million fee in July 1991. On his day little ‘Hot Rod’s darting runs could slice open any defence and he enjoyed a superb 1991-92 League championship campaign when his busy feet complemented the raw power of Lee Chapman as Leeds stormed to the First Division Championship. In September 1992 he was called up for an England trip to Spain, but injury prevented him from going and after that his confidence seemed to dip, taking his form with it. However, his ‘Goal of the Season’ against Tottenham Hotspur in April 1994 ranks as one of the greatest solo goals ever seen at Elland Road, when he cut a swathe through a posse of defenders at pace and curled in a wonderful shot from just inside the penalty area. His partnership with Brian Deane failed to come up with the goals and towards the end of 1995-96 a return to Southampton looked on the cards, but Wallace could not agree personal terms. Many believe his speed made him a better prospect as a winger rather than an out-and-out striker where competition at Elland Road became intense as Liverpool and Wales star Ian Rush signed in May 1996 to team up with Tony Yeboah. Wallace found himself even more marginalized with the arrival of George Graham as Manager and he would not sign an extension to his contract which was due to expire in June 1998. This resulted in Wallace joining Scottish giants Rangers on a Bosman transfer. He had scored fifty-three League goals in one hundred and eighty-seven starts and twenty-five games as a substitute. In Scotland the speedy Londoner acquired a flurry of medals to add to the silverware previously won during his time in England. In 1999 and 2000 he won the domestic double as Rangers won both the Scottish Premier League championship and Scottish Cup. These where not to be his first honours in Scottish Football as he won the Scottish League Cup in 1998 following Rangers defeat of St Johnstone by two goals to one. He scored fifty-four goals in one hundred and twenty appearances in all competitions while at Ibrox. In 2001 he headed back to English football on a free transfer to link up with newly promoted Bolton Wanderers of the EPL. Wallace successfully helped Bolton stave off relegation back to the lower reaches of English football but was on the move again after being unhappy with the new one year contract which was offered to him. He scored three goals and started fourteen League games and came on another five times as a substitute for the Trotters. In June 2002 he joined Gillingham on a two-year contract and managed to score twelve goals in his first full season at the Priestfield Stadium. His time with the Gills was blighted by a succession of injuries and at the end of the 2003-2004 season he announced his retirement from professional football. He scored twelve goals in twenty-seven League starts and nine from the bench while with the Gills. (Leeds United Player Details)

Walling

Dean Anthony/Dean

16-10-1985

1983-1987

CF/OR/CD

Leeds

17-04-1969

5ft 9ins and 8st 11lb in 1985 he attended Temple Moor High School in Leeds and represented the Leeds City Boys at Under eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen. He signed schoolboy forms at Elland Road on 17th April 1983 and then Apprentice forms in July 1985. He progressed through the Juniors and into the Reserves but was released in July 1987 and he signed with Rochdale. There he scored eight goals in sixty-five League games, twenty-two of which were as a substitute, before moving to Guiseley in 1990 and then on to Carlisle United in June 1991. At Brunton Park he became a Central Defender and a regular, scoring twenty-one goals in two hundred and thirty League starts and six more as a substitute. He then joined Lincoln City in September 1997 for £75,000 and scored five goals in thirty-five starts in two seasons before moving to Doncaster Rovers on 5th June 1999 for £25,000 and starting forty-one League games and one from the bench, without scoring. He left Doncaster on 10th January 2001 and joined Northwich Victoria on 16th February 2001 and made eight starts and six appearances from the bench. He moved to Cambridge United on 8th August 2001 and started twenty League games for them before joining Gainsborough Trinity on 2nd July 2002 and stayed for six months before joining Nuneaton on 1st December 2002 where he scored in his only game. He was capped twice by St Kitts and Nevis.

Walls

David

03-10-1970

1968-1971

CF/WH

Leeds

16-06-1953

A product of Scott Hall Juniors and Leeds City boys, he became an apprentice with Leeds on leaving school and completed his two year apprenticeship. He played several times with the Reserves but not the first team. He signed professional forms and moved to Lincoln City in July 1971, where he made nine League appearances.

Walton

James/Jimmy

12-09-1921

1920-1923

LH

Lanchester/Sacriston

00-00-1891

20-11-1982

He joined Leeds from West Stanley on 21st May 1920 and missed only one game in Leeds' first season of 1920-21 and stayed for three seasons before leaving on 6th July 1923 to join Bristol Rovers. He lost his first team position when Jim Baker moved to Left-Half after Ernie Hart had forced his way into the team at Centre-Half. After also playing for Brentford, he returned to the North-East in November 1926 to play with Hartlepool United. (Leeds United Player Details)

Warren

Lee Anthony/Lee

21-08-1985

1983-1987

WH/CH

Manchester

28-02-1969

5ft 11ins, 11st 7lb in 1985, he turned down offers from Middlesborough, Notts County and Sheffield Wednesday to sign schoolboy forms with United in March 1983. As a schoolboy he had represented Gateshead Schools at Under eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen and Durham County Schools at Under-fifteen and Under-nineteen levels and had trials with the England Schools under-nineteen team. He captained the Heathfield High School (Gateshead) side that represented Durham "B" and he scored both of their goals in a 2-1 win over the Cambridgeshire "A" team to win the ESFA Nabisco Brands trophy with a 2-1 win at Peterborough's London Road ground. He signed Apprenticeship forms in July 1985 and professional forms in July 1987. By then he had progressed through the Juniors and established himself as a Reserve team regular. He did not play a game for the first team and moved to Rochdale in October 1987. There he scored once in thirty-one League starts, before moving to Hull City in August 1988. He became a regular with the Tigers scoring once in one hundred and forty-one starts in the League and also coming off the bench on twelve more occasions. In September 1990 he went on a short loan with Lincoln City scoring once in three League appearances of which one was as a substitute. He left Hull City in July 1994 to join Doncaster Rovers where he scored three goals in one hundred and fifteen League starts and ten more from the bench before Rovers lost their League status at the end of the 1997-98 season. He continued to play for them in the Conference scoring once in seventy-nine starts in that League before moving to Barrow, where he played for five years before joining Goole but going straight to Brigg Town for two seasons.

Waterhouse

Fred

04-09-1920

1920-1922

OL

Horsforth

00-00-1897

He joined Leeds from Huddersfield Town as an amateur in August 1920 and played for two seasons before leaving at the end of the 1921-22 season. (Leeds United Player Details)

Watson

Andrew/Andy

18-01-1984

1983-1984

RH/IR

Aberdeen

03-09-1959

Started with his hometown team in the 1977-78 season and progressed to the first team, scoring ten League goals in sixty-six starts and thirty-one games from the bench, before joining Leeds in June 1983 for £60,000. He had been on the brink of the Scottish team, having made four appearances for the Scottish Under-Twenty-One side. He failed to fully establish himself in the Leeds first team , scoring seven goals in thirty-seven League starts and one from the bench before he returned north of the border to Heart of Midlothian in December 1984 for £70,000. He went on to score six times in thirty-four League starts and twenty-two more as a substitute before joining Hibernian for £30,000 in Mat 1989, where he scored three times in twenty-three starts and eight games from the bench in the Scottish League. (Leeds United Player Details)

Watson

Frank

27-09-1924

1924-1925

IF

Nottingham

15-11-1902

After starting with Ilkeston Town he joined Aston Villa in 1921 but left before he played a game with the first team and joined Blackpool in 1922, where he played twice for the first team. He joined Leeds on 7th May 1924, but once more failed to make an appearance for the first team and left to join Brentford on 6th August 1925 and after seven first team appearances he joined Southend United the following year. He later returned to Ilkeston, had two spells with Grantham, made one appearance with Crewe Alexandra in 1928, and finished with Mansfield Town.

Watson

Simon

07-10-1998

1998-2000

WH/IF

Strabane, West Tyrone, Northern Ireland

22-09-1980

He joined Leeds from school as a Trainee and progressed to being a regular with the Under-Nineteen squad and made several appearances for the Reserves, but then his career was stilted by a serious leg injury. He was not signed on professional forms and he moved to Doncaster Rovers but soon moved to Harrogate Town, who he helped win the UniBond first division title. He has also had spells at Farsley Celtic, Liversedge, Harrogate Railway and Tadcaster Albion and then Brighouse Town.

Watson

Steve

09-03-1983

1983-1983

LB

Nothing much is known about this player who played a couple of games fror the Reserves at the end of the 1982-83 season.

Webb

Robert/Bobby

03-02-1951

1951-1955

OR

Altofts

29-11-1933

He joined Leeds as an amateur on 4th May 1950, on the recommendation of Jimmy Frew and played with the Leeds feeder club Stormcocks as a full back and then inside forward, before signing professional terms in April 1951. He progressed through the Juniors and to the Reserves, before making his first team debut in March 1954. He played three League games without scoring. He preferred the Outside Right role and it was there that he played in his later career. After National Service had been completed he joined Walsall in March 1955, scoring three times in nine League games, before returning to the West Riding with Bradford City just four months later. He had a long career at Valley Parade scoring fifty-nine goals in two hundred and eight League games before joining Torquay United in July 1962 where he finished his career with twelve goals in forty-nine League games, after his career was prematurely ended when he broke his leg in 1964.(Leeds United Player Details)

Wegryzyn

Kazimierz

15-03-1993

1993-1993

LH

Bilgoraj, Poland

13-04-1967

Experienced Polish International defender, who started as a junior with his hometown team of Lada Bilgoraj before signing with Motor Loblin for 1986-87 but left without playing a senior game at the age of twenty. He moved to Hutnik Krakow, where he scored four goals in eighty-two appearances in the six seasons he spent there. He also had started to gather twenty Polish Caps in 1991 in an international career that spanned eight years. In 1993 he joined GKS Katowice and he scored fourteen goals in one hundred and five appearances in four years. He moved to SV Ried in 1997-98, scoring twice in thirty-three games as the club won the Polish Cup in the second season. He then moved to Wisla Krakow scoring eight goals in sixty-seven games in three seasons. as the club won the Polish Championship in 1998-99. He then had two seasons with MKS Pogon Szczecin scoring twice in forty-four games before moving to RTS Widzew Lodz for 2002 and 2003 scoring four goals in thirty-eight games. before finishing his career with one goal in twenty-five games for KS Cracovia where he finished in 2005.

Weston

Donald Patrick/Don

02-10-1965

1962-1965

IF

Mansfield

06-03-1936

20-01-2007

A much-travelled lightning fast striker or winger, he was actually discovered by Leeds as a sixteen year-old and played for the Leeds United Juniors in the 1954-55 and 1955-56 seasons but was called up for National Service and evaded the Leeds system, when he was posted to North Wales. He played with military teams and this led to local club Wrexham signing him in June 1959 and his twenty-one goals in just forty-two games brought him to the attention of Birmingham City and he moved there in January 1960. He was not quite so successful in the higher Division, scoring three times in twenty-three League games and he moved to Rotherham United, where he scored twenty-three goals in seventy-four League games. He rejoined Leeds in December 1962 and celebrated with a hat-trick on debut that weekend. There was plenty of competition for the strikers roles but he maintained his impressive scoring rate with twenty-four goals in sixty-eight League games, before he was allowed to join Huddersfield Town in October 1965, scoring seven goals in twenty starts and two games from the bench in the League, before returning to Wrexham in December 1966, scoring nineteen goals in forty-two League games. He finished his career at Chester City, who he joined in June 1968, but only started one and was a substitute twice in League games.(Leeds United Player Details)

Wetherall

David

21-08-1991

1991-1999

CH

Sheffield

14-03-1971

Wetherall played for Sheffield Boys and after a fourteen-month lay-off with an injured knee turned out for Middlewood Rovers before joining Sheffield Wednesday, where he won three Under-Nineteen caps, and featured in the British Universities side which won a bronze medal in the World Student Games in Sheffield. Howard Wilkinson saw potential in Wetherall’s play at England Schools’ level, where he was captain, and signed him for Sheffield Wednesday in July 1989 but he did not make a senior appearance for the Owls. After Wilkinson had joined Leeds and with Sheffield Wednesday pondering over the future of Wetherall and fellow young defender Jon Newsome, Wilkinson pounced and signed the pair for Leeds for £250,000. It was to prove a wise double investment as Newsome was sold to Norwich City a few years later for £1 million, and Wetherall became a regular at the heart of the Leeds defence before being ultimately sold to Bradford City for £1.4 million. Wetherall was not rushed into football and completed his chemistry degree at Sheffield University in 1992 before becoming a Leeds regular. He was still a student when he tasted senior football for the first time. After winning a place on the bench at Old Trafford the week before, the big defender came on towards the end of the next home game with Arsenal in September 1991. It was his only slice of action in the title campaign, but Leeds fans had seen a glimpse of the future and he became the solid backbone in the Reserves team, being almost an ever-present. He became a firm favourite with the fans and scored some vital goals, particularly against Manchester United at Elland Road. He scored twelve League goals from one hundred and eighty-eight starts and fourteen games as a subsitute while at Elland Road. However, after he became Bradford City's record buy when he joined the club for a fee of £1.4m in July 1999, after turning down the chance to join both Huddersfield Town and Southampton, he scored a goal that was extremely vital for Leeds United. City went into the final game of the 1999-2000 season facing possible, almost certain, relegation and after only twelve minutes of that final game against Liverpool, Wetherall headed home a Gunnar Halle free-kick. City held on for a 1–0 win and with Wimbledon's defeat at Southampton, Bradford stayed up with a then record low of thirty-six points. But it also meant that with everyone believing that a Liverpool win was a mere formality, Leeds were hugely grateful to be able to pip Liverpool for third play and so enter the lucrative ECL and go on to famously reach the Semi-Final of the competition as England’s final representative in that season’s competition. Having played every single minute of the 1999-2000 campaign it was fitting that he should score the goal that gave Bradford City a second season in the top flight. Given the captain's armband in 2002 following the departure of Stuart McCall, Wetherall was a faithful servant of Bradford City throughout the turbulence of the next few years and Julian Rhodes rewarded this loyalty with the role of Caretaker Manager as they fought, unsuccessfully, to avoid relegation into League Two. Wetherall played every minute of every game for the Valley Paraders until November 2000 when he was forced from the field at half-time against Derby County. A groin operation ensued which kept him out until February 2001, but just four games into his comeback he had a recurrence of the groin injury which ruled him out for the rest of the season as Bradford were relegated. His return was made in September of the 2001-02 season but another recurrence saw him soon sidelined for a further five months. Both Southampton and Manchester City were anxious for him to assist them in the EPL but Wetherall remained faithful to the Bantams and he played the last seven games of the season and was named captain for the following season. Wetherall was one of nineteen senior first-team players to be laid off by Chairman Geoffrey Richmond in May 2002 after the club was put into administration and the players unpaid since April. However, the club was saved, and players reinstated. A hip injury in the first game of the season saw Wetherall sidelined once more and after an attempted comeback in December failed it was February 2003 before he was able to play fifteen games in the final months of the season. He played the first fifteen games of the 2003-04 season before he was next ruled out by medial ligament problems for two months. Returning in late December he tried his hardest to help the Bantams avoid relegation but it was to no avail as they slipped into Division One. Despite Bradford’s financial plight he turned down an offer from Coventry City and pledged his allegiance to the Valley Paraders until the end of the 2007-08 season. He kept injury free in 2004-05, missing only one game. In October 2006, days after playing his two hundred and fiftieth game for Bradford, he signed a new deal keeping him at the club until 2010 with a clause allowing him to move into a coaching role when his playing career ended or continue playing beyond 2010. Wetherall was made Caretaker Manager and relinquished the Captain’s armband when Colin Todd was sacked in February 2007, but on Stuart McCall’s appointment as Manager in June 2007 he was reinstated as Captain. On 20th February 2008 he announced that 2007–08 would be his last as a player, although Bradford City would keep his registration, and instead he would join the club's coaching staff. He played his final game for Bradford against Wycombe Wanderers on 3rd May 2008. While at Valley Parade, Wetherall scored eighteen goals in three hundred and one League starts and another three from the bench, and also scored three times in twenty-six starts in Cup and other competitions. Wetherall holds the UEFA ‘B’ coaching licence and completed his ‘A’ licence during the summer of 2008, then he returned to the Bradford City coaching set up. He started as Manager of the Reserve team and then combined that with managing the Youth set-up.(Leeds United Player Details)

Whaley

Michael/Mike

16-11-1982

1982-1982

Gk

Leeds

Local born sixteen year old goalkeeper who had just one game for the Leeds United Reserves in November 1982, when the team had a goalkeeping crisis.

Whalley

Frederick Harold/Fred

12-09-1921

1921-1924

Gk

Bolton

09-10-1898

25-04-1976

He joined Leeds from Grimsby Town in May 1921 and played for three seasons before leaving on 17th March 1924 to join Fulham. In that time he vied with Billy Down for the first team spot and made over ninety appearances in the League and Cup for the first team. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wharton

Paul

02-11-1993

1993-1995

OL

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

26-06-1977

An England Youth International and son of Newcastle United full-back and winger Ken Wharton, he joined Leeds as a Trainee in 1993 and scored once in twenty-five starts for the Juniors and started two and came off the bench twice for the Reserves in 1993-94, while in his second season of 1994-95 he found the net ten times in twenty-eight games for the Juniors, one of which were as a substitute, while also starting six times for the Reserves. He was not taken on professional forms and he was released by the club in at the end of the 1994-95 season. He was signed by Hull City in February 1996 and he started eight League games and came of the bench for the Tigers first team in the next two seasons.

Wheatley

Thomas/Tom

25-04-1953

1953-1954

Gk

Hebburn

01-06-1929

He joined Leeds from Amble in April 1953 and after a handful of Reserve team games he was thrust into the Leeds first team when regular keeper Jack Scott was injured and sidelined for several weeks, Wheatley coped reasonably well in the emergency making six consecutive appearances before Scott returned. He never subsequently played for the first team as Royden Wood emerged to take over the goalkeeping role when Scott was next injured. Wheatley left at the end of the 1953-54 season and returned to the North-East where he played in the Non-League with Horden Colliery Welfare. (Leeds United Player Details)

Whelan

Noel David/Noel

25-04-1992

1991-1995

IR

Leeds

30-12-1974

The one-time ball-boy at Elland Road was signed, as a trainee by Leeds after leaving school in 1991 and turned professional in March 1993, quickly showing his skill on the ball. An England Youth International, he was part of the England European Youth championship winning squad of 1993 and the Leeds side which won the FA Youth Cup in the same year and scored one of the goals in the first leg of the Final at Old Trafford. He continued to progress and netted the only goal of the game against the Republic of Ireland on his debut for the England Under-Twenty-one’s at Newcastle. Whelan looked poised for a long run in the EPL, but a throat virus and the arrival of Tony Yeboah pushed him out of the first team picture. When he did get back into the first team goals did not come so readily and it was one of the surprises of the 1995-96 EPL season when the twenty-one year old Whelan was sold to Coventry City for £2 million. He had scored seven goals in twenty-eight League starts and twenty games from the bench. He had little exposure to the reserves but after sitting unused in his one game with them in 1992-93, he made several starts for them in the following season. After signing for Coventry in December 1995 the goals once more started to flow and his cool finishing became his trademark as he formed a regular partnership with Dion Dublin. On 4th July 2000, Whelan was sold to Middlesbrough for £2.2 million. At Highfield Road he scored thirty-one goals in one hundred and twenty-seven League starts and six games from the bench. The three-year spell with Boro would be the last time Whelan would spend more than one season with any club. Following a short loan spell with Crystal Palace, where he netted three times in eight appearances, including one from the bench, Whelan left Middlesbrough to join Millwall, where he managed four goals in fifteen League appearances, including seven as a substitute. While at the Riverside he had enjoyed his best form scoring five times in thirty-three League starts and another twenty-eight games from the bench. Whelan left Millwall and signed for his fourth club that season and joined Derby County. A goalless spell at Derby from three starts and five games from the bench in the League saw Whelan sign for Scottish club Aberdeen at the start of the 2004-05 season. He scored five times in twenty League appearances, including two from the bench for the Pittodrie side. His one-year contract passed without renewal and Whelan moved back to England to start the 2005-06 season at League Two club Boston United, where he scored four goals in fifteen games, seven of which were from the bench. Following his admission to the Sporting Chance alcoholism treatment clinic in early January 2006, Whelan left Boston and spent the last two months of the season in the SPL with Livingston, where he couldn't prevent the side from being relegated into the Scottish First Division as he scored once in five starts and three more from the bench in the League. Whelan stayed in the Scottish Premier League, as he signed a one-year contract with Dunfermline in July 2006. Unfortunately, he was injured after just three minutes in his first game. It turned out to be an Achilles tendon problem and after six months out injured Dunfermline terminated their contract with Whelan by mutual consent on 4th January 2007. Since then Whelan has assisted in coaching at Dunfermline, whilst studying for badges, he is said to be interested in a career in management. On 11th December 2008 Whelan joined Harrogate Town. A week later Neil Aspin said Whelan was not fit enough to play football and would need to lose weight and could not be considered for the rest of the season. On 30th May 2009 he applied for a position on the Aberdeen coaching staff and was going to bring Ron Atkinson with him. On 8th October 2009 he was Manager Steve Staunton's first signing for Darlington when he signed on a non-contractual basis. He made his debut for Darlington at Dagenham & Redbridge on 10th October 2009, but he was taken off with a muscle strain injury, after thirty-four minutes. He did not play again for more than three months, until 26th January 2010, when he came on as a seventy-ninth minute substitute against Northampton Town. His comeback lasted only two minutes, before he succumbed to a hamstring injury. He played again, when he started in the home fixture with Barnet on 20th March 2010. He was substituted after fifty-eight minutes. He had made two starts and another appearance from the bench without scoring. Staunton left the club on 20th March 2010 and Whelan had played his last game.(Leeds United Player Details)

Whipp

Percy Leonard/Percy

22-12-1923

1922-1927

IR

Glasgow

28-06-1897

Standing 5ft 9 1/2 ins and weighing 11st 12lb he joined Leeds on 3rd November 1922 from Sunderland, after previously being with Clapton Orient. He went on to score more than forty goals in over one hundred and fifty first team appearances before joining Clapton Orient for a second time at the end of the 1926-27 season. (Leeds United Player Details)

White

Cecil J.

12-12-1925

1925-1928

CH/RH

Ashton-under-Lyne

Son of John William White of Leeds City, he joined United on 28th May 1925 from Macclesfield. He was Twenty-one when he signed and stood 5ft 11 1/2ins and tipped the scales at 11st 10lb. He spent most of his time at Elland Road with the Reserves and never made the first team. He was released at the end of the 1927-28 season and then had trials with West Ham United before signing for Torquay United in March 1929 and there he made five League appearances. In 1930 he made thirty-two League appearances for Wigan Borough and later went into Non-League with Ashton National, Congleton Town, Hurst and Nantwich Town.

White

David

24-02-1994

1993-1996

OR

Manchester

30-09-1967

He joined Manchester City after serving his apprenticeship and playing for Salford Boys. White was part of the famous 1986 generation, and a proud member of the "Fabulous Five" (Lake, White, Redmond, Brightwell and Hinchcliffe who were the backbone of the team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1985 and became first-team players shortly after). During his eight years as a City player he tormented the opposing defences and together with Niall Quinn formed a lethal attacking power for the Blues. He made one England appearance, against Spain in 1992, two for England ‘B’, six at Under-Twenty-one level and had an outing for the Youth side in a Maine Road career that brought him over a century of goals, including four against Aston Villa in a 5-1 triumph in April 1991. However, after his International call-up his form dipped. White was a powerful force for City during their best campaigns since the mid 1970s as they attained fifth place twice. White was strong, athletic and an extremely fast runner, even by EPL standards. He scored seventy-nine goals in two hundred and seventy- three starts and twelve games from the bench in the League and scored fifteen in forty-eight games in the Cup competitions. He was also the prime provider of crosses for Niall Quinn who scored most of his goals while White was still at the club. Out went an unhappy David Rocastle and in came David White as United and Manchester City traded right-sided midfielders in a deal that saw both players valued at £2 million apiece. But like Rocastle, White struggled with injury and the burden of replacing the inspirational Gordon Strachan. He never really nailed down a regular first-team place because of ankle trouble and many of his better performances in Leeds colours were as substitute with his powerful, direct running providing goals late in games against tiring teams. He could be devastating when the feeling took him and on one such occasion against Everton on 30th April 1994 he decided that it was the day to do it. United had struggled and were looking second best to the relegation threatened men from Goodison, who had squandered several good chances to put them ahead in the first-half. With the score 0-0 and sixty-seven minutes already elapsed White replaced Noel Whelan. One minute after his arrival White set up Rod Wallace who hit the post with a header from White’s cross. Four minutes later United were ahead as White swerved past David Unsworth and was deep into the penaty area when he was halted by Gary Ablett, but the ball ran loose and Gary McAllister gave United the lead. Everton missed two more easy chances before White put the game beyond their reach three minutes later, when he capped off another strong run with a powerful shot that was deflected into the net by Dave Watson. Right on the final whistle White finally got his name on the scoresheet when another powerful run took him to the edge of the penalty area where he unleashed a superb shot which curled past the diving Neville Southall. That was what White was capable of and understandably few could understand why his Elland Road form was a far cry from the displays he produced for Manchester City, when on his day he could be so devastating. After only making only one EPL start in the 1995-96 season, White was sold to Sheffield United for £500,000 in January 1996after scoring nine League goals in twenty-eight starts and fourteen from the bench. At Bramall Lane, White showed flashes of his old self, that had made him a star at Manchester City a few years before, but he was still bothered by injuries. He scored thirteen goals in fifty-five starts and eleven games from the bench in League games. Unfortunately, he continued to suffer problems with his arthritic right ankle, and made his final appearance in a League Cup match against Wrexham in 1997, before having to admit defeat and retire from the game. (Leeds United Player Details)

White

John F.

09-10-1920

1920-1922

LH/IF

Thought to be John White, who played with Goole Amateurs in the 1919-20 season, making his debut at Inside-Left and playing two consecutive matches there, followed immediately by one at Inside-Right, but later moving back to Left-Half, where he had three consecutive games in January 1921. He later joined Brodsworth Main, Wombwell, and then played five games at Inside-Left with Doncaster Rovers in the 1924-25 season before joining Frickley Collery in early October 1925.

White

John/Jock

31-08-1929

1927-1930

IR

Coatbridge

27-08-1897

00-02-1986

Scottish International and Inter-League Representative, he started with Bedlay Juniors and Albion Rovers, before being snapped up by Heart of Midlothian in May 1922 and there he fulfilled his potential. Leeds bought him from Hearts on 11th February 1927 and he went on to score thirty-six goals in one hundred and two League appearances. He returned to Hearts on 14th August 1930 and later finished his career at Margate and Leith Athletic. (Leeds United Player Details)

White

Samuel/Sam

01-10-1927

1927-1928

OR

Newburn

A nineteen year old 5ft 9ins, 11st 7lb right winger, he joined Leeds from Annfield Plain on 10th May 1927, but never made the first team. He left for Hull City on 13th May 1928, but as was the case at Leeds and Torquay United, he failed to make the first team and he finally had nine games with Darlington, in which he scored twice in 1929.

Whitehead

Peter

22-08-1956

1956-1957

IF

Joined Leeds after serving his National Service in August 1956. He played a handful of games for the United Reserves but left for Lincoln City at the end of the season. He did not make their first team.

Whitlow

Michael William/Mike

07-11-1988

1988-1992

LB/LW

Northwich

13-01-1968

After failing in a trial with Bolton Wanderers in 1985 he joined Witton Albion and Howard Wilkinson bought both Whitlow and Neil Parsley for £30,000 in November 1988. Leeds had a problem spot at left-back and it turned out to be to Whitlow's advantage making his progress quicker. He went on to make sixty-two starts and fifteen other League appearances as a substitute and chipped in with four goals. While he took a backseat with the signing of Tony Dorigo he still amassed enough appearances to be given a First Division championship medal in 1991-92. On 27th March 1992 he was transferred to Leicester City for £250,000 and there gave good service scoring eight goals in one hundred and forty-one starts and six more from the bench before he moved to Bolton Wanderers for £500,000 on 19th September 1997. With the Trotters he scored twice in one hundred and twenty-four League starts and another eight from the bench before his contract ran out on 31st May 2003. He signed for Sheffield United on a free transfer on 16th July 2003. There he scored once in thirteen starts and four from the bench in League matches before being freed on 30th June 2004. He then joined Notts County as a player-coach in July 2004. He started twenty-two League games and came off the bench twice before hanging up his boots in March 2005 to concentrate on the coaching. He coached Notts County from August 2005 until May 2007. After leaving Notts County he worked with Derby County in their Youth Academy. He was appointed head of Youth Development with Mansfield Town in May 2009. (Leeds United Player Details)

Whittam

Ernest

13-12-1947

1947-1948

LB

Joined Leeds from Wombwell Athletic on 3rd December 1947, when he was 5ft 11ins and 11st 10lbs. He made several appearances for the Leeds Reserves and left at the end of the 1947-48 season.

Whyte

Christopher Anderson/Chris

30-12-1992

1990-1993

LH

Islington

02-09-1961

Whyte learned his trade at Arsenal, having played on their doorstep for Highbury Grove, Islington and Inner London Schools. He went to the Gunners in August 1977, turning professional in September 1978. Although he won four England Under-Twenty-one caps in 1982, it was not easy breaking into the Arsenal first team where David O’Leary was the king in central defence and after partnering him for two seasons he found himself behind Tony Adams and Tommy Caton in the pecking order. Whyte spent two months on loan at Crystal Palace in August 1984, where he made thirteen League appearances, and in 1986, after scoring eight goals in ninety League appearances, of which four were from the bench, he left Highbury and went to the United States to play indoor football with Los Angeles Lazers when he was released by Arsenal and no League club was interested in securing his services. He returned two years later to play for West Bromwich Albion in August 1988. The Baggies ‘Player of the Year’ in 1989, after scoring seven goals in eighty-four League games, one of which was from the bench, was snapped up by Leeds for £400,000. He proved a rock-solid investment and the dependable defender played a major part in establishing United back in the big time after the Seceond Division championship had been won in 1989-90. His days at Leeds were the best of his career where his skilful use of the ball at the back made him one of the most efficient members of the side which won the First Division title and he was close to being an ever-present for almost three seasons. But as he started to approach his mid-thirties at Leeds, a new breed of defenders like David Wetherall and Jon Newsome were coming through and so Whyte was sold to Birmingham City for £250,000 in August 1993. While at Leeds he had scored five goals in one hundred and thirteen League starts. At St Andrew’s he won a Division Two championship medal in 1994-95 and the following season played against Leeds in the Coca-Cola Cup Semi-Final after being recalled from a loan spell with West Ham United, scoring an own goal winner for Leeds in the first-leg. He scored one goal in sixty-eight League appearances. After a brief spell at Coventry City on loan in December 1995, where he played just one League game, he shortly afterwards moved to Charlton Athletic in March 1996. He made ten starts and one substitute appearances at the Valley in League games before joining Detroit Neon in the United States in June 1996. He returned to England and had spells with Leyton Orient in January 1997 and played one League game, then Oxford United in February 1997, where he played ten League games, and then joined Non-League Rushden & Diamonds in June 1997 where he stayed for two years. He then returned to the United States for a spell with the Raleigh Express in the A-League before returning to England to play under former Arsenal teammate Ian Allinson, manager of Harlow Town of Rymans League Division One in November 1999. In 2000 he played for Finnish third-division club HyPS, but soon returned to England. He then worked as a chauffeur and for Tesco.(Leeds United Player Details)

Whyte

David

29-09-1977

1976-1979

LH

Dunfermline

02-03-1959

Left sided player who had trials for the Scottish Schoolboy's team before joining Leeds as an apprentice, before signing professional forms in March 1977. He progressed through the United Juniors and into the Reserves and finally made one start and one substitute appearance in the League for the first team. He could not establish himself due to the many fine players United had at the time, with Internationals, Paul Madeley, Trevor Cherry and Byron Stevenson all vying for selection ahead of him. In July 1979 he moved to Hibernian but later returned to the West Riding as a non-contract player with Bradford City.(Leeds United Player Details)

Wigley

Russell

04-10-1989

1988-1991

IF/OL

Cardiff

09-01-1972

Cardiff Schools, Welsh Under Fifteen Schools and Welsh Under Eighteen representative, joined the Leeds Trainee Staff straight from School and after progressing through the Juniors and making his debut for the Reserves firstly as a substitute and then starting in several games towards the end of the 1989-90 season, he signed professional forms on 26th July 1990. He was released at the end of the 1990-91 season.

Wijnhard

Clyde

09-12-1998

1998-1999

CF/IR

Paramaribo, Surinam

01-11-1973

Wijnhard started his football career with Ajax in Holland in 1992 scoring twice in four games. He was loaned to Groningen in 1993 and there scored three times in twenty-three appearances. He left Ajax in 1995 and joined RKC Waalwijk and in two years scored eighteen goals in fifty games. He attracted the attention of George Graham, who was looking to pick up another bargain after his success with Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink, and, after Wijnhard had scored fourteen goals in twenty-eight starts and one substitute appearances in his only season with Willem II, in July 1998 Leeds paid £1.5 million for the Dutch Surinam-born striker. He was not the success that Graham had hoped for and never seemed to get to grips with the top flight. One year later in July 1999 he was transferred to Huddersfield Town for £750,000 after scoring just three League goals in eleven starts and seven as a substitute, he also scored once in one start ans one from the bench in the F.A. Cup but did not find the net in One League Cup start and one start and three games from the bench in Europe. He found the First Division more to his liking being almost ever-present and scoring fifteen times in forty-five games in his first season. In September 2000 he suffered a near-fatal car crash and his injuries took their toll. After a loan spell at Preston North End in March 2002, where he scored three times in six games, he joined Oldham Athletic in August 2002. He scored sixteen goals in fifty-one League starts and eleven more from the bench as he failed to live up to the promise of his first season. At Oldham he kept up his flow of goals with ten in twenty-four League starts and one game from the bench as well as three more six Cup games. He then took off for Portuguese football with Vitoria Guimaraes and Beira Mar Aveira on loan, scoring nine times in twenty-nine games, and was given a free transfer to Darlington in October 2004. Once more he kept his goals tally moving with fifteen in thirty-nine games, three of which were as a substitute, but was firstly loaned to Macclesfield Town in October 2005 before making the move permanent in January 2006, but on a monthly contract. He played twenty League games, one of which was from the bench and scored eight times, while in the cups he netted four in six games for Macclesfield. He trained for a while with Chester City but did not play for them. Brentford were his next club, joining the Bees in September 2006 and he failed to score in seven League starts and another two from the bench as well as three substitute appearances in the Cups and he left Griffin Park in December 2006. He later played for Bramham in the local Leagues near Leeds. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wilcockson

Ernest Stanley/Stan

27-08-1934

1934-1935

LH

Poplar

11-05-1905

03-03-1965

He started his career with Crittall Athletic before signing with Crystal Palace in 1930 and scored once in five League appearances before joining Dartford. He returned to League football with York City in 1933, scoring five times in thirty-nine League games before joing Leeds in June 1934. He made four League appearances for the first team but spent more time in the Reserves before leaving for Swindon Town in August 1935. He found a regular place with the Wiltshire club and scored five times in one hundred and thirty-four League games in three years before finishing his career with Tunbridge Wells Rangers. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wilcox

Jason Malcolm/Jason

21-12-1999

1999-2004

OL

Farnworth

15-07-1971

Wilcox started with Blackburn Rovers signing professional forms with them in June 1989, making his debut in the same year when just eighteen. A left winger, he cemented his place in the Blackburn first team and was a regular for much of his ten years at Ewood Park. He was part of the promotion-winning team of 1991-92 and the EPL-winning side of 1994-95, playing a large part with the crosses which Alan Shearer and his strike partners capitalised on, not to mention the goals he also contributed. He scored thirty-one League goals from two hundred and forty-four starts and twenty-seven more from the bench, while in the Cups and other competitions he scored twice from forty-one starts and three games as a substitute. He won his first England Cap in a 3-0 win over Hungary in 1996. He went on to play against France while still at Ewood. The emergence of Damien Duff saw Blackburn prepared to sell their longest-serving player and David O’Leary paid £3 million to bring him to Elland Road in December 1999. That season he helped the United to the Semi-Finals of the UEFA Cup, where they lost to Galatasaray. A year later he was part of the club's run to the ECL Semi-Finals. He got his third and final cap against Argentina after his move to Leeds. He made the squad for Euro 2000 but did not play through injury. Used mostly as an understudy to Harry Kewell he could be relied upon to also fill in at left-back, left-midfield or as an attacking winger as the occasion demanded. He did, however, have long spells on the injured list and when the club slipped into financial difficulties he was off-loaded and in July 2004 he was signed on a free by Leicester City. He initially signed a one year deal which was extended by another year in the summer of 2005. While at Leeds he scored four League goals from fifty-two starts starts and tenty-nine from the bench. He also scored twice in nine starts and six games from the bench in Europe but could not score in three League cup starts and six starts and one game from the bench in the F.A. Cup. Wilcox made a good start to his Leicester career, but unfortunately picked up a cruciate ligament injury in October 2004. It was feared it would end his season but hard work paid off and he returned on 2nd April 2005. After scoring just once in twenty League games, of which six were as a substitute, and just three substitute appearances in the League Cup, while at Leicester. On 28th January 2006, Wilcox joined Blackpool on a free transfer following a two-month spell on loan to the club. However, he was released at the end of the 2005-2006 season after playing twelve times in the League while on loan and a further fourteen times after his move became permanent. As a fourteen-year-old brought up in Bolton, Wilcox was a black belt in Judo and even represented England. After retiring from football, Wilcox established his own school of judo, The Wilcox Masters of Martial Arts, and has schools in Blackburn, Accrington and Whalley. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wilkinson

Charles Edward/Charlie

27-09-1930

1928-1933

LB

Medomsley

07-04-1907

00-00-1985

He started his career with Wallsend and then Consett and joined Leeds on a months trial on 26th August 1928, when he was twenty and stood 5ft 8ins and weighed 11st 4lbs. He improved his game while playing for the reserves and was rewarded with his first team debut in March 1932 and went on to play three League games for Leeds. Sheffield United saw the potential in Wilkinson and signed him on 19th October 1933. He went on to play one hundred and forty games for the Blades in a four year stay, moving to Southampton, where he played three games in 1938 and then Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletc where he had one game in 1939. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wilkinson

Norman

10-09-1932

1930-1933

HB

Wilkinson joined Leeds as a trialist on 25th September 1930, but nothing else is known about him.

Willetts

Harvey

30-08-1994

1994-1994

Gk

Little is known of this player who appears to have played just one game in August 1994. He did also sit several times on the bench during the season as an unused substitute goalkeeper. Leeds were his first club but he later was with Stockport County, Cape Cod Crusaders (USA), Stalybridge Celtic, Cheltenham Town, Newport AFC, Gloucester City, Evesham United, Trowbridge Town, Cape Cod Cardinals (USA), Evesham United, Bloxwich Town, Tamworth, Redditch United, but no further details have been found.

Williams

17-12-1966

1966-1966

Gk

Nothing is known of this player who appears to have played in one game in December 1966.

Williams

08-05-1996

1996-1996

Nothing is known of this player who was an unused substitute in the final reserve game in May 1996.

Williams

Andrew/Andy

30-11-1988

1988-1992

IL

Birmingham

29-07-1962

Williams started with Dudley Town and then Solihull Borough before signing professional forms with Coventry City on 24th July 1985 for £20,000. He only made three League starts and another six from the bench, before he was transferred to Rotherham United in October 1986 and he became a Millmoor regular. He moved on to Leeds United after scoring thirteen goals from eighty-seven starts in the League. Howard Wilkinson made Williams his first signing in bringing him to Elland Road in November 1988 for £175,000. He missed much of the 1989-90 through injury and illness, before making almost as many appearances off the substitutes' bench as he did starts, due to the keen opposition he faced from Gordon Strachan, David Batty, Gary McAllister and Gary Speed. He was loaned to Port Vale in December 1991, making five League appearances for them. While at Elland Road he scored three goals in twenty-five starts and twenty-one games from the bench in the League. He joined Notts County in February 1992 for £115,000 after an initial loan period. He made thirty-two League starts and had a further seven games from the bench and scored twice at Meadow Lane. He went on loan to Huddersfield Town in September 1993 where he started four League games and made two more from in the month he was there. He sustained a knee injury at the end of November and that caused him to miss much of the 1994-95 season. He scored twice in fifty-one League games in his second spell at Millmoor. He went on loan to Sheffield Wednesday but returned without playing a League game. He signed for Hull City in July 1995, and made thirty-three starts, and one more from the bench, League appearances. In August 1996 he joined Scarborough and made just one League appearance before going into Non-League with Gainsborough Trinity, Matlock Town and Guiseley.(Leeds United Player Details)

Williams

D.

23-03-1946

1945-1946

RB

Nothing is known of this player who appears to have played a couple of games for the Reserves in March 1946.

Williams

Gary

14-10-1987

1987-1990

RB

Wolverhampton

17-06-1960

He joined Aston Villa as an apprentice in 1975 and signed professional in June 1978. He forced his way into the Villa first team early in the 1978-79 season playing twenty-three League games that season, before missing much of the 1979-80 season to injury. After he had been loaned to Walsall to regain his fitness in March 1982 and there started nine League games, he came back to feature in half of the games as Villa won the First Division championship in 1980-81. It was in their European Cup-winning season that Williams came to the fore and became an almost ever-present in the team and an integral part of the trophies won which culminated in the the European Super Cup. He had started two hundred and thirty-five League games and come off the bench in five more before, after Villa had been relegated, he was put on the open to transfer list and joined Leeds United in July 1987 for £235,000. He was a regular for Leeds in the 1987-88 season, but Howard Wilkinson had other ideas and, after he took over, Williams featured less and less and had scored three League goals in thirty-nine starts when he was signed by Watford in January 1990. There he started thirty-nine League games and came off the bench on three more occasions for the Hornets and returned to Yorkshire with Bradford City in December 1991. He finished his career at Valley Parade in June 1994 after scoring five goals in eighty-four League starts and one game as a substitute.(Leeds United Player Details)

Williams

Harold

17-09-1949

1949-1957

OR/OL

Briton Ferry

17-06-1924

12-09-2014

Joined Leeds in July 1949 after a brilliant performance for Newport County when they eliniated Leeds from the F.A. Cup at Elland Road the previous January. Affectionately known as "Twinkle toes" the tricky and elusive winger could operate on either flank and went on to score thirty-five goals in two hundred and twenty-seven games at Elland Road. Capped four times by Wales he left to rejoin Newport County in March 1957, where he added another ten appearances without scoring to the seventeen goals in seventy-five he had made in his first stay with the club, before returning to Yorkshire with Bradford Park Avenue in July 1957 and made fifteen League appearances for them before retiring at the end of the 1957-58 season.(Leeds United Player Details)

Williams

John/Jack

04-12-1948

1948-1949

FB

Doncaster

14-04-1920

00-00-1979

Joined Leeds for £1,000 from Denaby United on 1st December 1948. He played one game for the first team, at Christmas 1948, but featured regularly in the Leeds reserves until he returned to Denaby United in August 1950. (Leeds United Player Details)

Williams

Michael

19-12-1990

1990-1990

CF

Not much is known about the trialist who played just the one game at centre forward and was substituted after sixty-two minutes.

Williams

Paul Anthony/Paul

11-03-1986

1986-1986

CH

Sheffield

08-09-1963

He started with Leeds United as a schoolboy in the late 1970s. While there he was capped by Northern Ireland Youth, as his mother was Belfast born. He was released by Leeds and went to Northern Ireland where he signed for Distillery and scored twenty-two goals in one hundred and ten games in the two seasons of 1983-84 and 1985-86, playing many roles as he put his strong physique to good use at full back, mifield and his initial postion of striker. He gained an Antrim Shield winners medal as Distillery won the final in October 1985 when he scored one of the goals in a 3-1 win over Ballymena United. He then looked towards England to further his career and Leeds United was one of the clubs he had trials with in March 1986. He played twice for the Leeds Reserves, being substituted in the second, but was not signed by any English clubs. He then went to South Africa in 1986, where he played with Arcadia Shepherds and Grinaker Rivers, before returning to England to score twice in four games for Nuneaton Borough in the Football Conference, before signing for Preston North End in December 1986. He made just one appearance at Deepdale, at centre-half in a 0-2 loss at Cambridge United on 21st March 1987 before being released at the end of the season. In August 1987 he joined Newport County on a free transfer. He scored three goals in twenty-six League appearances, mainly in defensive roles as Newport lost their League status at the end of the season and they sold him to Sheffield United before the 31st March transfer deadline for £17,000. He was at Bramall Lane for almost eighteen months but only scored twice in six starts and two games from the bench before leaving for Hartlepool United in October 1989 for £3,000. Again he failed to establish himself, making just seven starts and one game from the bench before moving to Stockport County on a free transfer in August 1990. At Edgeley Park he notched fourteen goals in twenty-four starts and this brought him to the attention of West Bromwich Albion. They paid £250,000 to take him to the Hawthorns in March 1991 and he went on to score five goals in twenty-six starts and eighteen games from the bench. It was while at the Hawthorns that Billy Bingham called him into the Northern Ireland squad and he gained his only cap, on 1st May 1991 in a 1-1 draw with Faroe Islands at Windsor Park, when he replaced Iain Dowie with seven minutes left on the clock. He was loaned to Coventry City in October 1992, where he made one League start and another from the bench. He went back to Edgeley Park for £25,000 in January 1993 but failed to recapture his former standards, scoring three goals in six starts and ten more as a substitute. He then went on a free transfer to Rochdale in November 1993, scoring seven goals in twenty-two starts and fifteen games from the bench. He was loaned to Doncaster Rovers in March 1996, scoring once in two starts and one game as a substitute before leaving Rochdale at the end of the 1995-96 season.

Williamson

Brian William/Brian

08-12-1962

1962-1966

Gk

Blyth

06-10-1939

He started his career with Seaton Delaval before he joined Gateshead in October 1958. There he made fifty-five League appearances before moving to Crewe Alexandra in July 1960. He played another fifty-five League games before joining Leeds on 3rd December 1962. He became the regular deputy to Gary Sprake after Tommy Younger had retired and made his first team debut in March 1963. Those appearances were rare as Sprake was consistent and rarely injured. He only made five League appearances before he joined Nottingham Forest in February 1966. There he had a similar fate with Peter Grummitt but did manage nineteen League games, and six for Leicester City, while on loan in August 1967, before joining Fulham in November 1968. He made a dozen League appearances at Craven Cottage, before retiring in September 1969.(Leeds United Player Details)

Williamson

Robert/Bobby

02-10-1965

1965-1966

Gk

Edinburgh

06-12-1933

Williamson started his career with Rosewall Rosedale before joining Arbroath in the Scottish First Division, making thirty-three appearances in the 1959-60 season. He then joined St Mirren and made forty-three Scottish League appearances before moving south of the border to Barnsley in August 1963. At Oakwell he made forty-six League appearances before joining Leeds in June 1965. He played plenty of games for the Reserve team, but never played a competitive game for the first team. He moved to Rochdale in July 1966, where he made thirty-six League appearances, before joining Non-League Chorley.

Williamson

Thomas/ Tommy

10-09-1932

1932-1933

LH

Salford

16-03-1913

00-00-1992

Williamson joined Leeds from Pendleton Wednesday in 1932. He did not make the first team and played a handful of games for the Reserves before leaving at the end of the 1932-33 season for Northwich Victoria. He went on to join Oldham Athletic in 1935 and scored four goals in one hundred and sixty League games, which would have beem hundreds more had it not been for the WW2. He left Oldham at the end of the 1946-47 season for Fleetwood Town.

Willingham

Charles Kenneth/Ken

04-04-1947

1947-1948

WH

Sheffield

01-12-1912

00-05-1975

An England Schoolboy International, he had a long and illustrious career with Huddersfield Town and England. After joining Town fro Worksop Town in november 1930 he scored four goals in two hundred and forty-seven League games and gained twelve England caps before joining Sunderland in December 1945. He played fourteen League games at Roker Park before moving to Leeds in March 1947. He played thirty-five games with the Leeds first team in the 1946-47 season before featuring in the Reserves in the following season.(Leeds United Player Details)

Willis

John George/George

14-03-1953

1953-1954

IF/CF

Shotton, Co Durham

05-07-1937

00-00-2002

He joined Leeds from Evenwood Town in March 1953 and played firstly for the Reserves before making his debut in October 1953. He did not stay long at Elland Road, moving to Hartlepool United in November 1954 after just three appearances in the first team. He stayed for four years with the Monkey-hangers but only scored seven goals in twenty-five League games in that time. He joined Blyth Spartans in the 1958-59 season and later had spells with Horden Colliery Welfare in 1961 and Eppleton Colliery Welfare in 1963. (Leeds United Player Details)

Willis

Peter

05-10-1977

1976-1978

LH

Doncaster

The 5ft 8ins, 10st 7 1/2lb Doncaster schoolboy defender represented Yorkshire Schoolboys before signing for United. He progressed through the United Juniors and into the Reserves, but that was the end of his Leeds career.

Wilson

George McIntyre/George

09-04-1929

1929-1930

IR

Kilmarnock

23-05-1905

22-05-1984

He started with Clydebank, Alloa Athletic and Portobello Thistle in his native Scotland before crossing the border to join Huddersfield Town in the 1927-28 season. He score in his only senior game for Town before joing Leeds on 21st March 1929. Standing 5ft 10ins and weighing 11st, he was on the fringe of the first team, for whom he made three League appearances, but was more often the travelling reserve or with the Reserves, before leaving to join Chesterfield in June 1930. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wilson

James E. /Jimmy

10-09-1928

1928-1929

Gk

Garforth

01-01-1909

He joined Leeds from Rothwell Athletic on 8th March 1928 as a nineteen year old trialist. He managed three League games and one more in the F.A. Cup. In his final game for Leeds he had the misfortune to be on the end of an 8-2 drubbing by West Ham United, but usually acquitted himself well particularly in the Reserves. He left Leeds on 14th March 1930 to join Halifax Town for whom he mage eight League appearances beforeleaving them for Shrewsbury Town and Shirebrook, before returning to League football in 1931-32 with Mansfield Town and made forty-one appearances, before leaving for Sutton Town. He had one game with Bradford Park Avenue in 1933 before joining Bristol City in 1934 and making sixty seven League appearances before joining his final club Bristol Rovers, in 1938 but he never played at first team level. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wilson

James Thompson/Tug

06-09-1950

1950-1950

IF

Middlesbrough

15-03-1924

00-00-1987

Son of Andy Wilson, he started with Gravesend and Northfleet, moving to Chelsea in June 1947. He did not make the first team at Stamford Bridge and went to Leeds on trial in August 1950 but after playing with the Leeds Reserve team he went to Watford in November 1950. He scored twelve goals in forty-nine League games at Vicarage Road, leaving for Southend United in July 1957, but failed to make the first team at Roots Hall.

Wilson

John Victor/Vic

28-09-1946

1946-1947

CH

Scampston

17-01-1921

05-06-2008

Did not play for the first team, had few Reserve games and played mostly with the Leeds Yorkshire League side in the 1946-47 season. A Yorkshire Cricket Colt at the time, he went on to Captain Yorkshire to several County Cricket Championships and toured Australia with England but never played in a Test.

Wilson

Peter

27-12-1958

1958-1960

OL

Played as an amateur after joining Leeds on 19th December 1958 from Whitley Bay Athletic. He was Twenty-One, 5ft 7ins and 11st. He was an England Amateur International and played for Loughborough University, Salts, and Bishop Auckland. He featured quite often for the Reserves but left in 1960.

Windle

William Henry/Billy

18-11-1947

1947-1948

OL

Maltby

09-07-1920

Having previously been on the books of Hull City and Goole Town, he joined Leeds from Denaby United on 7th October 1947 as a 20yo of 5ft 4ins and 10st. He started in the Reserves but after a few games was promoted to the first team, making two appearances in November and December 1947, but played mainly in the Reserves until he left to join Lincoln City in February 1948. he scored twenty-two goals in ninety-one League games with the Imps, before moving to Chester in October 1951. There he scored twenty goals in one hundred and twenty-seven League games. He left in June 1955 and later played with Caernarvon Town, New Brighton and Rhyl. (Leeds United Player Details)

Winspear

John/Jack

28-08-1965

1964-1966

OR

Leeds

24-12-1946

He joined Leeds as a junior and signed professional in October 1964. He progress as far as the Reserves making over twenty appearances in the 1965-66 season but never made the first team. He left in June 1966 to join Cardiff where he made just one League appearance before moving to Rochdale in July 1967. He scored three goals in fifteen starts and one substitute game in the League before going to play in Soth Africa with Port Elizabeth.

Wood

08-09-1945

1945-1946

IL

Nothing is known of this player who appears to have played once for the Reserves in September 1945.

Wood

Basil Matthew/Basil

11-12-1920

1920-1922

OL

Wortley, Sheffield

09-11-1900

08-06-1979

He was Nineteen-years-of-age and stood 5ft 7ins and weighed 11st 7lb when signed, as a trialist, from Crook Town on 30th November 1920 and soon made his debut for the Leeds United Reserve team before quickly eatablishing himself, after just two games, as the clubs first choice Outside-Left. He went on to make over fifty first team appearances as he remained first choice until the end of the 1921-22 season when he was transferred to Sheffield Wednesday. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wood

Royden L./Royden

23-08-1952

1952-1960

Gk

Wallasey

16-10-1930

He joined Leeds from Clitheroe in May 1952. Initially he was second or third choice to the dependable Jack Scott, but after Scott was injured Tom Wheatley took over for a few games and the next time he was injured Wood was given his chance to make his debut in October 1953. When Scott recovered he reclaimed his spot, but in October 1954 Wood took over and went on a long almost unbroken run, in which he missed just one game, until Ted Burgin took over in January 1959. He played a total of two hundred and four games for United before retiring prematurely, while still not thirty, at the end of the 1959-60 season. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wood

Terence/Terry

07-03-1959

1958-1961

CH

Sheffield

A 6ft 12st sixteen year old, who had been on the books of Bolton Wanderers as an amateur joined the Leeds Juniors on 2nd October 1958 and progressed to play with the Reserves. He was released by the club at the end of the 1960-61 season

Woodgate

Jonathan Simon/Jonathan

01-05-1996

1995-2004

CH

Middlesbrough

22-01-1980

He joined Leeds as a trainee in May 1995. Signing professional forms on 22nd January 1997 he had an incredible rise to fame starting the 1998-99 season as a member of the Youth team to being acclaimed as "Man of the Match" on his England debut against Bulgaria in June 1999 at the age of nineteen. He had started late in the 1995-96 season and scored once in three starts and one more as a substitute for the Juniors and had also made one substitute appearance for the Reserves. The following season was an enormous success for the Leeds Youth team as they swept all before them topping the Northern Intermediate Leage and won the F.A. Youth Cup. He contributed two goals in twenty-seven starts and two substitute games in the League and was ever-present for the eleven games in the Cup. He also started one game for the reserves. He broke into the first team in October 1998 at eighteen and became a regular. The young Leeds team with Woodgate at the centre of the defence had reached the Semi-Finals of the UEFA Cup before disaster struck in Istanbul where two Leeds fans were murdered prior to the game and Leeds fell to Galatasaray and the atmosphere. Their League Championship ambitions suffered a similar fate, but they finished in third position, sufficient to ensure participation in the ECL in the following season of 2000-01 when they reached the Semi-Finals of the ECL only to be beaten by Valencia as their League programme suffered from the injury backlog and they were pipped for third spot by Liverpool. However, in January 2000, Woodgate and his teammate Lee Bowyer were involved in an incident in Leeds and were charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and affray. Woodgate was missing from the team through injury but the trial affected him physically and, while Bowyer thrived on the adversity, Woodgate did not play during the duration of the trial. The initial trial collapsed in April 2001 after an article in a Sunday newspaper and following a second trial, which ended in December 2001, Bowyer was cleared of both charges while Woodgate was convicted of affray and sentenced to community service. It was a long time before Woodgate could regain his first team place and by then Leeds were in deep financial trouble and Woodgate was one of the players that had to be sacrificed so the club could survive. He scored four goals in one hundred starts and four from the bench until his sale to Newcastle United for £9 million in January 2003. He impressed at St James's and quickly became a fan favourite, but a serious injury saw him end his final season somewhat early. Woodgate never really had an injury-free run in the team, although his finest moment in a Newcastle shirt arguably came in the 2003-2004 UEFA Cup Semi-Final match against Olympique Marseille at Gallowgate where he marked Didier Drogba out of the game. While at Newcastle he made twenty-eight League appearances. Woodgate signed for Real Madrid in August 2004 for a transfer fee of £13.4 million. This was to the surprise of many in the football world, due to his frequent absences through injury at his previous clubs, and indeed he was injured at the time of the transfer. Woodgate did not make any appearances for Real Madrid in his first season in Spain, eventually making his debut on 22nd September 2005, in a league match against Athletico Bilbao. The game went badly for him, as he scored an own goal and was later sent off for a second bookable offence. However, Woodgate was applauded and cheered from the pitch and was regarded for a period of his time at the club to be something of a cult-hero. By February 2006, Woodgate had established himself as a first-team player, with the other centre half position alongside him often rotating among the likes of Sergio Ramos, Ivan Helguera, Francisco Pavon and Alvaro Mejia. One Spanish newspaper even described him as having "become Madrid's true leader". However, further injury setbacks again stopped him playing. He was considered to have an outside chance of making the England squad for Germany 2006, but due to surgery on his back was not named in the squad. Woodgate confirmed in August 2006 that he was returning to the English Premiership on a loan move. While at Real he started seven League games and came off the bench for two more and scored once in three games in Europe. On 30th August 2006, Woodgate signed a one-year loan move to hometown club Middlesbrough. He was voted man of the match in his first game at Arsenal and he was made captain for his second game for Middlesbrough, when usual captain George Boateng was out suspended. On 26th April 2007 Middlesbrough announced that Woodgate had become their first summer signing at a fee of £7 million. He signed a four year contract to keep him at the club until 2011. While on loan Woodgate played twenty-seven League games and after his move became permanent he played another nineteen League games for Boro. On 28th January 2008 Woodgate moved to Tottenham Hotspur for £8 million. He made his Tottenham debut against Everton on 30th January 2008. He scored his first Tottenham goal on 24th February 2008 in the Carling Cup Final against Chelsea in extra time to win Tottenham their first trophy since 1999. His performance won him the ‘Man of the Match’ award. After outstanding form for Spurs in season in which the club were in relegation danger for most of the season, he had an operation at the end of the season to try to cure a groin strain. In August 2009 he was forced to undergo another minor operation for the same problem. The reult was that the 2009-10 season saw only three appearances, all in the League, as Woodgate struggled to regain fitness. In the end he went to Australia to undergo further surgery in early March and with recuperation was not considered again that season. To the end of the 2009-10 season Woodgate had played forty-nine League games and scored twice, while making nine more appearances in Europe, without scoring. On 11th July 2011, he was given a free transfer to Stoke City and there he started sixteen and came off the bench in another as his one year contract expired. He returned to Middlesbrough on 6th July 2012 and played out the final four seasons of his career, scoring twice in fifty-three starts and three from the bench before retiring in May 2016. Capped once at Under-Sixteen, six times at Under-Eighteenat Youth and once at Under-Twenty-one level, he was capped four times by England while at Leeds. However, both his club and international career have frequently been interrupted, by injury and other matters. He was banned from International duty during his court appearances and this prevented him from being selected for the England squad for the 2002 World Cup. Woodgate won his sixth cap, almost three years after his fifth, with Newcastle in March 2004, when he started in an international friendly against Spain on 7th February 2007. He took his total to eight with caps against Trinidad and Tobago in May 2008 and as a substitute for Rio Ferdinand against Czech Republic on 20th August 2008 while with Tottenham Hotspur. (Leeds United Player Details)

Woodhall

David

28-10-1972

1972-1974

FB

Saltaire

5ft 9 1/2 ins and 11st 8lb full back came through the Leeds feeder club Pudsey Juniors. He went on a tour with the Leeds Intermediate team and was signed as a professional when seventeen on 9th September 1972. He played a few games for the Reserves but never progressed to the first team.

Woodhouse

John

27-08-1955

1955-1957

OR/CF

Middlesbrough

05-04-1937

Joined Leeds from South Bank in June 1955 as a nineteen year-old. He showed promise in the lower grades and found the net consistently in the Reserves, but never played at the top level with the first team. He left for Gateshead in July 1957, but only played two games in his one season stay.

Woods

Martin Paul/Martin

02-04-2002

2001-2005

IL

Bellshill, North Lanark

01-01-1986

He joined Leeds in 20010 as a trainee and soon attained Scottish Youth honours as he progressed through the Leeds Juniors and made his first start for the Reserves as a sixtieth minute replacement for Paul Keegan in early April 2002. However he had to be content with two further substitute appearances in the following season before he started to play regularly for them in 2003-04 and 2004-05. On 10th September 2004 he was loaned to Hartlepool United for a month, which was later extended and he started three League games and came off the bench three times, whilst also starting one game in the League Cup and Johnstone's Paint Trophy, before returning to Elland Road on 20th October 2004. He did make one substitute appearance for Leeds, coincidently against the team, Sunderland, that he was soon to joined in early July 2005. Unfortunately he also found the competition at Sunderland was almost as severe as that at Elland Road and he had started only one League game together with six from the bench and one in the League Cup and the Johnstone's Paint Trophy in his season there before moving to Rotherham United in early August 2006. At Millmoor he established himself as a regular and scored fpur goals in thirty-one League starts and five games from the bench and also played two League Cup and one Johnstone's Paint Trophy games without scoring before Doncaster Rovers picked him up on a free transfer in June 2007 on a four year contract. He was a regular for most of his time with Rovers, but did have a loan spell with Yeovil Town for a month from 15th February 2008 where he started three League games without scoring. In late September 2010, he signed an extension of three years to his contract, but that was the start of a bad period with injuries. It started in October 2010 when injuries struck and apart for one game at home to Reading in January 2011, he was out until January 2012 and played just four League games and one F.A. Cup tie in the 2011-12 season. He regained his place and played until that contract ran out, but he had lost his place in November 2012 and did not regain it until early December 2013 after he had resigned on non-contract terms in late November 2013. He left at the end of that season and joined Barnsley on 31st January 2014 on a contract until the end of the season. He had scored seven League goals in ninety-six starts and twenty-one games from the bench. He also scored once in eight starts and one game from the bench in the F.A. Cup, one in six starts and and one game from the bench in the League Cup and one in three starts in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. At Oakwell he made six starts and two from the bench in the League without scoring. Once more without a club he was signed before the start of the 2014-15 season by Scottish club Ross County until the end of January 2015. That contract was extended until the end of the season which saw him score twice in twenty-six starts and one game from the bench in the Scottish League and one start in the Scottish Cup without scoring. He signed a two year contract with Shrewsbury Town in May 2015, but just a couple of months later, after starting just four League games and one League Cup tie, he was releaed from the contract for family reasons and he returned to Ross County in late August 2015, signing a two year contract. At the end of the 2016-17 season he had scored twice in fifty Scottish League starts and five games from the bench and once more in seven Scottish League Cup starts and had started four Scottish League Cup games without scoring. He went on to represented Scotland at Under-Nineteen level and twice at Under-Twenty-one level, in which his debut came on 28th February 2006, when he started at inside-left in a 4-0 home win over Iceland and was later replaced by Rocco Quinn. His second cap came on 16th May 2006 in a 0-1 away defeat by Northern Ireland in which he played at Outside-Left and was later replaced by Charlie Mulgrew. (Leeds United Player Details)

Woodward

Brian

23-03-1946

1945-1946

CF

Leeds

12-07-1929

Son of Leeds Director Percy Woodward, he progressed through the Leeds Junior and Reserve teams but never made the first team. He had trials with Everton and signed for Leeds as an amateur on 21st August 1947 turning professional on 8th October 1948. He left for Hereford United on 8th February 1950 but returned to League football with York City in August 1950. He made five appearances for York City in the 1950-51 season.

Woodward

Ernest

20-11-1920

1920-1922

FB

Rotherham

He was Twenty-three-years-old and stood 5ft 10 1/2 ins and weighed 12st 7lb when he joined United on 16th November 1920 from Silverwood Colliery. He made his debut just four days later. He quickly cemented his place in the Reserve team, making over twenty appearances before the end of the season. Unfortunately, in the 1921-22 season he was unable to maintain his hold on the full-back position and made only a handful of appearances. This saw him leave on a free transfer at the end of that season.

Wootton

C. W.

09-09-1925

1925-1927

FB

Bloxwich

He came to Leeds in the close season of 1925 from Bloxwich Strollers and left the club in November 1927, having made several Reserve game appearances but never being called yup to the first team.

Worsley

Herbert/Bert

03-02-1934

1932-1935

OR

Stockport

20-09-1911

25-06-1971

After having signed amateur forms on 1st August 1932, after playing as an amateur with Alrincham, Manchester North End , Bolton Wanderers and again Manchester North End he signed professional forms on 30th January 1934. He made his first team debut in August 1934, but played just three games as Leeds were well stocked for wingers at the time and on 1st June 1935 he moved to Fulham, where he scored fifteen goals in one hundred and seven League games in four seasons before injiries and WW2 brought his career to an end. (Leeds United Player Details)

Worthington

Len

17-03-1973

1970-1973

CF

Moston, Manchester

5ft 7ins and 12st he represented Manchester and Lancashire Boys as a schoolboy. He joined Leeds straight from school and signed professional forms on 9th September 1972 and progressed through the Juniors to the reserves but never made the first team.

Worthington

Nigel

01-12-1994

1994-1996

LB/LH

Ballymena, Northern Ireland

04-11-1961

Howard Wilkinson first spotted Worthington playing for his native Ballymena, where he was ‘Young Footballer of the Year’, and signed him for Notts County in July 1981 for £100,000, a couple of months after he had collected an Irish Cup-winners’ medal after a 1-0 win over Glenavon and also an Ulster Cup-winners’ medal. Shortly after Wilkinson joined Sheffield Wednesday, he pursuaded County to part with the Northern Ireland Youth International in February 1984 for £125,000. He scored four goals in sixty-seven League games at Meadow Lane. Rarely had money been so well spent as Worthington proved to be one of the Owls’ most consistent performers over the next ten years, becoming a regular member of his national team and playing in Wednesday’s League Cup triumph over Manchester United at Wembley in 1991, the same year as they gained promotion back to the EPL. Two years later, Worthington and his teammates were losing finalists in both the League Cup and FA Cup. After rejecting new terms from Sheffield Wednesday, Worthington opted to join his old boss, Howard Wilkinson, at Leeds. It was the third time Wilkinson had signed the Northern Ireland International. He scored twelve goals in three hundred and thirty-four starts and four substitute appearances at Hillsbrorough. A tribunal fixed the fee at £325,000 after the deal went through in in July 1994 and Worthington was used as cover at left-back and the left side of midfield, but became the boo-boys target in his second season when, at the age of thirty-four, the speed required to fit into United’s game plan, as Tony Dorigo’s deputy, seemed to have deserted him. At Leeds he pushed his International appearances through the sixty cap barrier and in his final season often wore the captain’s armband for Northern Ireland. He became Northern Ireland’s ninth most capped player with sixty-six caps. He also picked up eighteen Under-Eighteen caps and played once for the Irish League. He was freed at the end of the campaign, after scoring once in thirty-three starts and ten more from the bench in League games, leaving for Stoke City, where he made twelve League appearances, before becoming Player/ Manager at Blackpool in 1977. He soon retired from playing, after four League starts and five games from the bench, to take on sole managerial duties, but two and a half seasons in charge ended with his resignation. It followed a worrying dip in form that saw the club lying in the thick of the Second Division relegation battle. He had little sympathy from the fans on his departure and they accused him of adopting a long-ball game. After acting as assistant to Howard Wilkinson with the England Under-Twenty-one team, Worthington moved to Norwich City at the start of the 2000-01 season as assistant to Bryan Hamilton. He was appointed caretaker manager on 4th December 2000 after Hamilton resigned and the following month was appointed as permament manager and he later saved the club from relegation to the Second Division. The 2001-02 season, Worthington's first full season, saw the club reach the play-off final but lost to Birmingham City on penalties. In his third full season in charge, 2003-04, Worthington took Norwich into the EPL after winning the First Division with a club record ninety-four points. However, the club struggled in the EPL and found itself in a battle against relegation. Before the final game of the season the club was in pole position to survive but they were defeated 6–0 by Fulham and ended the season nineteenth in the table having conceded seventy-seven goals. Only five other teams have ever conceded more goals in an EPL season. Norwich were tipped to make an instant return to the EPL in the 2005-06 season having retained the majority of their squad. However, the club failed to mount the expected promotion challenge which led to some supporters calling for Worthington to leave the club. Despite the pressure from supporters, Worthington retained his position to remain in charge for the beginning of the 2006-07 season. After a defeat to Plymouth Argyle in September 2006, Norwich's majority shareholders, Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones, released a statement expecting Worthington to improve the team's performance in the following matches. Norwich's following game, a 4–1 defeat to Burnley, was Worthington's final game in charge as he was sacked almost immediately after the result. Towards the end of the 2006–07 season, Worthington was appointed caretaker manager of relegation threatened CCCL side Leicester City. Despite losing his first game to former club Norwich, he was able to steer the Foxes to safety and stated his desire to become Leicester's permanent manager. He lost out on the position to Martin Allen. Worthington was appointed as manager of Northern Ireland in June 2007, initially on a short term contract until the end of the Euro 2008 qualifying tournament in the November. At the time of his appointment, Northern Ireland led their qualifying group. Although Northern Ireland eventually finished third in their qualification group, the IFA were suitably impressed enough to give Worthington a two-year contract until 2010. (Leeds United Player Details)

Wright

02-04-1921

1921-1921

CH

Not much is known, other than he played as a trialist at Centre-Half in his debut game, which also proved to be his final one.

Wright

Andrew James/Andy

26-10-1995

1995-2000

IF

Leeds

21-10-1978

Signed by United as a trainee straight from school in the summer of 1995. He signed professional on 26th October 1995 and progressed through the Junior team, where he scored twice in sixteen starts and one game from the bench, to the Reserves, where he started three and was a substitute twice. He was a member of the strong Juniors side of 1996-97, which won the Northern Intermediate League and the F.A. Youth Cup. Wright scored eight goals in twenty-two starts and seven games from the bench in the League and started five and was a substitute in five games in the Cup, while he made two starts and one from the bench for the reserves. He made solid progress into the Reserves and was called up for the first team as a substitute in the Fourth Round Cup-tie at Portsmouth in January 1999, along with other youngsters Matthew Jones and Tommy Knarvik. Jones and Knarvik both got a run but Wright remained unused on the bench. He was loaned out to Reading in December 1998, making two substitute appearances. He had trials at Norwich City in February 2000, Luton Town on 11th February 2000, Ipswich Town in April 2000 trained with Carlisle United near the end of July 2000 and Doncaster in the 2001 close season, before he joined Harrogate Town in the Northern League in September 2001, before joining Dutch club Fortuna Sittard in July 2001, where he made four substitute appearances before leaving for Scarborough in March 2002 but was released after playing four games. He joined Droylsden in the Unibond Northern League in October 2002 but was there for just a fortnight before moving to Whitby Town, and later joining Bradford Park Avenue in December 2002. He stayed with Park Avenue until he moved to Wakefield & Emley in July 2003. He stayed for a year and made five starts and two games as a substitute in the League. He then rejoined Harrogate Town in July 2004 before returning to Wakefield & Emley in September 2004. He scored three goals in the League from nineteen starts and played four games as a substitute, in both stints with Emley. He left for Sutton Town in March 2005 but returned to Wakefield & Emley in July 2005, before leaving to play with Stocksbridge Park Steels at the beginning of February 2006. The following month, he joined Worksop Town where he played until July 2006. It was then that he moved to Guiseley until January 2007, when he joined North Ferriby United until July 2007. He returned to Worksop Town until he moved to Leigh RMI in December 2007 and made fifteen appearances for them in 2007-08. After the relegation of Leigh RMI at the close of that season, he signed for Blyth Spartans in July 2008 and remained playing in the Conference North. He scored once and made twenty starts and nine games off the bench in the 2008-09 season, but, on 15th March 2009 he moved to Newcastle Blue Star. On 5th September 2009 he signed for Harrogate Railway playing to the end of the season and retiring in July 2010.(Leeds United Player Details)

Wright

Barrie

18-10-1961

1962-1964

FB

Bradford

06-11-1945

An England Schoolboy and Youth International, he joined the United Juniors as an amateur and signed professional forms in November 1962, having already established himself in the Reserve team. Although he made his first team debut in April 1963, there was far too much competition for places and he had to resign himself to Reserve team football, making only five League appearances. He left Leeds to join Freddie Goodwin at Brighton and had only made ten League appearance, two of wich were from the bench, before he also followed him to New York Generals.(Leeds United Player Details)

Wright

Benjamin/Ben

16-12-1998

1998-1998

CF/LH

Munster, Germany

01-07-1980

The 6ft 3ins 13st 8lb striker was born in Germany where his father was a teacher in the British Army and spent his first thirteen years there before returing to England and settling in Lincolnshire. He played with local junior side Deeping Rangers and at eighteen, as he was about to start University to study Sports Science, he was snapped up by semi-professional Kettering Town on a one year contract. He soon had a trial at Elland Road and twice played for the Under-Nineteen team and had one start with the Reserve team, but did not play a full game as Wesley Boyle replaced him. While he never played a game for Kettering, as he was still only eighteen, his promise was sufficient for Bristol City to pay £30,000 to take him to Ashton Gate on 16th March 1999. It was not until 15th January 2000 that he made his Robins debut in a 3-2 away win at Bournemouth, when he was a seventy-seventh minute substitute. He again came from the bench for his second substitute appearance at Millwall in a 1-4 defeat in which he came on in the sixty-third minute. It proved to be his final game for them as he was first loaned to Woking for a month from 9th September 2000, in which time he started three games without scoring. Then, on 1st June 2001, after Bristol had been relegated and their Swedish Manager, Benny Lennartsson sacked, he followed his former boss to Viking of Norway. There he stayed for two seasons and scored once in five UEFA Cup games as a substitute and there was three League goals from three starts and thirty-eight from the bench. At the start of the Norwegian 2003 season he moved to IK Start and spent five seasons there, being leading scorer as they won the First Division title and promotion to the Tippeligaen in 2004. In September2005 he broke his leg in training and he missed most of the 2005 and 2006 seasons. As part of his recovery he was loaned to Moss FK for the remainder of the season. While at Viking he scored twenty-eight goals in seventy appearances. At Moss FK he scored twice in six starts and five from the bench. He returned to England and joined Lincoln City in August 2007. He spent two seasons at Sincil Bank, scoring seventeen goals in sixty-seven League appearances of which twenty-six were as a substitute and also scored once in two starts in the League Cup but could not find the net in three starts and one game from the bench in the F.A. Cup nor two games from the bench in the Football League Trophy. At the end of his cointract he moved to Macclesfield Town and scored six League goals in twenty-five starts and fourteen from the bench and made one start in both the F. A. Cup and League Cup without scoring. Unfortunately, he tore his the cartilage in his left knee. He started taking coaching courses and met Joe Green, who was over from New Zealand, and he suggested he should join him at Richmond Athletic as a coach and player. He finished his UEFA "B" coaching badge. He subsequently moved to Nelson Suburbs as player coach, a position he still holds.

Wright

Herbert Montague/Monty

23-10-1951

1951-1953

CH/WH

Shirebrook

29-05-1931

Signed from Bolsover Colliery in October 1951, he played in the "A " team before breaking into the Reserve team in 1952. That proved to be as far as his career at Leeds progressed and left, without making the first team, to join Stockport County in June 1953. At Edgeley Park he played just one League game before moving to Chester City in July 1954 and there he scored four goals in twenty-one League games before leaving at the end of the season.

Wright

James J./Jimmy

02-03-1973

1973-1977

IF

Lochgelly

5ft 9ins 9st 2lb, midfielder who soon played his way into the Reserve team and later had a good run in that position but failed to make the first team and moved to St Johnstone on 28th May 1977, where he scored once in thirty League games before joining Dundonald Bluebell in 1979.

Wright

Ronald William/Ronnie

05-09-1959

1959-1960

IF

Falkirk

06-12-1940

Signed by United from Shettleston on 29th July 1959 at nineteen, when he was 5ft 7ins and 11st 2lb, he progressed through the "A" team to the Reserves. He went on to play in one League Cup and one League game in October 1960, but was allowed to join St Johnstone on 22nd November 1960. There he scored three goals in sixteen Scottish League games and later played with Guildford City and Forfar Athletic.(Leeds United Player Details)

Wright

Thomas Elliot/Tommy

31-08-1982

1982-1986

IF

Dunfermline

10-01-1966

5ft 7ins 9st 9lb at sixteen he joined United on the recommendation of John Barr, a long time Scottish talent-spotter for United. He was the son of former Sunderland and Scotland Outside Right, Tommy Wright. He joined United on 4th January 1982 and despite being just sixteen he was outstanding for the Juniors and soon progressed also to the Reserves, where he also impressed and made his first team debut in April 1983, when hardly seventeen. He signed his first professional contract in January 1983 and went on to represent Scotland Youths and the Scottish Under-Twenty-Ones. He was one of the many young stars produced by Eddie Gray and like so many others he was sold as new manager Billy Bremner brought in older and more experienced players. He left for Oldham Athletic for £80,000 in October 1986 and joined several other United youngsters who had joined the Latics to go onto greater fame. He had scored twenty-four goals in eighty-onr League games for United, of whicheight had been from the bench. Just under three years later Oldham cashed in on their good fortune by selling him to Leicester City for £300,000 in August 1989, after he had scored twenty-three goals in one hundred and ten League starts and two games from the bench. He gave the Foxes good value, scoring twenty-two goals in one hundred and twenty League starts and seven more from the bench, before moving to Middlesbrough in July 1992 for £650,000. That was to be the high watermark in his career and with Boro he suffered injury and loss of form, scoring just five goals in forty-four starts and nine from the bench in League games. He joined Bradford City in July 1995 scoring five League goals in thirty starts and fifteen games as a substitute before returning to Oldham Athletic in August 1997. After Oldham he played in Non-League and Scotland before obtaining his coaching certificates and becoming a good coach and Assistant Manager.(Leeds United Player Details)