News about Eddie Gray

MATT BARLOW: English football is back to its salami-slicer yet more. Ronnie Radford and the FA Cup's most recognizable target on the mud heap at Edgar Street are competing this time. As Allan Clarke's Scunthorpe United humbled Eddie Gray's Leeds United, he is Manchester City's pulsating battle back from 3-0 down with 10 men and a sprinter by Jon Macken at White Hart Lane and a raucous night under the Old Showground's corrugated iron roofs. And those transformal windfalls for clubs like Exeter City were saved from extinction thanks in part to a replay victory over Manchester United, which saw Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney move to Devon.

It's the most watched club game in English television history, not because of its 28 million viewers at home, but for the brutality of the thundering tackles and violence. Chelsea and Leeds will meet in the FA Cup on Wednesday, a match from 54 years ago - and the subsequent raging discussions - will never be far away, even though the snowflake rules of the modern day have changed the game forever. Chelsea won 2-1 after extra time in the third most watched sporting match in UK television history, only beating the 1966 World Cup final and Euro 2020 final.

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ACTION BY IAN LADYMAN: Gordon Strachan did not hesitate when Sam Allardyce called, he didn't hesitate. So, on Friday afternoon, the former Leeds captain and league champion found himself home from Elland Road, wishing for a miracle. This week, psychology has been at play in Leeds, Leicester, and Everton. It's been one of the longest and most unique football seasons that any of us have ever knew, it's been decided on a final-day shootout for survival. Both must be discarded. Only one will live. Allardyce has dug deep into his bag of tricks at Leeds. Both his players have been training at Elland Road all week as it is where they will face Tottenham Hotspur. In addition to Strachan, who won the Old First Division with Leeds in 1992, the interim manager has called on two other players of yore, Gary McAllister, and Eddie Gray.

IAN LADYMAN: Nevertheless, Allardyce sat behind a desk this week and released what seemed to be a pretty strong warning to the players of Leeds United, his 13th club in his managerial career. "I told them, "We can't afford to have lost when we come off the field on Saturday," Allardyce said ahead of Newcastle's home game on Saturday. In terms of the pressure we have put on ourselves, this is a cauldron.' But fear must motivate them. They should fight for their club and their reputation because of the possibility of relegation.' There's a lot to be lost at Leeds. If the Yorkshire club can't lift its head off the canvas and is relegated for more than a fortnight, a playing squad Allardyce believes there will be no balance and numbers will be cut by 55%.

Exclusive INTERVIEW BY CHRIS WHEELER: The long hair is long gone, and Joe Jordan has a full set of teeth, but he's lean and toned as he settles into a sofa in Bristol to discuss a life in football. Jordan, 71, is in Leeds United's interview with Manchester United and Manchester United. He has a definite love for both. He came of age at Leeds for seven years and played his best form at United. Jordan knows one of England's most coveted rivalries will be reignited by a blockbuster double-header at Old Trafford and Elland Road on Sunday night.