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Now that is a bit of a shock. First goalie in the superb Leeds Utd side of the 60s and 70s. I was a regular attendee.
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Gareth Sprake (3 April 1945 – 18 October 2016) was a Welsh professional footballer. A goalkeeper, he played for Leeds United and Birmingham City and also won 37 caps for Wales.
Sprake became known during his career as a goalkeeper who was brilliant, but occasionally prone to appalling mistakes.[1][2] He spent more than a decade as the number 1 keeper at Leeds during a period when they were a dominant side in the English domestic game. |
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I'm sure they once played careless hands at half time after he let in a howler.
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They did at Liverpool. :-)
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Hi Saddo,After Gary Sprakes mistake it was the Liverpool fans on the kop who started singing Careless Hands rather than the song being played at halftime.
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I don't think they sang it until after the quick witthed DJ played it at HT, Culvin, although I could be wrong.
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Anyway, Gary landed the best left hook I've ever seen on a football field. Think it's on youtube. Back in a mo.
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Here we are. Fantastic punch on Bobby Gould, who was no angel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EzGUobdyuA |
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Yea,Sprakey landed a right Gud Un there..And he only received a booking...That LEEDS UNITED team What a Great,Great team that was.
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Damned United. Great film. Leeds under Revie were a bunch of thugs.
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I didn't miss many home games in those days Kenny. The atmosphere was magical, if Leeds scored first then that was usually game over.
I agree they could dish it out but there were some brutal defenders in that era, every team in the league had at least 2 enforcers. Although Leeds had 4 or 5  |
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played for the greatest club team I have ever seen. 1969-1973. by 74 they were already just past their very peak.(and still reached the European cup final and should have beat Munich)
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Very sad - always put in a great performance for Wales iirc.
Nice video kenny. Can't imagine the nuclear handbag fallout if that happened today. |
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"Following his retirement, Sprake worked as a salesman for a short period before becoming a borough council training officer in Solihull, a job which he remained in for over 14 years."!
How times have changed. |
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Enjoyed John Cleese's portrayal. Captured the Leeds man's poetic and romantic side.
"Yang-tse Kiang, river of the eastern dream. Teeming with carp and trout and perch and ... bream." |
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Brian Clough vs. Don Revie (1974) - TV interview straight after Clough was sacked....great !
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SQbLb4vFtg |
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Yea,that interview is quite funny.The Don did OK ,he more than held his ground.
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Sprake was great comedy value at times along with Stepney and the plethora north of the border.
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