Leeds great Gordon Strachan: Winning promotion better than winning league

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20 Feb 2022 • 8:13 PM MYT
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Leeds United great Gordon Strachan is proud to have led the club to the league title.

Strachan pipped former club Manchester United to the title at the time.

He told the Leeds website: "We knew we were a hard team to beat, that's for sure. I think we thought we had lost it when we got beaten by Manchester City, it was a heavy one at Maine Road. I got asked the other day about when I thought we had a chance of winning it and it got me thinking… I was driving through Harehills and it was at night, I had West Ham versus Manchester United on the radio and heard the goal going in for West Ham.

"It was then that I thought, 'We could win this...'. I never slept that night because of it. I never thought that would happen, but it did. So it all changed with a night-time drive through Harehills with my wife.

“When we did win it, it was incredible and some achievement, but I would still put winning the league below above that. Doing it with Speedo, Batts, Vinnie, Kamara... We had such a wonderful group of players. We weren't the most talented, but we were incredibly dedicated and that was our challenge and my remit. Anything after that was great and we loved it, but it can't beat the promotion season."


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