Leeds United: The Wilderness Years 1975-1988: 5: Maverick McKenzie

[@frankhornby6873]

As an Evertonian....Duncan McKenzie really was Magic!!....was Magic!!...was Magic!!....💙

[@JohnCambridge-c6t]

What a player

[@crawfordgalbraith73]

Duncan McKenzie was an absolute genius. If he was Brazilian they would have built their international team around him. Born in the wrong country. Anyone who saw him will never forget him.

[@jamesclarkson9902]

That pass by Bremner at 8:30 is near-perfection. MOTD would have a whole feature on it if De Bruyne or Fabregas did it these days. You barely hear anything about that side of Bremner's game.

[@steakandsidjustleeds]

Bremner was World Class...his game lacked nothing...There is no one in today's game to compare him to

[@jerryoshea3116]

James Clarkson ..I was a young nipper from London(Spurs Fan)but a football fan first&foremost and the Leeds players had so much quality...I suppose if we used a Contempory litmus test££££ what price would u put on Brenner,Johnny Giles,Duncan Mckensie,Peter Lorimar,Eddie Gray..Alan Clarke..And those def..Paul Madley,Paul Reiney..Some f##king Team..And now we have over paid,pampered wankers,who dive around..Not quite the same really..

[@gmortimer20031]

Trev's finish no piece of rubbish, either. As said elsewhere, the standard was very high then, easily up to Prem quality.

[@steakandsidjustleeds]

i was one of the 12,000 fans for Paus Reany's testimonial......that man should have had 40,000 there

[@colinbaker3916]

QPR fan here. Reaney was one of your best ever players. Both George Best and Dave Thomas considered him their toughest opponent. For me, he was the only right back in England better than our Dave Clement in the 70s.

[@jerryoshea3116]

Colin Baker ..I remember seeing Reiney as a kid,he was always so calm&composed..Ice cool class..

[@chrisbennett606]

Just Leeds - steakandsid why did he only get 12 thousand

[@colinjennings3661]

Duncan McKenzie was class. Another of the great mavericks of the 70s (osgood, Marsh, Currie, Worthington, Bowles, Hudson..etc...)

[@stevesnailfish]

Nice bit of Deep Purple as the music...Loving these old videos about LUFC

[@caeserromero3013]

I've damaged my Achilles several times so I know how Gordon must have felt. I'm 43 and did it again a couple of years ago playing 5 aside after work. I don't think I'm going to make it to the premier league at this rate :)

[@mrtoptenatten]

I've met the man & played golf with Duncan mckenzie........what a good bloke he really is & so funny

[@johnsullivan4678]

Duncan McKenzie a truly versatile genius

[@garyowens1517]

Still in the wilderness

[@michaeldunn3423]

Duncan McKenzie. The best player we never had. Everton fan

[@davidpollard3298]

The mid 70s...Leeds still a very powerful team, Stylo Matchmaker boots, Keith Macklin commentating....good memories. Interesting to see MacKenzie, who was a Clough signing (I think), receiving no less adulation from Bremner et al than Clarke when scoring. I was under the misapprehension that MacKenzie, O'Hare and MacGovern weren't liked by the old guard when Clough bought them. Would like to hear what Leeds fans of the time remember about this ?

[@seltaeb3302]

O'Hare & McGovern were just pawns on Clough's chessboard. He needed them to feel at home plus top pros. The old guard didn't hold any bad feeling at all towards them & knew them well on the pitch but it must of felt odd for them & they lasted more than 44 days!

[@celticwarrior1365]

Brilliant! So many memories, not just of Leeds ( the best team on the planet then! ) but also of other greats like Wolves, Birmingham, Ipswich and ( sorry! Liverpool and Man Utd! )

[@jerryoshea3116]

Not a Leeds fan per se,but grew up watching them as a kid& just loved football & they were a fantastic side,with so many qualty players& so org..and if i recall got robbed in the European Cup final ( which was most def dodgy back then)

[@johnhanson5943]

Have the wilderness years finished yet?

[@ER-gw2xz]

Duncan McKenzie. Genius

[@gmortimer20031]

McKenzie's a ledge. The football was just as good as today, especially given the quality of the surface, often deliberately ruined, as at Derby.

[@seltaeb3302]

It's not football. The biggest con.

[@grimupnorth]

I think it was when McKenzie played for Everton that Granada's Kick Off programme asked him why he smoked. His answer was 'so that he could keep his fitness levels down to that of all the other players'.

[@HandleGF]

McKenzie got thirty goals for Leeds, 1974-76.

[@wildbill8635]

Yeah lets sell McKenzie, & Jordan & McQueen, Cantona.. McKenzie was as good as Best. No wonder Leeds went down. Still football then had grit steel, exciting, great punch ups!

[@grahamhavercroft4203]

Mckenzie was nearest player to jimmy greaves I saw in the 70's

[@dalek3086]

Clough did well to buy McKenzie. John McGovern stitched up by the Leeds players. Top player. Beckenbauer really rated him.

[@peterleeson1750]

Duncan was a genius and he gave me so much pleasure as a Leeds fan. A lot of rubbish is spoken , that he was a fancy dan etc and did not fit the fit the team ethic.

[@seltaeb3302]

Well Don Revie's Leeds was about the Team, that came first & selecting players who would fit. Don would never have bought Duncan or even George Best because they play their brilliant way alone. All Revie's players had their top skills within the Team. To understand Revie you must understand the Team ethic he fostered & nurtured. Clough was ironically the exact same. Stan Bowles, Hugh Curran were a one man team & Bowles was never staying there long. He didn't. When Don left for England then Leeds slowly changed & then imploded. At England he tried to foster his Team Way but some liked it, most didn't. Clough would have been the same in the England job.

[@peterleeson1750]

@@seltaeb3302 I fully understand what Revie was about in all things. From 1971 he let the team of the leash , they became more expressive , perhaps Duncan could have fitted into that? Best was a hard worker and a genius , i think Revie would bought him , given half the chance!

[@2011pmacz]

Interesting to see that even though 'segregation' was kicking in by now (no pun intended) there were still Reds in with the Leeds fans. I remember those days, you'd always get about 50 or so, normally the part closest to the Scoreboard Paddock and if was going to kick off, that would be where. Great vids these by the way, great throw back. Might hate Leeds 'we all hate Leeds' - but great shared experience!

[@harryurz]

Like the use of Deep Purple in the soundtrack

[@caeserromero3013]

Hampton really 'caught' that one 😂

[@eddyvideostar]

Read carefully at the video time of 10:18 minutes.

[@bernardthegwp71020]

If the European Cup would have been in the Champions league format it is today LUFC would have won multiple Champions leagues. UEFA permiting!

[@talkinghead3169]

Great player, but I always thought Eddie Gray was really underrated. I know he nearly signed for my team, Celtic

[@issyjas3309]

The state of those pitches, that’s what happens when you give the keys to allotment owners

[@seltaeb3302]

That's real football. The pitch played an important part in the game. The Baseball Ground had a terrible pitch come the 3rd week of Aug! But you got great skill & matches there. When was the last time you saw mud on a player's strip. Now it's just kicking a ball about on a big snooker table. Boring.

[@markauckland666]

does anyone know the tune that kicks in at 11.20?

[@johnboylan3591]

High ball shooter by Deep Purple from the album Stormbringer

[@markauckland666]

@@johnboylan3591 Deep Purple, thats surprised me, but thank you

[@dgbucko]

A downward turn in January.

[@Rushscored4]

Leeds used to be one of the big clubs in the league , even though the didnt win that much the odd league title fairs cup etc , Fans were thugs , elland road was a shithole

[@asensibleyoungman2978]

Leeds still are one of the big clubs. League position doesn't alter the scale of a club.

[@ga-ow7yf]

Oh dear dont forget to take your medicine you in adequate Muppet. 😂😂😂

[@MrNewtonian]

From 64 to 74 best team in the country.

[@09weenic]

Jeez McKenzie had a great season at Anderlecht- NOT !

[@seltaeb3302]

McKenzie was every bit as good as Best plus he passed the ball & why did we sell him & Jordon, McQueen..

[@shanewright2772]

What a useless goalkeeper they had.