Gary Sprake News Today

Private audience: When Leeds United’s 1972 FA Cup winners made one young fan’s day A father and son’s brazen stroll into Elland Road paid off, thanks to a friendly kitman and the generosity of Terry Yorath, Jack Charlton and the rest By Tristan Scott 25 May 2023 For Simon, my uncle, it all started on April 29, 1970, the day Leeds United lost 2-1 to Chelsea in an FA…

For Newcastle United fans, interest in signing Ivan Toney would be controversial for two reasons.

Depending on the outcome of this morning’s stadium and pitch inspection, Blues boss Mick McCarthy will face his hometown side Barnsley today, a “fabulous” club he says he loves, having started his playing career at Oakwell.

A Liverpool icon who has been voted Scotlands greatest ever We look back on this legendary players remarkable career In 1966, 11 years before they broke the British transfer record to sign him, Liverpool took Kenny Dalglish on trial. The future ‘King Kenny’, then a chubby 15-year-old, stayed only a few days, and the highlight was being given a lift back to his hostel by Bill Shankly. Sadly, Liverpool’s legendary manager did not find the meeting quite so memorable. When Dalglish began tear...

The best moments of Ian St Johns Liverpool career Ian St John has sadly died aged 82 | Ian McLennan/Getty Images Ian St John was one of Liverpools greatest ever players. The former Scotland international spent a decade at Anfield, helping spearhead the clubs charge back to the top of the English footballing pyramid. We are deeply saddened by the passing of a true Anfield legend, Ian St John. The thoughts of everyone at Liverpool Football Club are with Ians family and friends at this sad and dif...

McCarthy: Leeds Was My Club Saturday, 15th Dec 2012 06:01 Blues boss Mick McCarthy has revealed that he was a big fan of today’s opponents Leeds United as a boy growing up in Barnsley. He says he never saw the Tykes and Whites as rivals during his childhood: “We were in the Fourth Division and Leeds were rampaging through Europe and doing all that stuff! “I was a Leeds fan - Gary Sprake, Paul Reaney, Terry Cooper, Norman Hunter, Jack Charlton, Lorimer, Gray, Giles, Bremner, Clarke, Jone...