Paul Madeley
Paul Edward Madeley ( born September 20, 1944 in Leeds / Yorkshire, England ) is a former English footballer. The usable on many positions players stood in the 1960s and 1970s in the successful team of Leeds United and completed 1971-1977 24 caps for the English national football team.
Sports career
Madeley was a " football player without root position ". In his long career, which began in January 1964, he served in all positions with the exception of the goalkeeper. The coach Don Revie took Madeleys versatility and sat him regularly as a substitute for an injured or suspended player. First, he let him play mainly on the defensive. However, the big club success under Revie could usually be celebrated when Madeley the offensive intensified.
Since 1966 Madeley was permanently represented on the team of Leeds United. He scored a crucial goal in the match against Juventus, which he was instrumental in winning the Fair Cup. He was not only a traditional attacker jersey with the number 8, the later the striker Allan Clarke should gain great notoriety, as well as the number 10, which was usually reserved for offensive midfielder. In the same year defeated Leeds in the League Cup Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley Stadium. During the game, Madeley wore the number 9
Madeley was to be found in his 31 missions in the league in several positions and helped the club in 1969 when winning the English Championship. In 1970, Paul Reaney broke his leg shortly before the end of the season. Madeley replaced him as of this moment as a permanent right -back, as Leeds tried in vain to win three competitions. In the championship, the team against Everton were beaten, Celtic defeated in the semifinals of the European Champions' Cup and the final of the FA Cup replay against Chelsea.
The good club performances Madeleys aroused the interest of the English national coach Alf Ramsey, who wanted to include him in the squad for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. Madeley had up to that time only played as a teenager in the youth teams. Since he panelist low the chance to be employed, he declined the offer. Madeley, who had never been called up to this point in the English team, drew a recovery phase before after exhausting season. In the following season Madeley completed his games mostly as a classic number 11 in the position of the left wing player and won with his team again in the summer of 1971, the Fairs Cup. In addition, he now made his debut for the England national team.
In subsequent years missed Madeley not a game, as injuries and suspensions of his teammates demanded his constant use. The association playful but on the final day yet again winning a British Championship. When Terry Cooper had broken his leg in April 1972, Madeley represented him henceforth as a left-back. As already four years earlier, he again won the League Cup with a 1-0 win against Arsenal.
Revie occupied the left-back with the purchase of Trevor Cherry in the summer of 1972, new and Madeley moved into the center of defense, as the career of Jack Charlton to a close. In the role of the number 5, he lost with his team in the FA Cup final against Sunderland. Only a few weeks later, he moved again to the left winger position, where he lost in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup against AC Milan.
Leeds won the English championship in 1974, but again. Madeley missed while only three league games. In the summer Revie then left the club to take over the England national team. Leeds United have reached the final of the national champion competition, but that the last European final of the team should be in the next 21 years. Madeley acted as a central defender and has held so in his now eighth cup final, the seventh different position. The team lost the match 0-2 against Bayern Munich.
The team of Leeds United was now getting significantly in the years and was able to celebrate any significant success more in the subsequent period. Madeley remained until 1980 with the club, playing mainly in 1977 an above-average season. When he retired after 711 games for Leeds United as a football player, he opened a shop in Leeds and also worked in the family business ( a furniture store ). At this high sporting level, it has subsequently been no other football player who was able to celebrate successes in so many different positions.
Achievements
- English Champion: 1969, 1974
- FA Cup Winners: 1972
- League Cup winners: 1968
- Fairs Cup winners: 1968, 1971