Any decent pro can put together a good reel nowadays. Every game is filmed, from the youngest youth club football upwards. These clips however are culled from what was available. I doubt that the clips here even cover a 20th of the games that Grey played. And he still looks amazing. Fucking genius.

Super player in a great Leeds team, coming from a lifelong Manchester United fan.

@anthonyfry4661

7 ай бұрын

It would be around 1970 a train pulled into Doncaster Station, an entire carriage was filled with the great Leeds team of that era, this 12 year old was utterly gobsmacked!

WHEN YOU WATCH OLD CLIPS OF LEEDS, YOU REALIS JUST HOW GOOD THEY WERE. HUNTER WAS TAGGED AS A HARD MAN BUT ACTUALLY HAD A BIT OF SKILL. WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT EDDIE: THE MESSI OF HIS TIME.

@Mr.P001

4 жыл бұрын

Messi is the Eddie Gray of today 😁

@terrywright7470

Жыл бұрын

Just ONE word you got wrong there Greg, he actually had a LOT of skill

My favourite Leeds United player, my hero and a Leeds United legend. They say never meet your heroes but I was lucky enough to meet him when he 'managed' my Leeds United charity team. After the game he shook my hand, slapped me on the back and said 'well played big man.' My hero and a Leeds United legend saying that to me! Doesn't get any better!! We are Leeds!!!

@tigerarmyrule

6 жыл бұрын

Nice story mate. I was not a Leeds fan but I respected that team and Gray was and is one of the most underrated players ever. He belongs with the likes of Jimmy Johnstone, George Best and very few others when they talk of the truly great wingers. He was a wonderful footballer.

@only1utdanditsleeds

6 жыл бұрын

Great story mate. That must have been fantastic. I'm a southerner but Mick Jones played for Sheffield Utd in the first pro match I saw so he became my hero. When he transferred to Leeds so did I. Eddie Gray was true class in a team of real spirit and no little skill.

@michaeljenkins7024

6 жыл бұрын

Good for you mate. Too many hold onto the dirty Leeds tag which was just BS. Every team was dirty back then. Fans like to do down great teams in whatever way they can, just like the ABUs did decades later. And that Leeds team were great, even if they didn't win as much as they should have. Gray's one of the forgotten geniuses, no doubt in part because of all the injuries he got because of all the terrible challenges he regularly received.

@tigerarmyrule

6 жыл бұрын

All true mate. Leeds were consistently the best team in England in the late 196s and early 1970s. No argument. Gray was one of the great wingers.

@michaeljenkins7024

6 жыл бұрын

Well good for you mate. True fans recognize great teams and ignore the BS even if they happen to be playing for a club that isn't nearly their favourite. Any Leeds fans who don't recognize the greatness of United under Busby and Ferguson and all of the other great sides of world football is as big a bore as those who deny the Revie side their correct status.

What a joy to watch Eddie, injuries robbed him of his due status, a Leeds legend but deserves much wider recognition. And that goal against Burnley...

Eddie Gray, what a genius he was and no doubt in my mind that he was in the top 5 greatest attacking players in Europe back in the seventies, as good as George Best but without the publicity, i hated Leeds back then but when Eddie was on there was no player I'd love to watch more

@Robhalifax

5 жыл бұрын

I honestly thought he was a better player.

@portcullis5622

Жыл бұрын

Eddie Gray was probably more consistent over a longer time span. He overcame horrendous injuries and kept himself fit enough to play for several seasons.

As a young boy, I used to marvel at Eddie's skill and sheer intelligence on the field. Brilliant to be able to watch this now. He was an absolute genius on the ball and compares to the very best of any era. Must have taken a lot of work to put this compilation of clips together - many thanks.

Eddie Gray was and still is, Leeds's greatest ever winger.

@DaveMorris-ky8nk

11 ай бұрын

Not just Leeds'.....!

I didn't want that to ever end. Thanks!

@williamedwarddunn7349

4 жыл бұрын

I was fortunate to watch Leeds under don revie Harry Redknapp described them as the greatest he had ever seen the combo of Bremner Charlton hunter we will never see again. Bill dunm

Eddie Gray , great player and TWO feet.

I am an 87 year old man, I have played and watched football all my life. In Britain and Europe I count myself lucky to have seen some fantastic players ,but I can honestly say that I have never seen a better player than Eddie Gray at his peak, the only ones to come anywhere near him in British football are the wonderful Sir Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney and Len Shackleton, the old masters.

Eddie was pure Klazz

My all time favourite player.

@MunchyToy

6 жыл бұрын

Mine too. Sublime.

Grace under pressure...my man Eddie .No need for a million stepovers..the player I wanted to be , playing park football in the 70 s .

You can see how much Archie is just like Eddie what a player he was and what a player we now have in Archie.

Had the ball on a string had the ability to make opposition players look foolish. I was only a young child at the time but he was doing things other players couldn't . Best dribbler of the ball i've seen. And I was not a Leeds fan just a begrudging watcher hoping he wouldn't weave his magic.

The best player in the history of Leeds United. Always a great joy to watch him play the beautiful game.

@r3d3y3si

4 жыл бұрын

Billy will always be number 1 Even Pele called him "el primo" The best

@michaelpower4372

2 жыл бұрын

No No. All the players in That "DON" "RAVIE" team were outstanding players u couldn't say one was better than the other.

@michaelpower4372

Жыл бұрын

All that Don Revie team were the best players that played for Leeds. One player doesn't make a team.

Eddie Gray, the player I always tried to emulate to the point that I was nicknamed `Eddie` a name that has stuck with me to this day (amongst old friends) ...watching these clips brings back fond memories. Thanks for the upload.

Pele, Cruyff, Best, Maradona, Messi, Ronaldo and Grey. There are many more worthy of a mention but let us just mention Eddie for now.

What a total legend!

We love you Eddie we do

Scotland had some great players back then, and Gray did have frequent battles with injury, but it's hard to believe that he only played 12 times for his country.

@michaelpower4372

2 жыл бұрын

Caps were harder to get back then. Ever team had great players.

Absolutely joyous. Im so dizzy at his footwork. What a player, playmaker, selfless, modest, equal to George Best, if not, better.

@esseel7896

10 ай бұрын

best? lol course he was better than best

2:35 - George Best getting done?

@It.was.me.I.let.the.dogs.out.

2 жыл бұрын

That was a great moment. 🤣

Gray on the ball was such a beautiful spectacle. Cruyff, Bestie and John Barnes at Liverpool were the only players I've seen who looked so instinctive and relaxed. Eddie was perfectly balanced, had the change of pace to get away from the man he'd just baffled, and his passing and finishing were flawless. His close work was insanely good. Two men could be tricked in a very tight corner. Respect, from a WHU fan.

how did we not win more with thses guys

@terrywright7470

Жыл бұрын

I know that this will sound like "Sour Grapes" or just another excuse, but way back then SOME, (not All) referees had their mind made up before they even got changed to officiate our games, and Leeds were always going to be the losers. I remember a semi final against Chelsea when Lorimer scored a fantastic goal from a free kick, and the Chelsea players complained to the ref that THEY were not ten yards from the ball when the kick was taken.....even though one of them was actually pulling lorimer`s shirt to stop his run up. Needless to say the ref sided with the Chelsea team and disallowed the goal.

gray!!! awesome

Wonderful player!

many good moments stood on the lowfield rd stand lower terrace in the mid 70s,,watching a genius at work,,,eddie gray

Celtic supporter, Got to really hand it to Eddy Gray and others who played some beautiful football on what would be nothing better than a Coo,s field, would have loved to have seen them on the lush pitches of today.

I was at the game when this icon scored the best two goals of his career ....... against Burnley ...... 1969 I think !

total poetry

Great player, great coach, half decent manager, great bloke, almost 600 appearances, not bad for an injury prone genius

Leeds v Southampton, the saints were lucky to get zero !

Being an arl arse Evertonian I sometimes think I'm too critical of todays players then I see the likes of Eddie with complete mastery of the football, sublime control and inch perfect crosses and realise I'm not wrong modern day footballers are fkn shite

What a player

Watching this to lighten the mood after yesterday's pitiful surrender at West Ham.

Brilliant poetic title for this vid ! After all, Eddie was just like poetry in motion and used to waltz his way through the opposition.

The Yorkshire messi

The wizard 🧙‍♂️ the Best

Terry yorath was coming into huddersfield railway station when working as I think as assistant manager and I asked him if Eddie hadn't all those injuries could he have been as good as George best and he said without a doubt and Eddie as been my favourite Leeds player of all time the amount of assist he contributed for Leeds goals in that eleven minute clip was amazing into days play it would have been like ozil at real Madrid five season on the trot before moving to arsenal Eddie was a genius on the ball a great ambassador for football 👍

The Greatest ever Leeds United player Eddie Gray a genius

The goal against Burnley is poetry in motion.......👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

He is the reason I support Leeds. The Yorkshire George Best from Scotland. He must have been conceived in Brazil.

Great talented and skillful player 👍

utterly brilleant

Absolute genius

Absolute filth. I LOVE IT ❤️❤️❤️❤️

King Edwin top potato👍👍

I was a child at the time but seem to remember the name of Eddie Gray more than that of George Best. I don't know but I can only surmise that alcohol didn't play a part in the demise of Gray as it did in the life of Best.

A genius with two good feet. When you think that many pitches were like waterlogged ploughed fields in those days (the Baseball Ground comes to mind) makes his skills all the more remarkable. Modern players play on bowling greens in comparison.

And all done in an era where the ball and the boots were heavier and the pitches were often chewed up. You rarely see Gray running at full pace in this highlight video, it's mostly to do with balance, a faint here and there, trickery and nifty footwork. If he were playing today, he would get far more protection from the refs, fewer injuries and he'd be ranked among the world's greatest players

What would be your historical ideal 11 in the history of Scottish football?

If only he scored more goals he would be remembered like George Best. I wonder how many assist he got 🤔🤔

@only1utdanditsleeds

6 жыл бұрын

The difference is that Gray knew when to lay the ball off to team mates in better positions. How many times in this video did he beat a couple then give it for someone else to score. In today's world of stats and ''assists'' he would be recognised for the world class player he was

@markaustin5158

5 жыл бұрын

Assist. Another modern pishism.

02:33 Shows george the ball, george dives in, eddie drags ball to the side and pokes it forward. Other players must have looked at that and thought if he can do that to George Best what chance have | got ?

Amazing player. 12 Scotland caps embarrassing.

@weebolddavy

2 жыл бұрын

Scotland were very fortunate to have a glut of quality wingers when Eddie Gray wasn't available due to injury. Would have loved to have seen him more often in the dark blue of Scotland.

Eddie Gray was as good, if not better, than George Best !

There's an influence of grey on Chris waddle I think

Raphinha is the Brazilian Eddie Gray :)

Most of this was accomplished on muddy pitches with a heavy ball.

Chris Waddle must have misled himself on Eddie Grey.

there were no black players in those years?

@nickclapham1336

5 жыл бұрын

Fabián Albert Johanneson played with EG at Leeds!

@jb3222

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Reaney in the same team......

@jb3222

4 жыл бұрын

@@nickclapham1336 Is that the Nick Clapham from KSP?!

@kkea7460

2 жыл бұрын

@ 1971 onwards, Clyde Best at West Ham, was the only first team regular in the top flight. A few years later, the impact of Viv Anderson at Nottm. Forest, and West Brom trio, Cyrille Regis, Laurie Cunningham, and Brendon Batson (following a few matches for Arsenal), paved the way, for black players to become integral to the game.