Football Manager Classic Squads

1995-96 was a season that began with so much promise for Leeds United, but ultimately fizzled out in disappointment. A run to the final of the League Cup ended in humiliation at the hands of Aston Villa. For Howard Wilkinson, the man who had brought Leeds back to the top flight 1990, and then to the very top of English football in 1992, this would be his final full season in charge at Elland Road. Staff: Manager - Howard Wilkinson :  In 1988, Howard Wilkinson left top flight Sheffield Wednesday, in order to take over the reins at a Leeds United side floundering at the bottom of the second tier. By the end of the following season, Leeds were promoted as champions, and two years later they were crowned champions of England. To this day, Wilkinson remains the last Englishman to lead a team to the English top flight title. For the past two seasons Leeds have enjoyed back to back fifth place finishes. For the 1995-96 season, Wilkinson's aim was to get Leeds back in the title mix. Squad:

  From the mid-1960s until the mid-1970s, manager Don Revie took a Leeds United team that yo-yo'd between the first and second divisions of English football, and turned them into a world footballing powerhouse. It was a team that picked up plenty of trophies, although perhaps not as many as it should have, as they became the nearly men of English football, finishing as runners up in the league and FA Cup on numerous occasions. 1972-73 was one of those nearly years for Leeds - they finished third in Division One, and were denied a successful defence of their FA Cup crown by way of an upset at the hands of Second Division Sunderland, in the 1973 FA Cup Final.     Staff: Manager - Don Revie : A controversial figure, a man of superstition, Revie left nothing to chance, preparing detailed dossiers on his team's opponents. He was a man that was ahead of his time, and he was like a father figure to most of this Leeds squad. Squad: Best 11:     Backup 11:   Key Players: Billy Bremner