Cocker Hoop: The Biography of Les Cocker, Key Man for Ramsey and Revie

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His novels include One Northern Soul, No More Heroes, Dirty Leeds, After Extra Time (Dirty Leeds Uncut), Disrepute - Revie's England and The Gigante. Here, his distain for the film The Damned United is detailed given its portrayal of people and events, including Cocker.

Chapter 4 sees Leeds start to make their make on the English game with a first appearance in the 1964/65 FA Cup Final, although ultimately losing 2-1 to Liverpool. The lead up and the tournament in 1966 dominate Chapter 5, with an excellent interview with the Three Lions right-back of the time, George Cohen, providing a great inside view of the England set-up and Cocker’s contribution during that historic time. His rising reputation attracted the FA’s attention, and Cocker helped the England team achieve their pinnacle success in 1966. Despite the England team winning the competition, Cocker was not awarded a medal, and a posthumous campaign for Cocker to be awarded one was launched by his family in February 2008.This image not only celebrates their pursuit of excellence but also pays homage to individuals like Les Cocker who played an integral role in shaping young talents into formidable athletes. He left Leeds in 1974 to become full-time Assistant Manager to Don Revie with the English national team however when Revie left in 1977 to become manager of the United Arab Emirates national team, he went with him as his assistant. April 1974 saw Sir Alf Ramsey sacked, prompting all the backroom staff including Cocker stating they would resign in a show of loyalty to the ex-England boss.

July 1974, Don Revie leaves Leeds United to take over the England job from the sacked Sir Alf Ramsey. His football career continued from 1953 to 1958 at Accrington Stanley and it was from here that he retired as a player. He joined local non-league side Wellington Town immediately after, playing in over 200 games during the 1960–61 season.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). His factual works include Hunting The Hooligans (co-written), A Celebration - the Official Leeds United Centenary Book , The Leeds United Collection and Peaches, A Chronicle of The Stranglers . In this print from Memory Lane Prints, we are transported back to the vibrant world of Leeds United Juniors in 1963.