Donald George Revie OBE (10 July 1927 – 26 May 1989) was an England international footballer and manager, best known for his successful spell with Leeds United from 1961 until 1974 which preceded his appointment as England manager.. A forward, he began his career with Leicester City in August 1944, before a £19,000 move to Hull City in November 1949. !” The great and the … Alex Ferguson at Manchester United? Arts and Culture Revie and Clough: Boro boys who grew to be bitter enemies The rivalry between Don Revie and Brian Clough is studied in a new book. There’s only one Don Revie!
The ‘Dirty Leeds’ and ‘Don Readies’ jibes would be hard to shake off and there were some who loathed him and the club he built – not least the man who would controversially be replacing him at Elland Road, his arch-rival Brian Clough. Revie was dead; let them get on with pretending he never existed. Don Revie: a lasting legacy By contrast, and especially since that day, Revie has been revered in West Yorkshire in the manner you would normally associate with royalty. So in 1994, when they were supposed to lapse into a respectful silence, the Leeds fans at Blackburn Rovers’ ground exploded in a raucous and repeated cry of “One Don Revie! No. He forged an empire at Leeds United, a club that had been nothing more than a run-of-the-mill Second Division outfit when he arrived as a …
Don Revie at Leeds United? Richard Keys says Brian Clough is the best.