Paul Madeley

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|fullname = Paul Edward Madeley

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1944|9|20}}

|birth_place = Beeston, Leeds, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2018|7|23|1944|9|20}}

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|position = Defender/Midfielder

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 = Farsley Celtic

|youthyears2 = 1962–1963

|youthclubs2 = Leeds United

|years1 = 1963–1980

|clubs1 = Leeds United

|caps1 = 536

|goals1 = 25

|nationalyears1 = 1971–1977

|nationalteam1 = England

|nationalcaps1 = 24

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Paul Edward Madeley (20 September 1944 – 23 July 2018) was an English footballer, who played for Leeds United and the England national team.{{cite news |title=Paul Madeley obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/25/paul-madeley-obituary |access-date=25 July 2018 |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Peter |last=Mason |date=25 July 2018}} During his career with Leeds, Madeley played in a variety of different playing positions which led to him being described as a Utility player.{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/england/paul-madeley-9566/biography-1971-77_a11842/|access-date=15 March 2013 |title=Paul MADELEY – England – Biography 1971–77 |publisher=sporting-heroes.net}}{{cite web|url=http://www.freewebs.com/quash/madeley.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411000204/http://www.freewebs.com/quash/madeley.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2013|access-date=15 March 2013|title=Paul madeley|publisher=freewebs.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.leedsunited-mad.co.uk/feat/edy9/paul_madeley_292087/index.shtml|access-date=15 March 2013|title=Paul Madeley |publisher=leedsunited-mad.co.uk}} Madeley made more than 500 appearances for Leeds in the Football League and appeared in 24 internationals for England between 1971 and 1977.

Leeds United

Born in the Beeston area of Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire{{cite web|url=http://www.lufctalk.com/stats/players/265.html|access-date=5 March 2013 |title=LUFCTALK: Paul Madeley|publisher=lufctalk.com}} Madeley signed for Leeds from non-league Farsley Celtic in May 1962{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersM/BioMadeleyPE.html|access-date=5 March 2013 |title=England Players Online: Paul Madeley|publisher=englandfootballonline.com}} and made his debut for Leeds in January 1964,{{cite web|url=http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/M/MadeleyPA.php|access-date=5 March 2013|title=Leeds United Player Profiles: Paul Madeley|publisher=ozwhitelufc.net.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614224852/http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/M/MadeleyPA.php|archive-date=14 June 2012}} following injuries to Freddie Goodwin and Jack Charlton, and became a regular in the team from 1966 onwards.

Madeley was arguably the most versatile of players – in his Leeds United career, he played in every position on the pitch except goalkeeper and wore every shirt from No. 2 to No. 11 (and occasionally No. 12) as a result. His natural ability to adapt to a different role on a frequent basis meant that he was often in the side chosen by manager Don Revie at the expense of a 'specialist' in that position, though the majority of the time there was a player either injured or suspended whom Madeley would replace – usually in defence.{{cite news |last1=Townsend |first1=Nick |title=Leeds can't bank on Mr Versatile for a sugar daddy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/leeds-cant-bank-on-mr-versatile-for-a-sugar-daddy-82498.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/leeds-cant-bank-on-mr-versatile-for-a-sugar-daddy-82498.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=23 July 2018 |newspaper=The Independent |date=14 December 2003}}

However, Madeley was utilised in attacking positions when Leeds won their first major honours under Don Revie; in the 1968 Football League Cup Final, Madeley wore the No. 9 shirt (striker) in the 1–0 win over Arsenal,{{cite news |last1=Sutcliffe |first1=Richard |title=1968 League Cup final win carried Leeds United into era among the elite|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/1968-league-cup-final-win-carried-leeds-united-into-era-among-the-elite-1-9043572 |access-date=23 July 2018 |newspaper=The Yorkshire Post |date=2 March 2018}} whilst in 1971 he scored the crucial away goal against Juventus which helped Leeds win the Fairs Cup – in the two legs he wore the No. 11 shirt (left wing/midfield).{{cite web |title=1970 European Competitions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197071det.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=23 July 2018}} His versatility led to the nickname "The Eleven Pauls", which was used in the 1972 FA Cup Final song Leeds United.{{cite news |last1=Hay |first1=Phil |title=Former Leeds United star of Revie era Paul Madeley dies aged 73 |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/former-leeds-united-star-of-revie-era-paul-madeley-dies-aged-73-1-9266102 |access-date=23 July 2018 |newspaper=The Yorkshire Post |date=23 July 2014}}

Having deputised so well for Paul Reaney at club level, Madeley was asked by Alf Ramsey to take Reaney's place in the England squad for that summer's World Cup in Mexico, but Madeley politely refused, saying he wanted to rest and, as a stand-in, was unlikely to kick a ball.

In the 1971–72 season, Madeley again found himself moving round the side as injuries and suspensions to his teammates, and in the end he never missed a League match, though for a third year in a row Leeds failed to clinch the title on the last day of the season. In April 1972, left back Terry Cooper suffered a broken leg, so Madeley switched to the No. 3 shirt for the season's end and the FA Cup final, which Leeds finally won with a 1–0 win over Arsenal.{{cite news |title=Former Leeds United player Paul Madeley dies aged 73 |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11715/11446763/former-leeds-united-player-paul-madeley-dies-aged-73 |access-date=23 July 2018 |publisher=Sky Sports |date=23 July 2018}}

Revie signed Trevor Cherry as a replacement for Cooper in the summer of 1972, and Madeley moved across to the centre of defence for much of the next season as Jack Charlton's distinguished career at Leeds wound down.{{cite news|url=http://www.mightyleeds.co.uk/history/70to79.htm|access-date=19 March 2013 |title=The Definitive History of Leeds United: Review of the Seventies – 1969–1979|publisher=mightyleeds.co.uk}} He wore the No. 5 shirt as Leeds lost the FA Cup final to Sunderland, and the European Cup Winners Cup final a few days later in Salonika, which Leeds lost to A.C. Milan in controversial circumstances.{{cite web |title=1973 UEFA Cup Final |url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197273.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=23 July 2018}}

Leeds won the League in 1974 – Madeley missing just three matches – and even after Revie's departure that summer to take over the England job, reached their first and only European Cup final a year later, with Madeley in the No. 5 shirt again.{{cite web |title=Leeds United 1973–74 |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/leeds-united/eng-premier-league-1973-1974/ |website=World Football |access-date=23 July 2018}}

In his autobiography, Right Back to the Beginning, Revie's successor Jimmy Armfield related a telling story about Madeley negotiating a new contract: "He once actually signed a new contract on what was virtually a blank piece of paper. I called him in to discuss terms and opened discussions by saying, 'OK, Paul, we'll give you so much'. He replied that he had no intention of leaving Leeds so he might as well sign the contract and let me fill in the details. I said, 'What do you want, then, two years or three years?' He answered, 'Either way, I'll leave it to you. I just want to play for Leeds,' and that was that."

Madeley was granted a testimonial season in 1977, and eventually retired from playing in 1980 with 724 appearances in all competitions to his name.{{cite web|url=http://www.leedsunited-mad.co.uk/feat/edy9/paul_madeley_292087/index.shtml|access-date=15 March 2013|title=Paul Madeley |publisher=leedsunited-mad.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wafll.com/leeds-statistics/leeds-1979-80.html|access-date=15 March 2013 |title=Leeds United Stats – Final Table Division One 1979–80 |publisher=wafll.com}}

International career

Madeley made his England debut in 1971 against Northern Ireland in Belfast in the 1970–71 British Home Championship at right-back;{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=634|access-date=15 March 2013|title=England Player Profile|publisher=englandfc.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911083135/http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=634|archive-date=11 September 2013}} a position he was to win the majority of his 24 caps in a six-year international career.{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/england/paul-madeley-9566/biography-1971-77_a11842/|access-date=15 March 2013 |title=Paul MADELEY – England – Biography 1971–77 |publisher=sporting-heroes.net}} The then England manager Alf Ramsey had previously approached Madeley to replace injured Leeds teammate Paul Reaney at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, but Madeley politely declined, stating that he needed a rest and that as a stand-in he was unlikely to play a part.{{cite web|url=http://www.leedsunited-mad.co.uk/feat/edy9/paul_madeley_292087/index.shtml|access-date=15 March 2013|title=Paul Madeley |publisher=leedsunited-mad.co.uk}}

Madeley later partnered Bobby Moore at centre-back as the latter won his 100th cap against Scotland in 1973.{{cite web |title=Scotland 0 England 5 – 14/2/1973 |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/scotland-v-england-14-february-1973-232313/ |website=11v11 |access-date=23 July 2018}} His final cap came against the Netherlands in a friendly at Wembley in 1977.{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/england/paul-madeley-9566/biography-1971-77_a11842/|access-date=15 March 2013 |title=Paul MADELEY – England – Biography 1971–77 |publisher=sporting-heroes.net}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=634|access-date=15 March 2013|title=England Player Profile|publisher=englandfc.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911083135/http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=634|archive-date=11 September 2013}}

Post-playing career

After retiring Madeley invested in a shop in Leeds selling sports goods and worked for his family's DIY business.{{cite news |last1=Bagchi |first1=Rob |title=Paul Madeley, Leeds United's 'Mr Versatile', dies at the age of 73 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/07/23/paul-madeley-leeds-uniteds-mr-versatile-dies-age-73/ |access-date=23 July 2018 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=23 July 2018}} He and his brothers sold this business for £27 million in 1987.{{cite news|title=United dominate rich list|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2426328/United-dominate-rich-list.html|access-date=15 March 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=3 December 2003}} In 1992, he had a benign brain tumour removed. He had a mild heart attack in 2002,{{cite news|url=http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20031211/uniteds-rolls-royce-brought-to-book_2247585_846400|access-date=15 March 2013|title=United's Rolls-Royce Brought To Book|publisher=Leeds United F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202140730/http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20031211/uniteds-rolls-royce-brought-to-book_2247585_846400|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead}} and was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2004.{{cite news|last=Ley|first=John|title=The Damned United: Where are they now?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/leeds-united/5054637/The-Damned-United-Where-are-they-now.html|access-date=15 March 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=26 March 2009}} Madeley was portrayed by actor Chris Moore in the 2009 film The Damned United, an adaptation of David Peace's novel of the same name about Brian Clough's ill-fated tenure at Leeds.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226271/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|access-date=15 March 2013 |title=The Damned United: Full cast and crew |publisher=IMDb}}

Madeley died on 23 July 2018, aged 73.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44932721 |title=Paul Madeley: Leeds United legend dies, aged 73 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 July 2018 |access-date=23 July 2018}}

Honours

Leeds United

Football League First Division: 1968–69, 1973–74{{cite news |title=Paul Madeley, former Leeds and England utility man, dies aged 73 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/23/paul-madeley-former-leeds-united-england-dies-age-73 |access-date=23 July 2018 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 July 2018}}
Football League Second Division: 1963–64
FA Cup: 1971–72; runner-up: 1969–70, 1972–73{{cite book |first1=Leslie |first2=Jack |last1=Vernon |last2=Rollin |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78 |year=1977 |publisher=Brickfield Publications Ltd |location=London |isbn=0354-09018-6 |page=491}}
Football League Cup: 1967–68
FA Charity Shield: 1969{{cite book |last1=Durham |first1=Adrian |title=Is He All That?: Great Footballing Myths Shattered |date=2013 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1471131615 |page=166 }}
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1967–68, 1970–71

Individual

Rothmans Golden Boots Awards: 1972, 1973, 1974{{cite web|url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/1969-70-british-team-of-the-season.1794502/ |website=BigSoccer |date=31 July 2011 |title=1969-1970 British Team of the Season |access-date=17 April 2024 }}
PFA Team of the Year: 1973–74 First Division, 1974–75 First Division,{{cite book |first=Tony |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |year=1995 |publisher=Random House |location=London |isbn=978-0-09-179135-3 |page=140}} 1975–76 First Division{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=141}}
Leeds United Player of the Year: 1975–76{{Cite web|url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-legend-paul-madeley-14944147|title = Leeds United legend Paul Madeley dies aged 73|date = 23 July 2018}}