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Saddened clubs pay respects to Welsh legend Terry Yorath

A host of Football League clubs have joined in the tributes to former Wales international and manager Terry Yorath, who has died at the age of 75 following a short illness.

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The Football League Paper Team
11 January 2026

By Tom Blackett

A host of Football League clubs have joined in the tributes to former Wales international and manager Terry Yorath, who has died at the age of 75 following a short illness.
Midfielder Yorath scored 11 goals in 199 appearances for Leeds United, his first professional club, in a nine-year spell from 1967.
He won the First Division title with Leeds in 1974 and earned a runners-up medal in the FA Cup, European Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup.
He played 59 times for Wales, 42 as captain, before leading them to the brink of the 1994 World Cup finals as manager, only to see his team beate...

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