I’d rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.
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| Birth: | 6th November, 1940 |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Profession: | Football Manager, Football Player |
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Michael John "Johnny" Giles was born in Dublin, Ireland. He is an Irish former association footballer and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s. After retiring from management in 1985, he served as the senior analyst on RTÉ Sport's coverage of association football from 1986 until 2016. The Football Association of Ireland voted Giles as the greatest Irish player of the last 50 years at the UEFA Jubilee Awards in 2004. In addition, he writes two columns per week for the Irish Evening Herald newspaper.
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