Team always came first for dedicated Speed

EVEN after a reservoir of ink spilled in tribute this week, no one has captured the football career of the late Welsh manager as succinctly as a Limerick man 14 years ago.

Sat, 03 Dec, 2011 - 00:00

Larry Ryan

“Gary Speed is involved again.”

Leeds United fans and devotees of charming 90s Irish punk-pop will have memorised the build-up.

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