Stuart Dallas retires

Dallas said that it was his knee that didn't recover despite it being the femur (thigh) that he fractured. Never known anyone to fracture that massive bone, pretty rare.

Scoring the winning goal at Man City and appearing at a major tournament….enough for him to retire on.

I will consider him a club legend from the Bielsa era, and deservedly so.

Thank you Stuart.

Yes I've only just heard the disappointing news of Dallas having to retire from the game which I think deep down we all sensed that it was unlikely he'd play for Leeds again but it still feels sad to hear officially his playing days are over.

I truly hoped for the fairytale ending of him coming on in
our final game and grabbing the winner that sealed our promotion but not to be... only in the movies I suppose.

Anyway all the very best to Stuey and I'm confident he'll make a success at whatever next he decides to do and will get a rapturous reception on Saturday for all his loyal service to Leeds on and off the pitch. 👏👏

A true legend signs off. Thanks for all the memories on the field

Sad but inevitable. Always felt the injury was too serious. Shame as his attifude is top draw. - Cheers Stuey.

comment by Shaun M - supercalifragilisticOrtaisatrocious (U9955)
posted 23 hours, 23 minutes ago
Dallas said that it was his knee that didn't recover despite it being the femur (thigh) that he fractured. Never known anyone to fracture that massive bone, pretty rare.
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Bobby Collins. I think it was a deliberate act by Fabrizio Poletti. He went on to play for us again but was never the same player. Moved to Bury and played 70+ times for them.
Bobby Collins was before my time but as midfielders go he sets the bench mark by which all must measure themselves, Billy included.

Moment Dallas told the team:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1778150961174688209

comment by Dennis - Always Leeds - Always Loyal. (U23086)
posted 55 minutes ago
comment by Shaun M - supercalifragilisticOrtaisatrocious (U9955)
posted 23 hours, 23 minutes ago
Dallas said that it was his knee that didn't recover despite it being the femur (thigh) that he fractured. Never known anyone to fracture that massive bone, pretty rare.
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Bobby Collins. I think it was a deliberate act by Fabrizio Poletti. He went on to play for us again but was never the same player. Moved to Bury and played 70+ times for them.
Bobby Collins was before my time but as midfielders go he sets the bench mark by which all must measure themselves, Billy included.
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I well remember the tackle by Poletti on Collins…I was very angry because it more or less ended Bobby’s Leeds career, at the height of his career.
I wouldn’t rate him as high as Bremner or Johnny Giles, but Bobby was a very high class midfield attacking player and for his small physique was a real ‘tiger’ on the pitch, a leader on the pitch as well.

One game I remember very well was a foggy day on Saturday in the 1960s at Old Trafford, can’t remember the exact year.
The referee brought the Leeds/ManU players off well into the 2nd half, the fog descended and fans couldn’t see the game, it was so thick.
Lots of Leeds fans decided the game would be abandoned…I walked back to train station thinking a draw at 0 - 0 wasn’t a bad result in the circumstances.
Got back to Leeds and someone at Leeds station told me Leeds had won 1 - 0…the ref brought the players back, the fog had lifted…Bobby Collins scored the goal!,

What a great player and servant to the side.
Who can ever forget his contribution - immortalised by lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hil5tcNnIjU&t=2s

Stuie Dallas - hope he finds a home with Leeds United in some capacity.