Subsequent events have stripped the lustre from Howard Wilkinson's finest hour, but this was arguably the worthiest title victory for 30 years
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And if Leeds' title victory in 1991-92 was a film, it would be one that has aged very, very badly. So much has changed in the intervening 16 years that perceptions have been subtly, unconsciously altered after the event.
Even more importantly, as the last English manager to win the league, Howard Wilkinson became the same. It is entirely conceivable that an English manager will not win the Premier League for another two or three decades and, in a culture where it barely requires eye contact to precipitate a serious attack of self-loathing, it makes sense that, given the incontrovertible advances the game has made since those days, we would almost want to wash our hands of such an incident.
Leeds won the title in their second season after promotion. That is a remarkable achievement – arguably the worthiest title victory since Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest did it at the first attempt in 1977-78.
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And if Leeds' title victory in 1991-92 was a film, it would be one that has aged very, very badly. So much has changed in the intervening 16 years that perceptions have been subtly, unconsciously altered after the event.
Even more importantly, as the last English manager to win the league, Howard Wilkinson became the same. It is entirely conceivable that an English manager will not win the Premier League for another two or three decades and, in a culture where it barely requires eye contact to precipitate a serious attack of self-loathing, it makes sense that, given the incontrovertible advances the game has made since those days, we would almost want to wash our hands of such an incident.
Leeds won the title in their second season after promotion. That is a remarkable achievement – arguably the worthiest title victory since Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest did it at the first attempt in 1977-78.
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