At half time of Leeds United’s Premier League match against Brentford, the club were honoured to welcome iconic forward Mick Jones onto the pitch at Elland Road.

He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award for his stellar services throughout his career and became the first ever former player to receive a Heritage Cap.

The English attacker won several honours as part of the great Don Revie teams, spanning an Elland Road career which lasted for seven seasons.

Jones arrived at Leeds in 1967 after four campaigns with Sheffield United, for whom he netted 63 times, including 21 goals in the 1965/66 season.

The centre-forward caught Revie’s eye and the manager brought Jones in to replace Alan Peacock, soon pairing him up top with Allan Clarke to create one of the Whites’ most legendary attacking partnerships.

A hugely influential member of the squad that won the First Division twice in 1968/69 and 1973/74, the 1972 FA Cup, the 1968 League Cup, two FA Charity Shields and two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, Jones was also a runner up in the 1973 European Cup Winners’ Cup.

Notably, Jones scored the winning goal of the 1968 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final to earn the club a first European major honour.

His best scoring run at the club came in 1973/74, when Jones netted 13 goals in the club’s first 25 games to help propel United to the title in a season where they lost just four of their 42 games.

Across all competitions, the Worksop-born star made 312 appearances for the Whites and scored 111 goals. Though Jones’ career was ended at just 30 following a knee injury, he will forever remain a symbol of the club’s greatest era.

The 80-year-old was presented with the award by Leeds United Chairman Paraag Marathe and Managing Director Robbie Evans pitchside at Elland Road at half time of the team’s Premier League clash with the Bees.

Congratulations Mick, you will forever be an Elland Road legend and an iconic part of Leeds United’s storied history.