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One of the heroes of the early 1970's team that dominated English football, Mick was giving a personal insight into his new biography by David Saffer, 'The life and times of Mick Jones.'   Click here to order online.

Mick made 307 starts for Leeds and scored an incredible 111 goals in the process and won League Championships in 1968-69 and 1973-74 plus a 1972 FA Cup winners medal and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup-winners medals in 1969 and 1971. 

His remarkable piece of misfortune in the 1972 Cup final was seen by millions and along with Allan Clarke's goal, is still the one thing everybody remembers from United's sole FA Cup success.

"I've been asked about it so many times, I did it in the very last minute and I just can't describe the pain," said Mick.

"Les Cocker came over and said you'll stretch it off, and he wouldn't let anyone touch me.  Jeff Barnett told me to get up and then he realised I was badly injured and he asked them for a stretcher, but I said I'm not going on any stretcher, I'm here now and I want to go up those steps.

"I went over and I thought I was going to collapse to be quite honest, everybody's arms were around me as I went up to the Queen and she said "I've nothing to give you, how are you" (Mick Bates had already collected his medal for him). I said I was as well as anybody else.  I just shook her hands and the national anthem started playing and I just thought I was going to keel over because obviously shock sets in when you're injured. 

"I managed to get down to the bottom of the stairs and then they put me on a stretcher, when I got in the dressing room I was laid there for about three-quarters of an hour and I didn't know what was happening.

"Apparently why I was waiting was because one doctor couldn't do anything, they needed four doctors, two on one side and two on another to pull it back in. When they did pull it back in I thought I was going to go through the twin towers."

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Watch the video to hear Mick describe the incident in his own words and how he believes United were robbed of the league title that season. 

Famous for dislocating his shoulder in that victorious '72 Cup final and still walking up to collect his medial, Mick was one of those players who could really associate with the fans, having not always been involved in football as he revealed to Leeds United Television: