'˜Should I have gone to Leeds United?' asks Terry Butcher

TERRY BUTCHER may not have played or managed in Yorkshire, but it could have been different '“ having almost joined Leeds United in 1990 and spoken to Barnsley about the vacant manager's job in 2013.

By The Newsroom

Published 5th Jun 2016, 06:00 GMT

Former England international Terry Butcher

Butcher said: “I nearly got to Barnsley, but just didn’t think it was right for me at the time. I wanted to finish off the job at Inverness.

“But Barnsley were terrific.

“With Leeds, I shook hands on the deal with Howard (Wilkinson) and went to his house. I even got a cup of tea out of him, which was rare!

“I was driving back and got a phone call from John Poynton, chairman of Coventry and said: ‘I want you to be player-manager.’ It was something I was looking forward to doing, nearing the end of my career.

“But it was a tough call with the success Leeds had under Howard. Perhaps it was the wrong call!”