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May 1965: The only bright moment in a dismal day for United on their first visit to Wembley - Billy Bremner scoring against Liverpool in the F.A. Cup final defeat. From left to right : Jack Charlton, Bobby Collins and Alan Peacock look on.

S.C. Leipzig of East Germany were overcome in the next round on a 2-1 aggregate, but when the Spaniards from Valencia came to Elland Road a near riot ensued with the police on the field as players traded punches, and new captain Jack Charlton, along with two Spaniards, was sent-off in a disgraceful affair. The match ended 1-1 and it was obvious that Leeds faced a formidable task in the second leg, but once more they rose to the challenge and pulled off a win with Mike O'Grady scoring the only goal of the night, in a match that sportingly contrasted with the torrid Elland Road encounter.
It was Johnny Giles who was given the task of taking over the creative role vacated by Collins and in order to swell the ranks Don Revie bought from Huddersfield Town left-winger Mike O'Grady, and he joined Jimmy Greenhoff, Eddie Gray and Peter Lorimer - three young players who had earned promotion into the ever stronger Leeds United first-team squad.

The Fairs' Cup provided probably the most humorous moment of the 1965-66 season for the Elland Road fans, when, during the quarter-final tie with Ujpest Dozsa of Hungary, a dog ran onto the pitch and defied anyone - players, officials and police alike - to catch it for a full ten minutes, before the West German referee hit upon the idea of bouncing the ball up and down, so enticing the dog to jump up after it. Slowly the referee, still bouncing the ball, walked towards the touchline where a semi-circle of policemen were waiting before, suddenly, they all pounced on the animal in what could only be described as a kind of scrum-down with helmets! United played superbly in that match to win 4-1, against a very skilful team, and despite being given the runaround in the second leg on the banks of the Danube they scraped a lucky one-all draw - to enter the semi-finals.