Don Revie had a unique, brilliant, and inventive footballing brain, winning multiple honours and creating a team that not only dominated English football for over a decade, but was feared throughout Europe. A Footballer and Manager of the Year, an England player and manager, few, if any match his record. Indeed, without Don Revie, many of the innovative aspects of the modern game would not exist.

Yet his reputation was tainted by certain members of the Football Association who intrigued, interfered, and intimidated him as England Manager leading to his eventual resignation. Don Revie was certainly way ahead of his time, but the FA was fifty years behind, in a bygone age, culturally and professionally.

Instead of being lauded in the pantheon of footballing greats for his achievements and revolutionary ideas, the FA continued a vendetta to the detriment of Don and his family, the legacy of which persists today

At the Leeds United Supporters Network (LUSN), we welcome the efforts of Chris Evans MP, who through his book ‘Don Revie the Biography’ drew attention to the underhand tactics of the FA and has spearheaded the campaign to obtain an apology for Don Revie's family.

This petition will highlight the depth of feeling, not only amongst Leeds United Supporters, but throughout the wider footballing world, that history should be written by those that achieve, not by those who administer.

Clive Miers, Vice Chair of Leeds United Supporters Network, commented,

‘Looking through today's footballing prism, Don Revie was a footballing colossus; Not only did he have immense success as a player and manager, but he undoubtedly laid the groundwork for many successful players and managers that have followed. In many respects he is the father of the modern game, and it is hoped that the FA recognise that the vexatious and vindictive actions of their predecessors have done immeasurable harm to his reputation, to his family and indeed English football. We would urge everybody who appreciates football and its history to sign the petition’.