Bio:
In the summer of 1970, Cooper gave an excellent series of performances as England’s first choice left back at the World Cup in Mexico, which ended with defeat in the quarter-finals to West Germany.Leeds won the Fairs Cup again in 1971 but missed out on the League on the last day.
He seemed set to follow suit the next season as Leeds again chased League and FA Cup honours, but then suffered a broken leg in April 1972 during a League game at Stoke City. Aside from missing that season’s FA Cup final victory over Arsenal, Cooper missed a whole 20 months of football due to the complications of the injury. When he did come back, it was with just two appearances in the 1974 season, thereby missing out on a League championship medal – Leeds won it with a 29-match unbeaten start – due to a lack of games.
Cooper’s Leeds career was effectively over by the time he regained his fitness. The departure of Revie for the England job in 1974 and the emergence over the next season of Frank Gray, younger brother of Eddie, as well as the continued presence of Trevor Cherry (who Revie had bought as a central defender in 1972 but had ended up filling in at left back), rendered Cooper surplus to requirements. He left the club in 1975 to join Middlesbrough who were managed by former Leeds teammate Jack Charlton.
Factfile:
- Full Name: Terence Cooper
- Position: Defender
- Date of Birth: 12.07.1944
- Birthplace: Brotherton
- Nation: England
- Club Career: Leeds United
- Period, 1962-1975
- League Games, 250
- League Goals, 7
- Previous Club: N/A
- Transfer Fee: N/A
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