OBITUARIES
Steve JAGIELKA (1978-2021)
The elder brother of Sheffield United and ex-England defender Phil Jagielka began his career at Stoke City but made his name at Shrewsbury Town where he made close to 200 appearances in all competitions over a six-year spell. After a season at Sheffield United in 2003-04 alongside his younger brother Phil, he then enjoyed two years with Accrington Stanley before starring for the likes of Droylsden, Telford and Hednesford.
Peter LORIMER (1946-2021)
Leeds United’s record goalscorer in all competitions was a mainstay in a side acknowledged as one of the best English teams of all time. Lorimer was voted as the club’s ninth-greatest player, having won two league championships, an FA Cup, League Cup and two Fairs Cups between 1968 and 1974 under the management of Don Revie. He hit 238 goals in 705 games for Leeds over two spells, a return which leaves him more than 80 ahead of the next best in the club’s history, John Charles.
His international career with Scotland was hampered by a ban for spending a summer playing for Cape Town City in apartheid-era South Africa, but he did make three appearances for his country at the 1974 World Cup. After ending his playing career, which also included spells at Toronto Blizzard, York City, Vancouver Whitecaps, UCD, Whitby Town and Hapoel Haifa, Lorimer moved into the media by working as a pundit for BBC Radio Leeds, as well as having a regular column in the Yorkshire Evening Post.
Frank WORTHINGTON
(1948-2021)
Once described by his former manager Ian Greaves as “the working man’s George Best”, Worthington began his career at Huddersfield Town before going on to make 200 appearances for Leicester City, as well as enjoying spells at Bolton Wanderers, Birmingham City, Leeds United, Southampton and Sunderland. He crammed over 800 appearances into his incredible football career, which saw him play in 22 consecutive Football League seasons from 1966 to 1987.
He won the Golden Boot playing for Bolton in the top division in 1978-79, finishing as leading scorer ahead of Liverpool’s Kenny Dalglish and Arsenal’s Frank Stapleton. Before that, he made eight appearances on the international stage for England in 1974, scoring in friendlies against Bulgaria and Argentina. Worthington even managed to fit in a spell as player-manager of Tranmere Rovers, before later becoming an after-dinner speaker once his playing days had come to an end.