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When Leeds United were last relegated from the Premier League in 2004, it was the lowest point of my career.
I was embarrassed to have been part of such a great club’s demise and as captain it hit me particularly hard.
It was only when Leeds finally returned to the top flight 16 years later under Marcelo Bielsa that I finally got over it. Now here we are with supposedly a three per cent chance of survival going into the final day.
Two decades ago, Leeds’ well-documented financial problems had begun to unravel but we stayed up in 2002-03 under Peter Reid.
When we went down 12 months later, there was so many things wrong and the togetherness in the side had gone.
I was embarrassed to be part of the Leeds team that were relegated from the top flight in 2004
I thought we'd never lose our team spirit but we did and it's very difficult to get it back
We had been so united previously and reached the Champions League semi-final in 2001. I thought we’d never lose that team spirit but we did and when that happens it’s very hard to get it back.
Key players had been sold and other lads came in, but we still had a couple of great strikers in Mark Viduka and Alan Smith, which should have been enough to keep us up. But
