Sadness as Stokoe and McLeod die

Football was today mourning the death of two of the game's best known managers.

Bob Stokoe, whose Sunderland side famously defeated Leeds in the 1973 FA Cup Final, died yesterday in the University Hospital of Hartlepool at the age of 73. He was admitted last week suffering from a severe form of dementia.

The former Newcastle defender will perhaps be best remembered for his joyous sprint across the turf at Wembley Stadium to embrace goalkeeper Jimmy Montgomery. As a player, Stokoe made 288 appearances for Newcastle and was captain of the side which won the FA Cup in 1955.

The last Tributes also came in for former Scotland manager Ally McLeod, who died over the weekend at the age of 72.

McLeod, who was in charge of the national team during the ill-fated 1978 World Cup campaign in Argentina, passed away at his home in Ayrshire after battling Alzheimer's disease for a number of years. The nation's optimism in 1978 was captured in the song "On the March with Ally's Army".

But when the team reached South America, they suffered a humiliating first-round exit after losing 3-1 to Peru and drawing against Iran.