Our League of Ireland Legends series continues with the 77-year-old Mick Leech, one of the great goalscorers of his era, who remembers facing Eusebio, glory with Shamrock Rovers and being let go by John Giles
Mick Leech after being named Soccer Writers Association of Ireland Personality of the Year in 2010. Photo: Sportsfile
Before sitting down for a chat with one of the greatest forwards ever to don a pair of boots in the League of Ireland, some books are dusted down from the library shelves, for homework, just to get a reminder of how much of an icon Mick Leech was.
However, as Leech chats to the Irish Independent over a coffee in a Dublin pub on a midweek morning, there comes a first-hand testament to the man’s greatness.