EXC INT: Leeds were right to axe Marcelo Bielsa, says Eddie Gray

The sign above his front door reads 'Nobody gets out sober' and Eddie Gray has had every reason to enjoy a drink of late.

The first cause for celebration came with Leeds' 94th-minute victory against Norwich, when Gray was housebound because of Covid but went 'crazy' in his living room instead. Then it was that stoppage-time comeback win over Wolves, which had the 74-year-old 'jumping up and down' in the directors' box at Molineux.

'That passion never leaves you,' the Leeds legend tells Sportsmail from his home in the picturesque village of Kirkby Overblow near Harrogate. 'It was such an important moment for our position in the league.

'At 2-0 down at half-time, you are thinking this puts us in real trouble. There is no hope. But a win like that changes everything. It is so crucial we stay up.'

Gray knows this the hard way having been at Leeds - as player and then manager - the last two times they dropped out of the top flight.

Of course, the Scot is remembered by fans for his successes, the two League titles and FA Cup won under Don Revie in the 1960s and 70s, and he has been voted the club's third greatest player of all time.

'I played for the youth team, the reserve team, the first team. I coached the youth team, the reserve team, the first team. It's not bad, you know?' grins the man they call Mr Leeds United. But despite all of that, Gray admits that, to this day, he reflects on the disappointments he suffered at Leeds more than his many notable achievements.

'People talk about me winning the FA Cup, but the games that stick in my mind are the finals I lost - against Sunderland and Chelsea,' says Gray. 

'It's the same with relegation. It hurts everybody terribly and it takes a long time to get back. When we went down