Stuart Dallas - Thank You!

David Davies • April 12, 2024

Stuart Dallas joined Leeds United in August 2015 from Brentford. In his time at Leeds he made 266 appearances and scored 25 goals.

He gave 100% every time he pulled on the shirt and played in several positions during his time at the club. He quickly became a fan favourite, gaining the nickname of the Cookstown Cafu by the Leeds United fans.

He scored his first goal for the club in December 2015 against Wolves and went on to win the clubs players player of the year award that same season.

Dallas was a key part of the Leeds United team that won the 2019/20 EFL Championship and promotion to the Premier League under Marcelo Bielsa.

He made his premier league debut on 12th September 2020 against the then reigning champions Liverpool which finished in a narrow 4-3 defeat. A highlight of Dallas’s time in the premier league would be on April 10th 2021 when Leeds United overcome a very strong Manchester City team to win 2-1 away with Stuart scoring both goals.

In the following season, Stuart suffered a serious knee injury whlist playing against Manchester City which would see him miss the rest of the season during which would unfortunately see Leeds United relegated to the Championship. With the severity of the injury Dallas has also missed the entirety of the current 2023/24 season.

On 11th April 2024, Stuart Dallas met with the current squad to announce that he would be retiring at the end of the season. A very emotional moment for him and his team mates was given a positive spin when Dallas shared a message with his team mates…

”I’m not here to do a team talk but you’ve got yourselves into an incredible position boys so don’t give it up now. You’ve 4 games to go so just give it absolutely everything and embrace the challenge, enjoy it and I’m pretty sure you’ll end up where we want to be and where you set out to be at the start of the season. I’m continuing on until the end of the season and I hope that’s the start of May and not the end of May but I wish you all the best going forward.”

Hopefully his message hit home and the team can go out and get the job done.

Hampshire Whites would like to thank Stuart Dallas for his time as a player for Leeds United and for all the fond memories he has given us.

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