Sir Les

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They do not make them like Les anymore.

Lanky, not the quickest, but what a talent and personality.

Poacher, almost impossible to dispossess in the box (only Parkin has come close as a holder-upper since).

His goals coincided with our return from the abyss and his gritty demeanour and modest attitude endeared him to everyone at the time.

An extremely gifted and sorely-missed maverick.

Thank you Les Mutrie
 
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where's les mutrie now said:
Very sad news of a player that epitomised everything you wanted from a City player, with his dribbling skills, goal poaching and overall attitude for the cause of Hull City. Remember from my early days as a supporter his no nonsense approach to scoring goals. I seem to remember one match in which he scored three or four and then late on got sent off for nutting the opposition player. RIP Sir Les.
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Brilliant memories, those were the days, when footballers were real men, not the namby, pamby sulkers of today.

RIP Les.
 
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RichardG said:
As AlRawdah writes above, we've had a lot of contact with Les at the Southern Supporters in recent months. I first contacted him to contribute to the book that I'm writing (which I've mentioned on here). Despite it being clear that Les was very ill, he was very keen to be involved in the book. We chatted a lot and his contributions are terrific.

At the Southern Supporters AGM this summer we were generally bemoaning the lack of recognition for the great Hull City players of the past. We decided to do something about it and launch our own Hall of Fame (as nothing of its ilk exists at present as far as we're aware). The list will be announced as planned on Friday at 11am, but we'd decided that evening to have 20 inductees decided by the HCSS members and one Committee's Choice inductee. The latter would be a player/club employee who perhaps didn't quite get the recognition they quite deserved, or someone whose brilliance got a bit lost in our achievements of the past 15 years or so. Les was easily the most popular choice for this accolade.

We made up a book for Les, filled with pictures of his career and memories from fans of his (I also got a couple of quotes from Pete Skipper and Nick Barmby, both of whom were more than happy to contribute given the esteem they held Les in). We sent this off to him to mark him being the first member of our Hall of Fame. The response we got from Les and his family was wonderful. The book and the being inducted into our Hall of Fame evidently meant the world to them. His family have been in touch asking for more of the books to be printed to be at Les's funeral, which of course we're more than happy to sort out. It was lovely to be able to let Les and his family know what he meant to Hull City and the people of Hull in his last few months.

Throughout my contact with the Mutries, it's been so, so clear what a terrific bloke Les was, and what a wonderful, humble, loving family he comes from. Our club is built on working class heroes like Les, who took to the city and the club and sweated blood for us. Today's a sad day, but we were lucky to have known Les at all. RIP to a good, good man.
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A worthy epitaph for one of those worth the epithet of 'legend' - RIP Sir Les, thanks for the memories.
 
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I have a very special memory of Les. In the early 80s I was undergoing tests to investigate a group of tumours that had appeared in my lungs - suspected spread from a melanoma. The initial size and distribution of the tumours had recently been assessed using X Ray tomography (an early form of ct scan) and, the night before my follow up appointment I went to watch City play Halifax at Boothferry Park along with a great pal of mine who also happened to be a consultant pathologist. Les left a very big impression on my mate who was actually a Middlesborough supporter - I think City won 2-0. Tests the next day appeared to show a possible reduction in tumour size and it was decided that surgery could be delayed in favour of close monitoring. Much to everyone's surprise the tumours disappeared over a six month period and my consultant pal declared that it was miraculous and always referred to it as "the miracle of Saint Mutrie of Boothferry Park"
R.I.P Saint Les.
 
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RIP Les.. Gave me some great memories.


Heard some awful news of my own over the weekend, my nieces husband has to have a leg amputated due to cancer...Only 34. Only way to save his life.
Why does it only happen to the decent people? Gutted for them.
 
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RichardG said:
As AlRawdah writes above, we've had a lot of contact with Les at the Southern Supporters in recent months. I first contacted him to contribute to the book that I'm writing (which I've mentioned on here). Despite it being clear that Les was very ill, he was very keen to be involved in the book. We chatted a lot and his contributions are terrific.

At the Southern Supporters AGM this summer we were generally bemoaning the lack of recognition for the great Hull City players of the past. We decided to do something about it and launch our own Hall of Fame (as nothing of its ilk exists at present as far as we're aware). The list will be announced as planned on Friday at 11am, but we'd decided that evening to have 20 inductees decided by the HCSS members and one Committee's Choice inductee. The latter would be a player/club employee who perhaps didn't quite get the recognition they quite deserved, or someone whose brilliance got a bit lost in our achievements of the past 15 years or so. Les was easily the most popular choice for this accolade.

We made up a book for Les, filled with pictures of his career and memories from fans of his (I also got a couple of quotes from Pete Skipper and Nick Barmby, both of whom were more than happy to contribute given the esteem they held Les in). We sent this off to him to mark him being the first member of our Hall of Fame. The response we got from Les and his family was wonderful. The book and the being inducted into our Hall of Fame evidently meant the world to them. His family have been in touch asking for more of the books to be printed to be at Les's funeral, which of course we're more than happy to sort out. It was lovely to be able to let Les and his family know what he meant to Hull City and the people of Hull in his last few months.

Throughout my contact with the Mutries, it's been so, so clear what a terrific bloke Les was, and what a wonderful, humble, loving family he comes from. Our club is built on working class heroes like Les, who took to the city and the club and sweated blood for us. Today's a sad day, but we were lucky to have known Les at all. RIP to a good, good man.
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Great post.
 
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A cracking player. He was a striker you could depend on unlike a lot of those that followed him.
RIP Les
 
AlRawdah said:
The Hull City Southern Supporters produced and gave Les a book that paid tribute to his time at City. I’m told he was genuinely moved by this gesture during his final weeks.

He was a fine player who lived a rich and varied life. Good man.
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Is there any chance of an obituary from you or Rich, Al??
I like the sound of a Rich and varied life.

RIP Les
 
Chazz Rheinhold said:
Is there any chance of an obituary from you or Rich, Al??
I like the sound of a Rich and varied life.

RIP Les
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Hi Chazz. We've put a brief HCSS obituary on here. I understand that Les's life will be celebrated on Sports Talk on Radio Humberside between 6 and 7pm tonight. I was perhaps too young to fully appreciate Les as a player - I saw him play on numerous occasions but at an age when every player is a hero by dint of the fact that wear the black and amber - but getting to know him these past few months, albeit via a few dozen Facebook messages, was an absolute pleasure.
 
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Really shocked to have heard this sad news. Great player who was superb against us for Blyth and then became a hero for us. He had a fantastic run of scoring in something like 9 games running for City.Thoughts are with his friends and family
 
To lapse into modern parlance Les always 'put a shift in' and I recall the many times stood behind the South Stand goal watching him knock them in. As so many have said 66 is no age nowadays. RIP Les.
 
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RichardG said:
As AlRawdah writes above, we've had a lot of contact with Les at the Southern Supporters in recent months. I first contacted him to contribute to the book that I'm writing (which I've mentioned on here). Despite it being clear that Les was very ill, he was very keen to be involved in the book. We chatted a lot and his contributions are terrific.

At the Southern Supporters AGM this summer we were generally bemoaning the lack of recognition for the great Hull City players of the past. We decided to do something about it and launch our own Hall of Fame (as nothing of its ilk exists at present as far as we're aware). The list will be announced as planned on Friday at 11am, but we'd decided that evening to have 20 inductees decided by the HCSS members and one Committee's Choice inductee. The latter would be a player/club employee who perhaps didn't quite get the recognition they quite deserved, or someone whose brilliance got a bit lost in our achievements of the past 15 years or so. Les was easily the most popular choice for this accolade.

We made up a book for Les, filled with pictures of his career and memories from fans of his (I also got a couple of quotes from Pete Skipper and Nick Barmby, both of whom were more than happy to contribute given the esteem they held Les in). We sent this off to him to mark him being the first member of our Hall of Fame. The response we got from Les and his family was wonderful. The book and the being inducted into our Hall of Fame evidently meant the world to them. His family have been in touch asking for more of the books to be printed to be at Les's funeral, which of course we're more than happy to sort out. It was lovely to be able to let Les and his family know what he meant to Hull City and the people of Hull in his last few months.

Throughout my contact with the Mutries, it's been so, so clear what a terrific bloke Les was, and what a wonderful, humble, loving family he comes from. Our club is built on working class heroes like Les, who took to the city and the club and sweated blood for us. Today's a sad day, but we were lucky to have known Les at all. RIP to a good, good man.
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Fitting tribute, RichardG.
 
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