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Rod Wallace became a key part of the 1992 championship-winning side,
teaming up well with Lee Chapman to keep the goals flowing. With the
departure of Chapman and with no settled partner (or indeed position),
he seemed to fade a little over the last couple of seasons (although
his tally of 7 league goals made him Leeds' top scorer in 1996-97!);
his tendency to leave the ball behind and slip as he turned - which
the fans accepted when he was knocking in goals and setting the up -
began to be a reason to knock him.
With his contract due to run out, GG decided to apply some pressure
- publicly upbraiding him for not wanting to stay and sign a new
contract. A slight case of the pot calling the kettle black... He went
off to Rangers on a Bosman and scored a hatful in Scotland. A brief
stay back south of the border helped Bolton hang on to their Premier
League status, but in the close season he moved down a level to play
for Gillingham and was described by Gills chairman Paul Scally as
their biggest signing of all time! A pre-season injury kept him out of
contention early on, but he appeared in both of the Gills' FA Cup
games against Leeds and finished the season as the club's second top
scorer.
Gillingham fan says: Rod Wallace is a great player, I am a
Gillingham Fan and I think he will have a great future at gillingham
despite his age, Thankyou Leeds for breeding such a footballing
legend!
Chris says: How good was his goal for leeds against Spurs when he
took everyone on from the halfway line then finished it top left hand
corner
anon says: Lots of great moments from Rod in a Leeds shirt.
Especially the goal against spurs which won goal of the season on
match of day.
francis mCintosh says: a great solo goal from rod wallace but he
used to get shackled by .irwin but he was a player who alwayz thought
it wasnt a day to show off the skills
Collette (Computer Whizz) says: Carlton Palmer is a really nice
guy. He always took time to say Hi. He's tall and good looking
too!
krish says: amazing for us cheers rod, shouldve stayed longer come
back and help us win the title back !!! :D
Ste says: Go on Rodney!!! Smart move going to Rangers to play in
the SPL - he looked like a mix between Best, Pele, Rooney, Maradonna,
Ronaldo, Shearer and Gascoigne - but with more pace, skill and
shooting ability - a sign that the Scottish league is not as advanced
as ours i'm not sure but Wallace gave us some fond memories too -
Remember that goal against Spurs - ooooooooooooooh! TASTY!!!
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