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Daniel Young

I honestly could write so much more than I have here when it comes to Stix Lockwood and the immense kindness that he showed me during my visit to Elland Road in January 2020. I had left the UK in 2004 to emigrate to the USA and this visit was my first to a game at Leeds since that time when I had season tickets. It was a special trip as I took in the Millwall game at home and that day I had booked a stadium tour in which I was first introduced to Stix. He made the experience more so special in that his stories and takes were unique and even in the freezing cold outside, he held the attention of everybody. His demeanor and positive attitude were testament to he as a person and I even observed he gave his tickets to a mother and her child that day which totally sent them over the moon.

As I wrote an email at dinner (when I was enjoying a hospitality meal in the East Stand), I thanked him for his time and made a joke about meeting Marcelo Bielsa. He wrote me back a couple of moments and asked me to come to the West Stand. After I watched the squad enter the building he invited me in and only went and introduced me to the great man himself. I was absolutely shocked and the 14 year old kid inside of me was beside myself as after many visits to Elland Road in my lifetime, I had never gotten this close to anybody at the club. Stix, for no reason other than to just be kind made it happen and he even allowed me pitchside access before the game and I got to meet a few of the players.

Being on the Elland Road turf, under the lights and in a place where I feel totally at peace, was amazing. I felt so lucky and it vindicated the expense and travel time of the trip even more. The point is, none of this would have been possible without the kindness and unconditional care for his common man that Stix Lockwood had shown towards myself and as I have learned, many many others. I was once told that if many people think someone of you then it may be true and I know that Stix has made a mark on many lives, all of whom I am sure will be eternally grateful.