Statement by David Haigh on Jake Daniels I am filled with delight and full of hope for an ever more inclusive football after courageous #JakeDaniels has become the first active English male professional footballer to come out as gay since 1990. Congratulations Jake Daniels and Blackpool FC. In 2013 I became the first openly…
Former Leeds United managing director, David Haigh, has joined the executive committee of Penzance football club. In a coup for the community club, Mr Haigh was elected onto the committee last week, and was officially welcomed to the club by its Chairman Terry Burgess, today. He joins shortly after the club bought in a new…
Recently a few people have been asking me what match days are like for me. Although no one day is the same at Elland Road, here’s what a typical match days looks like. I arrive at Elland Road around 9am after a gruelling run training for the London Marathon and check on emails. Then I…
Today we were thrilled to announce that Leeds United had become the first British club to join gay equality charity Stonewall’s ‘Diversity Champions Programme’. The ground-breaking partnership sees the club take the lead on fighting homophobia and promoting greater equality in football. We have previously supported Stonewall’s iconic ‘Some People Are Gay. Get Over It!’…
I was delighted to be invited to be part of BBC Radio Cornwall’s 30 Lives series. The 30 Lives programme celebrates BBC Radio Cornwall’s 30th birthday by speaking to 30 people who grew up and were educated in Cornwall and have “gone on to make an impact in the world.” It was a bit like traveling back…
Today I moved from being a Director at Leeds United to the post of Managing Director. It’s hard to describe the feeling but it’s a mixture of excitement, passion, honour and hunger to do right for this fantastic football club. This will inevitably mean spending far more time here in Leeds as my primary office…
Finalist at Legal Week Lawyer Awards Yesterday I went with some friends and work colleagues to the Legal Week Awards ceremony in London. It was a fun night hosted by (a very funny and very cutting) Sandy Toksvig – and the iPhone and Blackberry were (almost) put on hold for the evening. I had been…
