High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Michael John "Johnny" Giles (born 6 November 1940 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish former association football midfielder who played for Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s, and is now known as a football pundit. After winning an FA Cup winners medal with Manchester United, Giles moved to Leeds United. He played in midfield alongside skipper Billy Bremner and went on to form a central midfield partnership which was one of the best in English club football and yielded several trophies in the most successful era of Leeds United's history.