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Dom Matteo: When Leeds were relegated in 2004 it was the lowest point of my career; Sam Allardyce's side must give their all against Tottenham

When Leeds United were last relegated from the Premier League in 2004, it was the lowest point of my career.

I was embarrassed to have been part of such a great club’s demise and as captain it hit me particularly hard.

It was only when Leeds finally returned to the top flight 16 years later under Marcelo Bielsa that I finally got over it. Now here we are with supposedly a three per cent chance of survival going into the final day.

Two decades ago, Leeds’ well-documented financial problems had begun to unravel but we stayed up in 2002-03 under Peter Reid.