Leo Skeete
Appointed Caretaker Manager: January 1978
Departed:

January 1978
(Reverted to playing role to December 1981)

First game in charge: 7th January 1978
v Boston United Away W 1-0
Last game in charge: 9th January1978
v Ashton United (Mcr Cup 1) Home L 2-3
Games in charge: Played 2 Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 1
Honours with Mossley
(all won as a player) 		Northern Premier League Champions 1978/79, 1979.80
Northern Premier League Runners up: 1980/81
FA Challenge Trophy Finalist: 1979/80
FA Challenge Trophy Quarter Finalist 1980/81
Northern Premier League Cup Winners 1978/79
Northern Premier League Cup Runners up:
1975/76, 1981/82
Manchester Senior Cup Runners up 1978/79
Northern Premier League Challenge Shield Runners up
1979, 1980, 1981
Non League Champion of Champions Cup Runners up 1979
Reporter Cup Winners 1974/75
North West Floodlit Cup Runners up 1976/77
FA Cup 2nd Round Proper 1980/81
FA Cup 1st Round Proper 1977/78, 1979/80
Club Player of the Year: 1977/78, 1978/79

Clubs as Player:

Burscough
Ellesmere Port Town
Rochdale
Mossley
Runcorn
Altrincham
Previous Clubs as Manager   none
Later Clubs as Manager   none

Born in Liverpool on 3rd August 1949. Stylish 6' 3" centre forward Leopold Skeete began his football career with Burscough and then Ellesmere Port Town before signing as a professional with Rochdale in 1973. He was leading scorer for Rochdale in the 1973-74 season before a change in management at Spotland saw him left out of the side and available for loan. That loan arrangement saw Leo arrive at Seel Park in January 1975.

Leo had scored 15 goals in 40 Rochdale games. He then scored 15 goals in 18 games before the 74/75 season’s close and struck up an almost instant understanding with fellow front man Dave Moore. He was signed on a permanent basis in August 1974 and moved to live in Oldham and work for Club President Ronnie Ward’s Engineering company Weldem Ltd. In Mossley.

After scoring 20 goals in 58 appearances the following season, in 1976-77 Leo broke the Club’s post war scoring record, netting 45 goals in 60 appearances. His partnership with Moore yielding an incredible 77 goals that season. 1977/78 saw Leo win the first of two successive Mossley ‘Player of the Year’ awards while scoring 26 goals in 57 games.

Skeete spent two games, assisted by club trainer Bernard Keeley, as Caretaker Manager immediately prior to Bob Murphy's return as Manager in January 1978.

1978-79 saw ’the dusky destroyer’ lead from the front as Mossley won the Northern Premier League and Cup double in superb style, scoring 26 goals in 53 games and was team captain as Mossley retained the League title in 1979-80 and reached Wembley in the FA Trophy. He scored 29 goals in 55 appearances that season and 19 in 42 in 1980-81.

He won representative honours with the NPL and was named in the England Semi Pro squad in 1980.

The 1981/82 season was to be his last at Mossley as he scored 7 goals in 14 games before a £3,500 move to Runcorn where he again won the NPL title. He ended his playing career two seasons later with Altrincham.

Leo made a total of 350 appearances for Mossley scoring 174 goals. He is second only to his former team-mate Dave Moore in Mossley’s all time scorers list.