By Lewis Rutledge Last updated: 3rd April 2008
McAllister: No hesitation
Gary McAllister has insisted he had no hesitation in signing a new contract at Leeds.
McAllister was appointed Leeds manager in January but only put pen-to-paper on a short-term deal until the end of the season.
Results on the pitch were not impressive initially but Leeds are now back in the race for promotion and McAllister is confident of going up via the play-offs.
The former Liverpool midfielder has signed a new 12-month rolling contract at Elland Road and he is proud to be in charge of the club.
"When I arrived here it was a three-and-a-half month contract and the job brief was simple - get us moving forward and get us out of this league," McAllister told Sky Sports News.
"We're nudging closer to that. We're just outside the play-offs with a game in hand and we want to be in the shake-up there.
"I'm very honoured to have accepted another year's contract. It took me all of two seconds to say yes.
"There wasn't a great deal of negotiation. It was a show of faith by the club."
There has been some speculation that McAllister was only offered a short-term deal originally in case he became a target for other clubs, but he maintains that Leeds had nothing to fear.
He said: "I certainly haven't been looking elsewhere. I've been completely focused on winning matches for Leeds.
"There's not many bigger clubs than this."
| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Saturday 15th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Aston Villa vs Wigan |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Man City |
| 15:00 | Bolton vs Sunderland |
| 15:00 | Chelsea vs Hull |
| 15:00 | Everton vs Arsenal |
| 15:00 | Man Utd vs Birmingham |
| 15:00 | Portsmouth vs Fulham |
| 15:00 | Stoke vs Burnley |
| 15:00 | Tottenham vs Liverpool |
| 15:00 | Wolverhampton vs West Ham |
| Tuesday 18th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 19:45 | Birmingham vs Portsmouth |
| 19:45 | Burnley vs Man Utd |
| 19:45 | Fulham vs Blackburn |
| 19:45 | Hull vs Tottenham |
| 19:45 | Sunderland vs Chelsea |
| 19:45 | Wigan vs Wolverhampton |
| Wednesday 19th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 19:45 | Liverpool vs Stoke |
| Saturday 22nd August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Arsenal vs Portsmouth |
| 15:00 | Birmingham vs Stoke |
| 15:00 | Burnley vs Everton |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Sunday 24th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle | |
| Blackburn 0 - 0 West Brom | |
| Hull 0 - 1 Man Utd | |
| Man City 1 - 0 Bolton | |
| Sunderland 2 - 3 Chelsea | |
| Fulham 0 - 2 Everton | |
| Arsenal 4 - 1 Stoke | |
| West Ham 2 - 1 Middlesbrough | |
| Wigan 1 - 0 Portsmouth | |
| Liverpool 3 - 1 Tottenham | |
| Monday 18th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Portsmouth 3 - 1 Sunderland | |
| Sunday 17th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Chelsea 2 - 0 Blackburn | |
| West Brom 0 - 2 Liverpool | |
| Saturday 16th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Newcastle 0 - 1 Fulham | |
| Bolton 1 - 1 Hull | |
| Stoke 2 - 0 Wigan | |
| Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Aston Villa | |
| Tottenham 2 - 1 Man City | |
| Everton 3 - 1 West Ham | |
| Man Utd 0 - 0 Arsenal | |
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