lord was a guest of honour at a dinner given by the variety club of great britain in march 1974, but his speech led to a walkout by participants. lord said: "we have to stand up against a move to get soccer on the cheap by the jews who run tv." manny cussins, who was jewish and chairman of leeds united f.c., said he would walk out of the elland road boardroom if lord visited when burnley was playing there. lord told his own board to stay away from the game.