On this day in 1965, Leeds United made their first ever appearance on BBC's 'Match of the Day' highlights programme. The featured game was a home fixture against Everton which Leeds comfortably won 4-1 thanks to two goals from Albert ...
Author: James Rhodes
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9780244177119
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Page: 390
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Facts, events and people from the history of Leeds for every day of the year.James Rhodes is a local history writer, blogger and speaker. He is a self-confessed Leeds obsessive.
He claims Cantona sent him a fax when they were together at Leeds United asking him to find another club with the line “the salmon that idles its way downstream will never leap the waterfall” after the Elland Road manager was unable to ...
Author: Mike Donovan
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 9781909178366
Category: History
Page: 157
View: 477
Manchester United On This Day recounts, in diary form, major events and magic moments in the history of the Red Devils. With individual entries for each day of the year and multiple entries for busier times, this book covers their ups and downs, domestic and european cup runs, boardroom battles, and sensational signings.
With individual entries for every day, and multiple listings for more historic and busier days, the book includes all the club's big matches, promotions, cup runs, significant events, and sensational signings.
Author: Joe Mewis
Publisher: Pitch Pub
ISBN: 1905411537
Category: Reference
Page: 192
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Leeds United On This Day chronicles, in diary form, the major events in the club's history. With individual entries for every day, and multiple listings for more historic and busier days, the book includes all the club's big matches, promotions, cup runs, significant events, and sensational signings.
WEDNESDAY 28th MARCH 1984 In a rather disappointing game against Leeds United, 31,222 fans are at St James' Park to see Newcastle win 1-0, maintaining their promotion push thanks to an own goal. More and more people are becoming ...
Author: David Potter
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 9781909178229
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 155
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Newcastle United On This Day recounts, in diary form, major events and magic moments in the history of the Magpies. Such as the great triumphs of the 1900s when three league titles were won, the 1950s when three FA Cups were brought back to Tyneside and the heady European triumph of 1969. Less happy days like relegations and miserable FA Cup exits to lower division teams are also chronicled. Alongside the achievements and matches, great players like Peter McWilliam, Colin Veitch, Hughie Gallacher, Frank Hudspeth, Jackie Milburn, Bobby Mitchell, Bobby Moncur, Malcolm MacDonald and Alan Shearer all appear.Key features- Part of the popular and successful On This Day series which features a number of football, cricket and sports clubs- Includes contemporary and historic images of club legends and from the key events and matches from the club's colourful history- Written by veteran football author and historian David Potter, author of a number of football titles
special day for English football. We are often criticised in this country for not supporting English talent, but I think Leeds United have done more than most before today to demonstrate that, if possible, we will go on to support ...
Author: Phil Rostron
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781780574301
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 288
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Leeds United have arguably experienced the most dramatic upheaval in fortunes of any club in the recent history of English football. From their rise to a championship challenge in the Premiership and subsequent participation in the Champions League semi-finals, they plunged to the brink of bankruptcy and were relegated to the Coca-Cola League - for the first time in their proud history. Theirs is a story of financial mismanagement on a grand scale. In living the dream, they ran up debts of £100 million, and the dream became a nightmare, not just on the pitch, but also in the tabloids, with the trials of Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate. A succession of managers - David O'Leary, Terry Venables, Peter Reid, Kevin Blackwell and Dennis Wise - have come and gone. Following on from the departure of Peter Ridsdale, a succession of businessmen have also tried to steady the ship in the boardroom, culminating in the dramatic purchase of the club by a certain ex-chairman of Chelsea - Ken Bates - in early 2005. Under Dennis Wise, an inexperienced team was rejuvenated, with the club overcoming a 15-point penalty imposed by the Football League and pushing for automatic promotion. Sadly, their young manager departed to pastures more lucrative mid-season and the challenge died in yet another play-off defeat under the new regime of former hero Gary McAllister. What lies in store for Leeds United now? Can they regain past glories and taste Premier League football once more? Revised and updated, Leeds United: Trials and Tribulations continues the story of Leeds' struggle, with exclusive interviews with many of the club's leading figures during this turbulent period - including Allan Leighton, Peter Ridsdale, Dominic Matteo and Peter Reid.
From memorable matches and favorite sons, the book follows no set order, chronological or otherwise, but has plenty to keep any fanatic coming back for more--and is fully endorsed by the club.
Author: Joe Mewis
Publisher: Miscellany
ISBN: 1905411960
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 0
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Leeds United Miscellany is packed with fascinating facts, figures, trivia, stats, stories, and anecdotes all relating to the history of Leeds United Football Club. From memorable matches and favorite sons, the book follows no set order, chronological or otherwise, but has plenty to keep any fanatic coming back for more--and is fully endorsed by the club.
I finished the evening off with Geir Jensen and some other Norwegian Leeds fans. On the day of our departure from Lysekils, Mark Naylor emerged from the hotel a little worse for wear. He had spent all of the previous evening drinking ...
Author: Gary Edwards
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781780573922
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 224
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He made you cry with laughter with Paint It White, now the celebrated Leeds-supporting, cartoon-drawing, painting-and-decorating eccentric Gary Edwards is back. It turns out that his first book was only an undercoat and now the story of his crazy life following Leeds needs a second coat. No wonder: Edwards, you see, has seen every Leeds game - competitive and friendly anywhere in the world - since 17 January 1968*. During those 37 years, he's been there, done that and bought the T-shirt. So, after subtle prompts from his travelling companions, he's back with more tales that simply would not fit into the first volume. There's barely a pub in the land he can step into without some well-meaning soul coming up to him and demanding, 'Loved the book, Gary! When are you going to do another - with me in it?' So here it is - another fabulously entertaining collection of travelling tales and friends remembered. Eventually. In this follow-up instalment of high gloss and drama, Edwards recounts how he befriended a real-life Leeds-supporting Dalek, convinced Rolf Harris that the earth was flat, was accosted by firemen while trying to paint a fire engine white, appeared on the sides of buses with his face painted in Leeds colours and received letters from the Queen and the Prime Minister after he complained about David Beckham getting an OBE! Leeds United: The Second Coat is another hilarious account of the scrapes, adventures and moments of comedy that a life's passion for Leeds United has brought Gary Edwards. *OK, he missed one but he still has the match ticket, and only a strike by Spanish air traffic control stopped him getting to a one-off friendly in Toronto.
It is a second successive blow following a 1-0 defeat to Leeds United just three days earlier. The Reds maintain a four-point lead over nearest challengers Leyton Orient. THURSDAY 26th DECEMBER 1963 Roger Hunt hits a fantastic four ...
Author: David Clayton
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 9781909178069
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 187
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Liverpool FC On This Day is a diary-style log of events that happened on each calendar day of the year. If something happened that was important in the Reds' life, you'll find it in here. How about May 25 2005 when AC Milan stood in the way of yet another European triumph? Or January 31 2011 when the Reds smashed their transfer record by signing Andy Carroll from Newcastle? Vital matches, shock transfers, cup matches and unforgettable moments that have shaped Liverpool FC into the world famous club it is today - plus so much more. Foreword by a Liverpool legend Includes contemporary and historic images of club legends and from the key events and matches from the club's colourful history Written by respected football historian and journalist David Clayton, author of more than 50 sports books, including the best-selling Ollie: The Autobiography of Ian Holloway and the acclaimed Feed the Goat - The Shaun Goater Story
WEDNESDAY 1st MAY 1968 Dundee draw 1-1 with Leeds United in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup semi-final first leg in front of 24,000 at Dens. Paul Madeley heads past Ally Donaldson to give Leeds a 26th minute lead but Bobby Wilson draws ...
Author: Kenny Ross
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 9781785313486
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 181
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Dundee FC On This Day is a journey, in diary form, through the history of the famous Dark Blues. All the major events are covered in detail to give the reader a feel for the ups and downs experienced by The Dee since its formation in 1893. With individual entries for every day, the book includes all the club's big matches - from the joy of title wins and cup runs to the pain of relegations and administrations. Dundee FC has enjoyed a long, rich history and the book records the five major trophy wins, the runs to two European semi-finals, the Dee-Fiant season, the promotions, significant events, sensational signings and memorable derby wins over Dundee United. The Scottish League championship win in 1962 and the Scottish and League Cup victories are countered by the turmoil of relegations, missed promotions and the two administration periods which almost saw the Dens Park doors closed for good. Being a Dundee fan is a rollercoaster journey, and Dundee FC On This Day perfectly captures the thrill of the ride.
Hunter had been caught up with playing for Leeds, but now wished he had paid more attention. He also wished, on the day he left, that one of the directors had been good enough to shake his hand and say: 'Thank you.
Author: Daniel Chapman
Publisher: Icon Books
ISBN: 9781785784316
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 240
View: 590
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH LEEDS UNITED TO COINCIDE WITH THE CLUB'S CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS. 'Every up and down at Leeds United. Essential reading.' Phil Hay 100 Years of Leeds United tells the story of a one-club city and its unique relationship with its football team. Since its foundation in 1919, Leeds United Football Club has seen more ups and downs than most, rising to global fame through an inimitable and uncompromising style in the 70s, clinching the last Division One title prior to the Premier League's inauguration in 1992, before a spectacular fall from grace at the start of the 21st century. United remains one of the best supported - and most divisive - clubs in football, with supporters' clubs dotted across the globe. In 100 Years of Leeds United, Chapman delves deep into the archives to discover the lesser-known episodes, providing fresh context to the folkloric tales that have shaped the club we know today, painting the definitive picture of the West Yorkshire giants.