Some football, before it's all forgotten

Fans will always be reassessing and reshuffling their chosen memories for as long as there is more football, and I guess more podcasts. In the meantime, Joel Piroe scored a great header.

Alan Thompson ⭑ From A-Z since '92

Alan Thompson looked like everything when Leeds United were desperately trying to avoid relegation to League One in 2007. What he looked like, in essence, was a new Gordon Strachan.

Sunderland 2-2 Leeds United: Wait for it...

No Leeds fan wants Illan Meslier to do... do that again. But every game is a kind of waiting to see if someone does.

Up at the end of the eighties: three trips to Roker Park

Howard Wilkinson was never afraid that his way might be wrong — you could only do what you believed in and take your result. But if the result was that he was right, well, he absolutely loved that.

Norwich City 1-1 Leeds United: Caution to the wind

Performance: actually good. Vibes: manic. A point: it'll do. To look at Joe Rodon was to think, heck, let's just get out of here.

Leeds United 3-0 Coventry City: Getting interesting

This is how it's done, just winning to nil over and over. It's something Leeds fans have wanted for a long time.

What is Daniel Farke up against this season?

A lot has to be right about your team for winning 2-0 to feel like a letdown. Like it or not, fairly or not, 2024/25 is demanding more of Leeds United.

Alan Tate ⭑ From A-Z since '92

Outside Swansea, I doubt Alan Tate ever made anyone happier than he made Neil Warnock when he joined Leeds United.

Cardiff City 0-2 Leeds United: Hoover, damn

Assuming Farke's messages about selling vacuums are getting through to the players, the next step is still about the time it takes for them to learn, act, and achieve.