David White ⭑ From A-Z since '92
David White was a first class midfielder in the prime of his careers, who rather than find a new, positive path at Elland Road wandered, frustratingly, further away. But there was more to his story.
Positive Action Movement: When Ken Bates took over his homeland in 1968, Noel Lloyd led the fight to take it back
'A lady came up by the name of Louella Harrigan and she said, "Regardless, we got to take back our country from Kenneth Bates, and whatever we’re going to do we’re going to march this morning, and we are going to take our country back! This lease must be revoked, and Kenneth Bates must go!”’
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David Wetherall ⭑ From A-Z since '92
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Robbie Keane, Coventry City, 2001 ⭑ Great Leeds goals
At the Radio Leeds commentary desk Norman Hunter was shivering and pleading. "Somebody, just run about and kick somebody!" Robbie Keane's idea was different. Scissor-kick the ball over your own head to win the game, then you can run about.
Arsenal 2-1 Leeds United: Tummy button fluff
Leeds United might be more fun if they weren't so good, but being so good has put us on what Arteta would undoubtedly call a journey to respecting the best selves within as manifested by high-performance navel-gazing and playing fetch with Win the dog.
Shambling back to football
Of course it was Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds that took on Pep Guardiola's Sham City and drew and won. And of course it was Bielsa who proposed wage cuts to mend football. And of course it was also Bielsa who took a Leeds team to City's ground in December 2021 that lost 7-0. Replay?
Losing friends: Arsenal vs Leeds, February 1965
Arsenal's George Eastham may have been a gentle and philosophical footballer. But he was trying to stop Leeds United winning. Nothing was more provoking than that.