Portsmouth 1-0 Leeds United: Let them have their game

No matter how many chances the cosmos could give Leeds to do this game over, I suspect Pompey's strength would keep doing Leeds over every single time.

Ironing the grid

2024 was going to be the Niners' big year, but they swung and missed. Oh wait, that's the other thing isn't it. Um, they dropped the puck? Does that sound right?

Anthony Elding ⭑ From A-Z since '92

A hyped teenager, a dream move, an unlicensed agent, a fight for a place and a battle for revenge: this was a journeyman's life in the post-collapse Football League.

Leeds United 1-1 WBA: Running out

The fear of a promotion race is always about future regrets, that if these two lost points aren't hurting on a sunny day, they might come back with a vengeance some bleak afternoon to come.

Taking the time to build, and protagonism versus pragmatism

Squad rules mean extracting bang from buck is not an easy task. When you only have to beat the bottom three, how do you do it?

Sheffield United 1-3 Leeds United: Starting slow, finishing fast

It's not always how you start but how you end, in football, but you have to work hard to make sure the last goal is important, and yours.

Andy Robinson ⭑ From A-Z since '92

Leeds United feel like a bit of an accident in Andy Robinson's trajectory. He should have played his best years for Everton, then transferred to Tranmere as a Merseyside legend for his boyhood club.

Tuftyball, or Leeds United adapting to the realities

The tension of watching Daniel Farke's Leeds was summed up in these moments against Sunderland, football that pushes you to the brink of frustration then seesaws suddenly into giving you what you want.

Leeds United 2-1 Sunderland: Not very sensible

Pascal Struijk was wearing the most enormous unmovable grin you'll ever see on a footballer. A lot of football had to happen over a long time for that smile to get that wide.

Andy O'Brien ⭑ From A-Z since '92

It's hard to imagine not wanting to play for the club that seems like your destiny, so it's hard to imagine the depression that meant Andy O'Brien couldn't take to the pitch for Leeds. But not playing was the only way for O'Brien to get back in control of a life controlled by football.