Alfonso Pedraza ⭑ From A-Z since '92

If joining Leeds was a surprise to Pedraza, he didn't show it, striding purposely into Huddersfield's half and forcing a save from 25 yards as if Championship football was easy.

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Leeds United: The step up

Matches like this repeat matches from last season through the lack of a leader on the pitch, someone who could influence Leeds United from front to back and back again.

Leeds United 3-0 Luton Town: Cultural amnesia

This week's contrast with Luton illuminated something about a good job well done, for the second summer running, in making sure that ain't us.

November 29th should be John Charles Day

More than seventy years after Leeds beat Brentford at Elland Road, let's remember November 29th in honour of Leeds United's best ever player.

Swansea 3-4 Leeds United: Sawn in half

This match had every type of typical Leeds goal, for and against, and from that we can conclude — what?

What's the use of a referee?

Referees are oddly positioned in football because refereeing matters a great deal to them, requiring great effort for much less reward than the players screaming at them, and what they do doesn't seem to matter as much to anybody else.

Crying for the moon: Leeds vs Wolves, 15th October 1938

Two teams with strong youth policies, two teams selling their best players to north London. Was it 'crying for the moon' to want quality players to watch?

The Family Way: Leeds vs West Ham, 24th November 1997

A few years earlier Rose Lee had promised Don Revie she could lift a curse from Elland Road by pissing in all four corners; perhaps a faint aroma remained, sending Frank Lampard round the twist.

The Magic Camera: Norman Hunter vs Franny Lee, 1975

Match of the Day's usual policy was not to sensationalise violence. But a fight between two high profile personalities raised new questions about the role of media in football and society. To Norman Hunter, though, it was all panto.

Alfie Haaland ⭑ From A-Z since '92

Haaland was serious about not taking things too seriously, and it was a big difference for Leeds to have a player in the middle with so much personality.