Andrew Hughes ⭑ From A-Z since '92
Andy Hughes helped Leeds rediscover its sense of footballing self, and helped ensure the club was delivered from its worst times with some of its favourite memories.
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What if Leeds, the one club city, had two?
Leeds would be a very different place after a century of intra-city rivalry, maybe solving professional Mancunian and Factory Records impresario Tony Wilson's 1990 assessment of Leeds as a city full of "fucking psychopaths".
Andy Gray ⭑ From A-Z since '92
It was a shock, for anyone who hadn't kept up Andy Gray's career, to see the one-time inheritor of Uncle Eddie's balletic wingplay now a big targetman heading in a free-kick.
Andy Couzens ⭑ From A-Z since '92
I can imagine Howard Wilkinson, in his more wistful moments, remembering that Andy Couzens never gave him any trouble, never let him down, fond of him in ways he never was about Tomas Brolin.
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.
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.
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.