‘Leeds’ Archives
Football was better in the past: 1967-68
For the first time since 1937 (and for the last time to date), Manchester City claimed the league title, finishing two points clear of their local rivals Manchester United. Fulham finished bottom of the league and were relegated along with Sheffield United. Coventry City, under Jimmy Hill escaped relegation by one point but would go on to stay in [...]
Weekend footy: 1st – 2nd May
Liverpool 0 - 2 Chelsea Gerrard apparently hadn't realised that his agreement to sign for Chelsea next year didn't mean that he had to already start contributing to their title challenge this season. Utter scouse rubbish. Liverpool 0 - Chelsea 2 - Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Sunderland 0 - 1 Man Utd Nice try but probably [...]
How good was Tomas Brolin?
In the early 1990s Per Tomas Brolin was the golden boy of Swedish football. When he played his first match when he was just six years old at Forssåtunet, and often played on teams with older players. In one match he scored 15 goals and was noticed by "Buster", a popular football comics magazine. His first professional match was for Näsvikens in [...]
Tuesday night footy: 23rd February
Manchester United 3 - 0 West Ham Wayne Rooney's hot streak left West Ham United out in the cold with a magical brace to take his season total to 27 goals. Even Michael Owen managed to bag one. Manchester United 3 - West Ham 0 longer highlights- Watch more Sports Videos at Vodpod. Sir Alex Ferguson after the West Ham [...]
Life outside the Prem: 30th – 31st January
Coventry 1 - 1 Blackpool Coventry 1 - Blackpool 1- Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 1 Plymouth Sheffield Wednesday 2 - Plymouth 1- Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Leeds 2 - 0 Colchester Leeds 2 - Colchester 0- Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
Football was better in the past: 1974-75
Dave Mackay, and not Brian Clough as many wrongly believe, guided Derby County to their second league title in the space of four years. Can you imagine in modern times a provincial team like Derby overcoming strong competition from Liverpool, Ipswich Town, Everton, Stoke City, Manchester City, Sheffield United and Middlesbrough in a title race [...]
The Top 10 goals of the FA Cup third round
Here they are then... Top 10 goals of the FA Cup third round- Watch more Videos at Vodpod.
The tragic of the Cup: 3rd round 2nd – 3rd January
The 4th Round Draw FA Cup (4th Round Draw)- Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Manchester Utd 0 - 1 Leeds Utd Sir Alex Ferguson has expressed 'shock' at his team's performance after their 1-0 defeat to lowly Leeds, who will travel to White Hart Lane in round four as a reward for beating Manchester United. Manchester [...]
The delight of the Carling Cup
The Carling Cup started to heat up last night. Well, this is about as good as it's likely to get. Leeds 0 - 1 Liverpool Simon Grayson's impressive League One side turned back the clock a few years, forcing a consistently high tempo while passing neatly throughout this tie. They could consider themselves unfortunate to bow out to David [...]
Life outside the Premier League
More highlights from the depths of the English leagues, i.e. The Championship and League One. Marvel at the expoits of former league champions like Leeds and Derby, wonder at the majesty of European giants such as Nottingham Forest: Sheffield Wednesday 4 - 0 Scunthorpe Richard Wood opened the scoring after six minutes and Jermaine Johnson [...]
