Alan Thompson ⭑ From A-Z since '92

Alan Thompson looked like everything when Leeds United were desperately trying to avoid relegation to League One in 2007. What he looked like, in essence, was a new Gordon Strachan.

Sunderland 2-2 Leeds United: Wait for it...

No Leeds fan wants Illan Meslier to do... do that again. But every game is a kind of waiting to see if someone does.

Up at the end of the eighties: three trips to Roker Park

Howard Wilkinson was never afraid that his way might be wrong — you could only do what you believed in and take your result. But if the result was that he was right, well, he absolutely loved that.

Norwich City 1-1 Leeds United: Caution to the wind

Performance: actually good. Vibes: manic. A point: it'll do. To look at Joe Rodon was to think, heck, let's just get out of here.

Leeds United 3-0 Coventry City: Getting interesting

This is how it's done, just winning to nil over and over. It's something Leeds fans have wanted for a long time.

What is Daniel Farke up against this season?

A lot has to be right about your team for winning 2-0 to feel like a letdown. Like it or not, fairly or not, 2024/25 is demanding more of Leeds United.

Alan Tate ⭑ From A-Z since '92

Outside Swansea, I doubt Alan Tate ever made anyone happier than he made Neil Warnock when he joined Leeds United.

Cardiff City 0-2 Leeds United: Hoover, damn

Assuming Farke's messages about selling vacuums are getting through to the players, the next step is still about the time it takes for them to learn, act, and achieve.

The inflection point

The single-minded objective is to get promoted. That sounds good. But that single-mindedness increases the pressure, turning this season into an inflection point, or as we used to call it, shit or bust.