Making no mistakes
A lot of us spent the 2010s pleading with Leeds United to even vaguely gesture towards being normal, and now here they are at last: officially not a laughing stock.
Champions League 2001: Leeds United vs Lazio
Legendary goalkeeper Dino Zoff was their manager. They had players like Diego Simeone, Alessandro Nesta, Juan Veron, Simone Inzaghi and Dino Baggio. And they all stayed at home so Leeds were reacquainted with Fabrizio Ravanelli, out of Middlesbrough.
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Darren Huckerby ⭑ From A-Z since '92
In 1997, a 'computer survey' predicted Huckerby would 'one day break the world transfer record at more than double Alan Shearer's £15m'. No wonder Peter Ridsdale was interested.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Leeds United: Thumping on the door
Daniel Farke's best plan against Crystal Palace would have been luring referee Thomas Bramall to some abandoned building on the morning of the match, perhaps on the pretext of getting Pat Bamford's autograph, then bundling him into the basement and locking him in.
Champions League 2001: Leeds United vs Lazio
Legendary goalkeeper Dino Zoff was their manager. They had players like Diego Simeone, Alessandro Nesta, Juan Veron, Simone Inzaghi and Dino Baggio. And they all stayed at home so Leeds were reacquainted with Fabrizio Ravanelli, out of Middlesbrough.
Danny Webber ⭑ From A-Z since '92
All told, since taking charge at Bramall Lane, Neil Warnock had signed 45 strikers. In the end the partnership he was looking for was Neil Shipperley and Danny Webber.
Leeds United 3-0 Norwich City: Weekend off
I'm content for Joel Piroe to pop up on a weekend like this, when we had much to fear, and finish off a move and a game with the nonchalance we needed to get over the rut we were getting in.
Champions League 2001: Real Madrid vs Leeds United
Don Revie sometimes felt his Leeds team were cursed in their attempts to emulate Real Madrid, and this rainsoaked Madrid night of 2001 felt eerily familiar, of being a game beyond Leeds United's control.
Leeds United 0-1 Sunderland: Tell-tale
Suddenly, the Championship's dread grudges resume beating under the floorboards. Next season could bring Millwall, Middlesbrough and Frank Lampard's Coventry together with Sunderland, all specific, irrational problems for Leeds United. Eight games you can afford to miss, right there.
Leeds United 0-1 Manchester City: Cross sections
All the Leeds players looked to be having fun. The reward for their strict and superb defending was permission for free-swimming on turnovers, as if Leeds knew they weren't going to get much of the ball so were determined to enjoy it when they did.
One game one point no problem
The sense of Leeds United is that the club does know what it's doing, and it has been winning this game with itself from the start. Winning is easier when you're winning, and when draws are helping you win and defeats aren't hurting you, you're winning all the time.