By Moxcowhite • Daniel Chapman in History — Jan 14, 2026

AFCON 1996: doubtful Masinga waltzing, confident Yeboah volleying

Tired after playing for Leeds against Reading, Phil Masinga had to be persuaded into the first match in South Africa. The next day, for Ghana, Tony Yeboah was volleying fresh.

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Two goals a minute, three times: when Leeds went to Derby in the FA Cup, 1996

The Baseball Ground's half-time song was, 'Brian Deane is a wanker', and Jim Smith's tactic was to keep five at the back but also two up front and keep up the sort of pressure that had striker Marco Gabbiadini trying to get to the ball through Richard Jobson's face. It worked.

The new king of Elland Road: Christmas Eve, 1995

Leeds scored their third goal while Cantona was off the pitch, having stitches. When he finally reappeared on the touchline he was no longer Elland Road's king in absentia, but a fallen one. Tomas Brolin had taken his crown.

The Wembley Archie

A baton will be passed on Sunday, a family inheritance. But Andy Gray will be handing down a beginning, not a destiny.

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