Leeds United 4-0 Augsburg: Through the motions

Was this ever part of the deal, as United's Welsh contingent sold Harry Wilson a bright future in Yorkshire? 'Yes, and you know how for Wales our Big Joe is always at the back? Well...'

Manchester United 1-1 Leeds United: Too friendly

The relaxed bonhomie got too much for some youngsters, who ran on for selfies with Bruno Fernandes. I hope that, since they saw him preen his penalty hilariously wide in the shoot-out, they will always look at their pictures of him with shame and remorse.

David Norris ⭑ From A-Z since '92

The problem with Neil Warnock's Leeds United was not the number of midfielders he signed, but trying to tell them apart.

Some friendly

I didn't do this game. But it's a chance to take a look and take stock of the club behind the show.

James Trafford at 23, the reverse skidoo

A record fee for a 23-year-old to play in goal is a flip of history at Elland Road. Why is James Trafford not Allan Clarke? Is it because Harry Gray, we hope?

Whites in Washington, 1997: It is who you think it is

The trip was all about entering a lucrative new market and opening up new revenue streams, using Gunnar Halle and Mark Ford to lay the foundations for making Leeds United one of the biggest names in American sports. Alright, fine, nobody is going to argue that plan was foolproof.

Liverpool 2-4 Leeds United: To do it right

It's gonna take money, a whole lotta spending money, and it's gonna take patience and time: but in the meantime Leeds United can't afford letting Brenden Aaronson go.

Leeds United 1-0 Sunderland: Old dogs, new Tarik

We're always told results don't matter in pre-season, so if that's true, why can't we have some ten goal good times?

Ken Bates, and the anatomy of a nobody

Whether it was about money or not, it certainly wasn't about football. The money was our money, subsidising the platforms Ken Bates' megaphone wouldn't reach unless he had the legitimacy of a football club to make people pay attention.

Leeds United 2-3 Wrexham: The love of the game

Pre-season friendlies are probably the roughest form of football there is, so someone tell Gianni Infantino: if he wants people to feel the love of football, they've got to get through it like this.